I’m fairly sure that it was Natick’s ugly baby: I got in a debate with the PM there about the army uniform and that’s where I was told the “black doesn’t exist in nature” craziness. I asked that guy what color a shadow or deep shade was and he didn’t respond.
I love that “couch camouflage” picture - shows you how bizarre the army’s choice really was.
Hope they finally get something that works well and looks good. I keep seeing Doggies around town wearing that grey crap to the grocery store and it’s not exactly a recruiting tool.
To be fair, under light amp night vision, what we would normally see as a black shadow or shade appears as gray (or gray/green). Black patches on a uniform actually do often stand out.