Best tarp color

[ky chris]

What do you all consider the best color for a tarp? Do you like a lighter color to let light in or a darker color to block it out for sleeping in?

I'm leaning towards a MambaJamba but can't decide on black or blue. Black seems too dark but the blue would really stand out in the woods when I'd rather blend in. I wish it came in brown. I've read that you can get Maccats in brown.

[headchange4u]

The JRB comes in a earth brown and forest green. I have seen the Speer Winter Tarp in a olive drab but I don't think it's something that they offer all the time. I prefer earth tones for my tarps, but I do like the blue of the Superfly.

[angrysparrow]

Tarp color is of course a matter of personal preference. I like dark colors better, for whatever reason.

Pic of 3 tarps - Right foreground BlackCat, Left foreground Black MacCat, Background Regular gray MacCat:

[MacEntyre]

With the new digital camo patterns, my preference has become a throw-back to the previous century. :unsure:

[Take-a-knee]

The JRB comes in a earth brown and forest green. I have seen the Speer Winter Tarp in a olive drab but I don't think it's something that they offer all the time. I prefer earth tones for my tarps, but I do like the blue of the Superfly.

Speer is doing the Winter Tarp in Kifaru/Hennessy brown, it is way cool.

[Preacha Man]

I prefer black, very simple, lets you sleep, and with it being sil, still allows plenty of light for the morning.

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Dwight

[Mustardman]

I have the mambajamba in blue and like the color pretty much. I also use kelty triptease for my guylines, and REI glow in the dark reflective cord to attach tarp to tree, so I'm not exactly a stealthy hanger.

[Cannibal]

Agreed, the blue isn't stealthy. Although, it blends in a little better than I would have thought; don't know why.:confused: I take one of my grey tarps when I'm being sneaky.

[Shug]

Black for me ..... still plenty of light when made of sil..

[NCPatrick]

I prefer the "earth" colors of silnylon, green or brown -- although I still like the black "BlackCat" tarp too, for sleeping in.

[tiptoe]

Another vote for colors that blend in: brown, olive green, even camo. That's the "tiptoe" way.

[Ramblinrev]

hehehe.. I've never had the luxury of picking a color. My HH are all what comes from Hennessey and my DIY are whatever waterproof stuff I find in Wally World. Mostly gray and green.

[Perkolady]

I would prefer either black or brown.

I just got done making a tarp out of that olive brown sil Ed offered a while back. I must say, it sure blends in wonderfully! :)

Tried grey, but it didn't seem stealthy enough for my tastes. It was better than the first tarp I made though, which was aqua ! :eek::rolleyes:

[chiefams]

I like my green Etowah... cheap and blends in well

[Peter_pan]

FWIW, last year the JRB cat tail brown tarps outsold the olive tarps 5 to 4.... This year it is pretty much dead even on color preference.

Pan