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The US Army experimented with digital camouflage as early as the 1970s. (lemmy.world)
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[–] FireTower 3 points 1 year ago

Theoretically you're using actual colors taken from a (or several) environments that you intend to be in. As opposed to a few colors picked by an artist because the artist thought they'd be the colors in those environments.

As for the squares I think it was just an easy way to formulate a pattern digitally. Plus it seemed futuristic at the time.