Color Matters

"Camouflage" - The use of concealment and disguise to minimize the possibility of detection and/or identification of troops, materiel, equipment and installations. It includes taking advantage of the natural environment as well as the application of natural and artificial materials. [Department of Defense].

Since 2003, there are some major changes to the traditional woodland and tri-desert military camouflage patterns. New camouflage schemes are being tested and adopted by different branches of the military in order to meet the demands of the current operational environments. Some schemes, such as Crye MultiCam and the Army Universal Camouflage Pattern, were designed specifically to function in multiple environments. Earth tone colors, such as coyote brown, foliage green, and grey green, are getting a lot of attention among special force groups as well.

There are several critical factors of camouflage and concealment: Color, Pattern, Shine, Shading, Surface, Fabric composition and movements. These all work together to determine the effectiveness of design.

At Emdom, we proudly offer various state of the art camouflage schemes and earth tone colors. In order to give client a better understanding of these colors, we made this “Color Matters” page. Various military gear (from Government supplies, and other manufacturers) were put side by side for color and tone comparisons. All pictures were taken without any flash. We hope this page will help customers select and create the best personal camouflage scheme for their own operating environments. Our focus is to increase soldiers' battlefield survivability and combat effectiveness, promised!

Crye Multicam

Multicam is a camouflage pattern developed by Crye Precision with the US Army Natick Soldier Research Center for the Army Combat Uniform program. It was designed to work in multiple environments, seasons, light levels and the IR spectrum. The design was passed over in favor of the universal digital camouflage pattern for use in the ACU program. It is so far the best universal camouflage pattern available.


Mulitcam vs. ACU	Multicam vs. various BDUs	Multicam, ACU, Blackhawk Khaki
Multicam vs, various military gears	Mulitcam vs. military olive drab / green	Mulitcam, military woodland, Paraclete grey green, Emdom Sewer green

Army Universal Camouflage Pattern (ACU Program)

The Army Universal Camouflage Pattern (ACU Program) is created for the new combat uniform to be worn by the Army. It uses a universal camouflage, a digital pattern similar to that of Marines Corps MARPAT. It blends green, tan, and grey and is claimed work effectively in woodland, desert, and urban environments. It is officially adapted by the US ARMY June 14, 2004. MARPAT is a digital camouflaged pattern developed and in use by the United States Marine Corps. There are woodland MARPAT and Desert MARPAT patterns. The pattern comprises a number of small pixels of color which aims at disrupts human symmetry (disruptive camouflage approach). All genuine MARPAT fabric has the Marine EGA emblem hidden in the pattern (trade-marked).


ACU & BDUs	ACU & Mulitcam combat BDU	ACU & Military olive drab / green
ACU, blackhawk Khaki, woodland, Paraclete grey green	ACU & various military gears	ACU, MOLLE Woodland, Emdom sewer green

Coyote Brown

Coyote Brown is one of the earth tone color we offered. It is a very effective basal color in "blending camouflage" approach. Brown is even a better color than green even in many situation where its vegetated because brown dirt is visible even if grass is gone. Special force operators always further spray on coyote gear to achieve the best camouflage for their operating environment. Indeed, Marine Corps have adopted coyote brown as their official color for their solid color gears. Emdom's own coyote brown (we called it Coyoteish) is specially dyed into a range between the darker USMC coyote brown and Eagle industries Khaki. This specific color range is more universal, and is able to blend perfectly with USMC desert MARPAT, USMC Coyote Brown, Khaki, Mulitcam, and even Tri-desert camouflage. See pictures for your reference.


Emdom Coyote & BDUs	Emdom Coyote, Multicam, Issued Tri-desert & Khaki BDUs	Emdom Coyote, Multicam, & Blackhawk Khaki
Emdom Coyote, Multicam, Desert MARPAT	Emdom Coyote, Multicam combat BDU	Emdom Coyote, Multicam, USMC coyote, Eagle khaki
Emdom coyote vs. various issued coyote gears	All coyote vs. Desert MARPAT	Emdom Coyote, multicam, Desert MARPAT, USMC coyote

Sewer Green

Sewer Green is another basal earth tone color we offered. It represents the ground vegetation of woodland, grassland, and semi-desert environment. It looks darker and has more grey when comparing to the standard military olive drab and olive green. Operators also called it the smoke green or grey green. The Army Ranger also has a similar color called the Ranger Green. Emdom is also working on another earth green color named foliage green. Coming soon.

Emdom sewer green vs. BDUs

Emdom Sewer green vs. Multicam

Emdom Sewer green vs. military olive drab / green

Emdom sewer green vs. various military gears

Emdom sewer green, LBV woodland, MOLLE woodland, Paraclete grey green, USMC Woodland MARPAT

Emdom Sewer Green, Emdom Coyote, USMC Woodland MARPAT

All Color Comparison

Full comparison: We have all the color and pattern placed all together. Now, you can see how they blend with each other. An effective camouflage scheme increases soldiers' battlefield survivability and combat effectiveness. "Color Matters" !


ACU environment	USMC Desert MARPAT environment	USMC Woodland MARPAT environment
Crye Multicam environment	Eagle industries Khaki environment	Blackhawk industries Khaki environment

Paraclete grey green environment	Eagle industries Khaki, USMC coyote, Mulitcam, Emdom Coyote	Woodland camo environment

EMDOM USA Quality & Warranty

Color is taken into very serious account from the moment a new idea is born and remains an important theme throughout the entire development process. Each Emdom product has to pass various strict tests to prove its durability and functionality. All Emdom USA products have Lifetime Warranty, any place, any time!

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