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    Solid colours camo/matching

    In terms of blending with the forest, if you prefer camo, how much would it matter to get an UQ that matches your hammock?

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    What you would be trying to avoid is a stark contrast on a straight line. OD solid over MarPat, not so bad. OD solid over MultiCam, a bit worse. OD solid over Desert Camo, bad.

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    Depends on how much coverage your tarp and UQ have.

    Khaki/Tan on the bottom in the shade looks much closer to coyote brown on the top, because of the deep shadows. but at the edging, probably best to break it up with desert camo/multicam/marpat....basically fading into the camo uppers. However, if your tarp covers pretty much everything, then it is unnecessary to have matching camos..That said, I tend to go Woodland for most everything lol. The exception comes when I have the duck hunter shelter, but since it is pretty much an all around cover with open ends, matching is not as important...... that the ridge line loops on the top provides me with a place to strategically put branches and foliage helps a lot with breaking up the straight lines.

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    Er, my bad in horrible phrasing. Let me try again. If you want to be camouflaged without buying camo, how much does colour matching matter. So you have two solid sheets of colour right against each other - what would you do?

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    lightest on the bottom and darker on the top/sides.

    and if you can, either make wavy seams or zig zag seams to break up the straight lines.

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    Throw a Fronkey style bug net made in olive noseeum over it and you'll be invisible.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bushwhacker View Post
    Er, my bad in horrible phrasing. Let me try again. If you want to be camouflaged without buying camo, how much does colour matching matter. So you have two solid sheets of colour right against each other - what would you do?
    Same applies. You don't want a sharp line of contrast---dark on light or light on dark. If anything, lean to the side of the same color. The advice above about the tarp is good as that is going to be what is exposed to view while the hammock and UQ will be inside. Hanging lower than normal would also help. Haning without the tarp would actually be the best as the hammock is a narrow line with a natural curvature, whereas a tarp is a large plane surface with sharp edges. Cat cuts might be better than straight lines. Perfectly straight lines rarely exist in nature.


    Quote Originally Posted by SnrMoment View Post
    Throw a Fronkey style bug net made in olive noseeum over it and you'll be invisible.
    Best suggestion so far for the hammock and quilt as it would tend to make contrasting colors blend together under the net.

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