I'm with you on the camouflage issue but that hasn't kept me from acquiring over the years at least one of each successive pattern used by the British army. But there is a pattern of increasingly over-engineering on those and the current shirt, which I think is also called a jacket. For instance, I can do without the pit-zips. Also, the double flap on the pockets doesn't seem worth it. All the recent patterns are relatively long in the body, too.
The US Army 1965 pattern which was being issued when I went through basic training in 1966 (although I got a M1952) had Velcro but I'm not wild about Velcro when it's used a lot. I personally prefer the plain zip front on the previous pattern. No buttons, no Velcro, just the zipper.
A built-in hood is always nice, provided it's big enough but the best hood I've ever seen on a garment was the one with the quilted lining on the old DPM cold weather parka, usually referred to as the Falkland War parka by vendors. But I remove the wires from hoods.
Field grey might be a nice color.