What colours to wear when one doesn't want to disturb the wildlife
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I all ways thought that orange was worn so other hunters don't shoot you and that the animals you were hunting only see black and white so it didn't matter.
If wearing camouflage ie. green, browns and blacks in a disruptive pattern makes you more visible, then the same colours in nature will stand out as well making you camouflaged.......
If wearing camouflage ie. green, browns and blacks in a disruptive pattern makes you more visible, then the same colours in nature will stand out as well making you camouflaged.......
From wiki:
So it follows, that most mamals (not birds) cant see red. For them is just renders as either a shade of khaki green, or a shade of grey, but for us it is a bright, distinct colour.
There are other factors as well, such as how much detail the animals eye can resolve and whether their vision is tuned to shape or movement or both.
Many other primates and other mammals are dichromats, only having two colour vision, and many mammals have little or no color vision. Dichromatic vision does occur in humans and is commonly known as colour blindness. So your typical non-primate mammal, probably has a colour receptor range that is an approximation of a colour blind human. Either that or they just see in black and white. Some birds and fish have more colour receptors than humans - up to five and are known as pentachromats. It does foillow, that just because a camo pattern works well on the human eye, doesnt mean it will work well on an animal eye or a birds eye. How well a particular camo works, probably depends on the particular animal you are trying to hide from.
So it follows, that most mamals (not birds) cant see red. For them is just renders as either a shade of khaki green, or a shade of grey, but for us it is a bright, distinct colour.
There are other factors as well, such as how much detail the animals eye can resolve and whether their vision is tuned to shape or movement or both.
All you need is a way to break up your human shape.
Even a "Hawaiian" shirt will do,as long as the pattern is big enough to disrupt your shape.
Even a "Hawaiian" shirt will do,as long as the pattern is big enough to disrupt your shape.
I have no idea.
Not really.
It's possible he is making a logic leap. He's right that a red top cant be seen as red by almost all animals, but I dont know why he would suggest wearing camo is worse than not wearing it. I would imagine in most cases, it's simply not that important. Like others have said, I would think that being still and breaking your outline is far more significant than whether you are wearing plain green, DPM or realtree. What registers as "significant" in most animals brains is shapes, movement, sound and smell. Detail resolution and colour doesnt factor all that highly to animals outside of the human world (except birds).
Yep,also look behind you and see if you will be outlined against your background or merge into it.
Watching badgers last night with absolutely no cover in front but made sure I had a solid (blackthorn) bush behind me. Only six feet from the brocks, wind direction correct and stayed quiet and still.
Isn't it the old version? No matter really, just curious - I hate the stuff personally and havent worn it since I was in the army cadets.
No, that's true. While dichromatic animals, like cats, dogs, deer etc cant see red, they often have a "better than us" detection in the blue end of the spectrum. Also, throw in some modern clothes wash which enhance the ultraviolet end making you clothes "glow" white out of the washing machine and to dichromatics, you'll be lit up like a christmas tree.
See:
If you have dichromatic vision, blue is a high contrast colour against earth colours.
Wont make any difference to animals that only see in B&W though.
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