Just wear flannel and jeans or something. In an urban center the best camouflage is looking like you live there.

 

I was assuming he meant when SHTF . You don't need concealment for everyday life,unless your up to something.

 

In non-winter (snowy)/non-desert (sandy) urban or suburban environs... just about any earth tone solid color will work, day or night, as well as another. Olive Drab Green, Loden Green, Ranger Green, Coyote Brown, Feldgrau (Gray-Green), Dark Kahki, Yellow-Green (Mustard), or Yellow-Brown (Butternut). Pretty much the colors of major 20th century militaries.

The US Army's now-abandoned digital gray-green UCP (AKA "ACU") was actually fairly decent for operations in urban terrain. Due to the prevalence of concrete, cement, dusty asphalt, cinderblock, and stone colored facing prevalent in such terrain. Once things get blasted by high explosives (or burned), the prevalent color of everything is shattered dust. Frankly, in actual military urban operations, camo color is almost irrelevant as long as you don't wear target-marker uniforms in dark colors like black, navy blue, etc.

During much of my military time, I wore either OD Green jungle fatigues or ERDL/RDF/BDU uniforms in some variation of woodland pattern. I spent a LOT of time conducting small unit movements in suburban and urban terrain. Especially across Europe. Almost all of it... from Turkey to Estonia, from Norway to Italy, from UK to Germany, from Bosnia to Denmark. OD Green worked fine. So did Woodland. So did subdued (earth tone) civilian hiker/trekker clothing.

In daylight full urban terrain or built up towns... I just wore generic civilian clothing appropriate to the area. This when I needed to come out of the "woods" and conduct meetings or surveillance among the population. Workman's or agricultural worker's duds. Or jeans and whatever else was worn by younger people. The best color for clothing camo is the one that either blends with the terrain... or blends with the crowd. Depending upon circumstances. If I were just passing through a suburb, village, or urban warren at night... I could quite handily slip in and out of the shadows wearing OD Green or Woodland.

There is a lot of vegetated micro-terrain in suburbs (and in some downtown city areas). So you flit from concealed garden to tree/hedge copse to decorative landscaping feature as you dart down alleys, side streets, back yards, and even along main boulevards or suburban lanes.

Most of Europe is not what you'd call wilderness. Even the bigger forests are well cleared timber farms with copious logging roads, bicycle trails, and gridded layouts. More like hiking in formal city parks than "bush". Much of what passes for "woods" might be a little copse of trees & brush only a few hundred meters in length or breadth. I've spent hours low crawling through peoples backyards, cutting through driveways and formal gardens, and sinuously winding my way through suburban streets... while carrying a big ruck and a rifle. In the company of friends (1-12 of them). All without being detected.

Uniform or clothing color choice by itself won't deliver the mail when it comes to detection. If you don't have everything else included in camouflage discipline (bare skin, gear, footwear, headgear, route selection, day/night movement techniques, patrol base/hide site selection, control of light/noise, counter-tracking SOPs, going EM silent, etc.), you just get seen or compromised anyway. No matter the color of clothing you choose to wear.

So... a lot of what I just mentioned had to do with small clandestine military patrols trying to move undetected across well populated landscapes (suburbs, urban warrens, tightly inter-connected village networks). Even in the rural farming/pastoral areas, Europe is still a crowded continent. In Germany, there's a modern village or small town encountered about every 1-2 miles across the entire landscape. Never mind moving through some urban corridor populated by hundreds of thousands... or millions.

But such surreptitious movement can be accomplished as long as you know what you're doing... and don't wear day-glow colored clothing. Or black. Black is a tactical color choice for IFF (Identification Friend or Foe). It's a uniform color designed for organizations to recognize one another in the middle of events. Whether worn by Police... or Antifa. It helps to reduce fratricide and to identify friends at a distance. It's not camouflage... it's peacock feathers. And it sucks for night use, urban or rural.

People wearing black show up very well at night, especially when they move. Whether looking at them with MKI eyeballs or with night vision devices. Solid black clothing looks like a looming dark void moving directly across a textured natural background in the dark. Naturally, it beats wearing a white t-shirt or other too-light colored piece of clothing, but black is surprisingly ineffective at making you fade away in the dark. Drab greens, coyote brown, dark browns, or dark grays work much more effectively in both daylight and darkness. Woodland pattern camo being far, far superior to black during night time. Rural, suburban, or urban. BTDT.

In a military context, there is no perfect urban camouflage for uniforms or tactical vehicles. You are visible to threat eyeballs (and fires) from three dimensions (including from high structures and from below ground level). The only camouflage that works is to get the hell off of the street and move through, over, or between structures. Using walls to hide behind rather than wandering down the middle of main asphalt and concrete shooting galleries. You minimize exposure time spent out in the open roadways or sidewalks. Or you get observed and picked off. It's as simple as that.

Which brings me full circle to what I think the OP is asking about...

The very best clothing colors for suburban or urban use are earth tone versions of what everyone else is normally wearing. Jeans, cargos, or outdoorish duds. Tradesman working clothing. Subdued athletic gear. Bits of hiker clothing. Dog walking clothing. Delivery driver or utility install/repair clothing. An ensemble that doesn't look like you're wearing Skittles and does not call attention to observers' memories.

The test for success is: People should have difficulty in describing your exact appearance (especially clothing & footwear) to an interviewing policeman. Your clothing coloration should be non-descript. Non-memorable. And easily/quickly changed. The same way that everyday street criminals employ clothing tricks (discarding layers, turning inside-out, changing hats or cover garments, discarding sunglasses, flipping hoodies up or down, etc.) to avoid getting picked up while fleeing the scene.

Naturally, you tailor your appearance to your environment. OD green or gray outdoor clothing (or military surplus) will stand out like Maggie's Drawers in some locations. Like a downtown banking/corporate business district, where bespoke attire is the norm for all-day sidewalk traffic and after hours restaurants, shows, and bars. The reverse is also true. How many people wear suits and ties into a suburban Walmart? Certainly some, but you tend to notice them. Because most patrons don't.

For non-military vehicles... the same colors that get used by both criminals and radar trap state troopers... non-descript and flat whites, grays, or very subdued/muted/dull mineral colors. Fleet vehicle colors. The most common non-vibrant colors on the roadways.

My personal GHB bag and accompanying clothing set (in a gym bag) are in varying subdued tones of coyotish brown/greenish brown. Which works well for my area. Cargo pants, light boots, hat, rain shell, shirt, daypack. If walking with a crowd, I still blend in. If moving cross country, I fade into the background of both open country and woods.

 

MAJOR misunderstandings over camoflauge and the patterns/ colors.
About 20 years ago i had collected a few books on the subject and looked into what was and was not effective. Strangely enough, it was discovered that most common clothing actually does the work the best over some fancy camouflage in many instances.
This isn't to put down or discredit necessarily camouflage itself. Gillie suites are age old and only brought to the modern for-front as a result of the Australian sharpshooters during WWII.

What has to be understood is the following:

Background is static. ANY movement regardless of camo pattern will be seen by most people. This includes the use of specific colors that blend or contrast.
During the between years of Korea-Vietnam, US Spec. Ops tried several patterns in snow and discovered that complete flat black caused the viewer to miss most instances. The reason? Black is ignored by the human eye, unless again it moves.

The SS "Spekleflauge" as it is commonly known (and ironically is highly similar to the spotted camo used byt he Core and Army) had some interesting effects, but over distance became like a blob. Thus becoming somewhat visible from a distance.

White light was mounted on a tank and except for the obviousness of the light itself, blended the tank into the background almost universally.

The concept at the human level is to blend in.

So the crux then becomes what color is best in both urban and woodland environment.

The answer falls between grey and brown. Both somewhat muted and non contrastic.

But all in all camo doesn't do dog poop unless you use the advantage with proper movement to ensure that you don't get seen! THAT requires a form of bush craft, creep and knowledge of situational awareness.

 

In line with what NW GUY posted, my similar observations from a long-ago thread...

Best disguise for SHTF

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Some terms to consider when considering adoption of disguise while in public...

Props: Things you can carry, wear, or be near that create a desired impression. They need to be appropriate and (ideally) simple. You could dress up as a lumberjack and carry a chainsaw... but the effect would be counterproductive in the middle of Manhattan. Props in a SHTF situation should be planned to create an impression, preferably vague, and not interfere with whatever else you are actually planning to accomplish. Good Props deliver a visual hoax that allows people to quickly dismiss you from further thought. A person walking a dog or pushing a stroller becomes invisible once folks assess him... and then assign him to the "not important" category of further awareness.

Folks have short attention spans. But, people also notice changes in the normal pattern around them. You want to provide an easy visual explanation to their fleeting concern about your presence. The photo that cdevidal posted is a great example (Woman in polo, slacks, hardhat, reflective vest). Vague and ambiguous tokens of purpose, membership, and authority. Brightly colored safety gear... clipboard... radio. Somebody with a job to do, obviously in contact with others doing the same job, and busy with an obvious task. None of your business. Nothing to see here. Move along. And yet, the lady in the photo has no visible ID, no definitive corporate logo, and no specifically verifiable purpose. But no one will care when they see her. Their minds will subconsciously assign an imaginary yet believable purpose to match her props... and she will be dismissed from further thought or examination.

One of my military teams once spent an entire morning wandering the office halls of an overseas 4-star headquarters, dressed as locally contracted workmen. They had similar workman's gear, ladders, and a few fluorescent light bulbs. They spent a few hours changing light bulbs that didn't need to be changed. No one in that military headquarters building ever questioned them or stopped them. They gradually worked their way to the Command Suite and ambushed the General and his Personnel Security Detail as they walked out of a hallway elevator. Using the concealed weapons they carried. Terrorist training exercise. The PSD was forewarned and on alert, but they expected some kind of exterior assault on the building. They didn't expect their Principal to be "assassinated" by a contracted local national work crew... just yards from his interior office. Obviously, security at that time sucked. A problem quickly corrected after that demonstration (back in the early 80's).

On another occasion, I spent an hour or so changing a Mercedes sedan tire in the middle of a Berlin parking lot. Endlessly tightening and un-tightening the same lug nuts on some guy's very nice car. I was dressed business casual...and obviously aggravated by my soft tire (I had let some of the air out of the tire). When the real object of my attention walked out of a restaurant and approached the vehicles parked next to my parking spot, I pulled an MP-5K out of my car tool bag, was joined by several compatriots who rolled up in vans (also armed), and we kidnapped the target and his 2 bodyguards. Another training exercise. No one questioned my presence or my actions. Man fixing a flat. A business man with a lug wrench and a tool bag. Screw him anyway... anyone with a big Mercedes like that deserves a flat tire. Which leads to...

Cover For Action: What is my cover story to explain the thing I am doing right now?

A cursory explanation (ideally self-evident) for why I am conducting a particular action. An explanation that will suffice when I am observed or casually interrogated by strangers. A man walking a dog on a leash and carrying poop bags requires no further interrogation... even by the police. A man standing along a river bank with a line and pole is obviously fishing. A man in a hardhat with a tool belt and radio is fixing something. A woman with a clip board, mechanical pencil, and an exasperated frown... is busy with some task you are likely not interested in. The right props keep people from even asking. If they do ask ("How's the fishing?"), you can easily put them at ease with polite but short answers. But you always need to have a prepared (shallow yet believable) cover story to explain what you are doing... just in case some randomly self righteous or curious person challenges you.

Cover for Status: What is my cursory cover story to explain my presence at this location or general area?

Why am I here (especially if I'm not a local)? What explains my presence at this general locale? Simple is better. I'm walking my dog because I live a few blocks from here... and I walk my dog every day right about this time. I'm changing light bulbs 'cause I work for a maintenance company (flash a bogus company badge or ID). "I'm a mother and on my way to pick my baby up from XYZ daycare (flashing some randomly printed internet photo of a child)... and I really need to get past this checkpoint Officer Smith..." (adding a few tears and a panic stricken look to the act). Who am I, why am I here, what general justification do I have for being in the area? A basic story that will withstand casual scrutiny or cursory street level interrogation.

"Well Mr Farmer Jones...I was trying to get some bird photos for my kid's school project (showing a camera and a bird guide). I'm really sorry about trespassing. I didn't see any signs... and I'll certainly leave right now."

Why am I the only white guy visible in an all black neighborhood? Why am I out walking around at 0200 in the morning? Why am I waiting for the bus? Why am I on your posted wooded acreage? A believable cover story. With some believable props.

Another story about use of props and bluffing...

Once upon a time, I attended an outdoor rock festival. A friend of mine, wearing hipster looking glasses and carrying a small spiral notebook and a pencil, began tracing power cables from festival seating speaker towers located way out in the crowd. The busier he got with examining the cables and scribbling in the notebook, the more the crowd got out of his way. Some stoned folks even took it upon themselves to escort him and move other concert goers out of the way. By the time he hit the stage barrier, roadies, and security, he had a small retinue asking folks to make way. He continued to trace the cabling all the way to the stage. Security then helped him up to the stage.

A short time later, he was listening to ZZ Top while seated on top of a speaker on the edge of the stage. Billy Gibbons glanced over at him in mid performance and kind of looked at him with surprise, obviously not recognizing him as one of his own crew. But, what the hell, he might be part of the festival organizer's crew. Lots of bands were playing that day. He kept playing... and my bud enjoyed the rest of the afternoon up on the stage. Once he was there (geeky look, spiral notebook, and mechanical pencil still in hand), even the multiple band crews assumed he had some purpose and a job.

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People are inclined to believe what they want to believe. You just have to nudge/lead them down appropriately believable paths with KISS explanations or blatant visual cues. You are what you appear to be. It's called Acting.

 

There is more gray colours in cement buildings but metal siding seems to used more in commercial areas. While colour helps with concealment ,movement is usually what gives you away.

 

^ During WW2 anti submarine aircraft mounted lights around the wings and fuselage. They would turn them on during daylight sub searches .This caused a background blend with the sky allowing them to catch surfaced submarines and destroy them.

 

Coyote is my single favorite color for cammo. Sweat pants/hoodie gray would be my second. Something reversible could work also

 

You might think this approach beyond the movement concerns. Use layering. If after SHTF, you have a "crowd" layer of clothing that blends you with the people. All depends on area and type of people, but keep it simple. Jeans and a non-descript t-shirt would cover you in most areas if not too cold. I avoid logos because they could draw attention. For urban have an under layer or over layer you can use in a muted color that works with the backdrop. Are you in a downtown with all concrete and asphalt or in the suburb land of vinyl siding. That would dictate color choice a bit. Then have another layer for over or under that you can go to for woodland. This could be simple area appropriate camo. I say over or under depending on how you want to use it. Do you want to pull off layers to get to it, or do you need to add it on top maybe because it is cold. Unless it is super hot, I would prefer thin layers on me in case your pack was lost you had cached it somewhere. None of this has the be expensive to have multiples. If not too cool, simple long sleeve t-shirts and sweat pants can be used in the desired colors. If cool, you might want them larger to fit over other clothing.

When moving through a sparsely populated urban environment, the best camo is concealment. Unfortunately, attempting to practice to get good at that now can get you a ride in the back of a police cruiser since it looks super suspicious.

One note if moving through populated areas after SHTF, look as ragged as everyone else. If everyone is hungry, cold, and dirty, try your best to look that way too. Desperate people will latch onto any piece of hope they can find even if that includes killing the well put together clean guy for his stuff.

 

You might think this approach beyond the movement concerns. Use layering. If after SHTF, you have a "crowd" layer of clothing that blends you with the people. All depends on area and type of people, but keep it simple. Jeans and a non-descript t-shirt would cover you in most areas if not too cold. I avoid logos because they could draw attention. For urban have an under layer or over layer you can use in a muted color that works with the backdrop. Are you in a downtown with all concrete and asphalt or in the suburb land of vinyl siding. That would dictate color choice a bit. Then have another layer for over or under that you can go to for woodland. This could be simple area appropriate camo. I say over or under depending on how you want to use it. Do you want to pull off layers to get to it, or do you need to add it on top maybe because it is cold. Unless it is super hot, I would prefer thin layers on me in case your pack was lost you had cached it somewhere. None of this has the be expensive to have multiples. If not too cool, simple long sleeve t-shirts and sweat pants can be used in the desired colors. If cool, you might want them larger to fit over other clothing.

When moving through a sparsely populated urban environment, the best camo is concealment. Unfortunately, attempting to practice to get good at that now can get you a ride in the back of a police cruiser since it looks super suspicious.

One note if moving through populated areas after SHTF, look as ragged as everyone else. If everyone is hungry, cold, and dirty, try your best to look that way too for cyberpunk leather jackets. Desperate people will latch onto any piece of hope they can find even if that includes killing the well put together clean guy for his stuff.

yes i totally agree with you on this point. i also done the same.

 

Common rural-agricultural, urban-tradesman work clothing ala Carhart, DXuluth Trading or Tractor Supply

 

Yeah. I'm going for blends in with background but doesn't scream tactical. I'm leaning more towards brown. Grey might technically be best for cities but for both cities and woodland I think brown is best. Or maybe grey pants and brown shirt might do the trick. the road/concrete is more likely to be a grey, brick buildings more likely to be brownish.

 

I would not wear brown as my dominate color, especially in a woodland area. Someone is going to mistake you for a deer or even a coyote. Grey probably works best over the broadest terrain.

 

Black....there's so many feckin BLM and Antifa on our streets, you'll blend in quite nicely wearing black

 

During WWII, the US Government actually looked for people who were color blind to be in planes on recons and gunners. They were trained to be able to visually tell the difference between naturally occurring colors than those that were synthetic,. Also useful for color coded messages, etc. So keep that in mind that whatever color you go with, may not be full-proof. Germany changed the standard paint colors for their tanks (panzers and tigers) 5+ times during the course of 3 years after much research in the field.

Whatever color you decide, keep in mind that colors change throughout the day and times of year (shade, sunset, sunrise, twilight, etc.). For Rural stuff, when I paint my deer-blinds, I try to match the color of the tree-bark. So the same concept should apply even in Urban/Suburban areas, try to match the color of the surrounding.

 

I remember walking into a 7-11 convenience store a few years ago to get a drink. I was immediately greeted by a young man wearing business casual dress. He was very clean cut and had a nice polo type shirt, belt and Dockers pants with polished brown shoes. It was obvious he was not the clerk. He asked me if I smoked and if I was interested in any of their new discounts on cigarettes. I told him no and went on my way.

The next customer that came in said he did smoke. The young man told him he could save him money ($2) per pack if he wanted to try their new brand and he would get a few more offers later on. When the customer agreed the person told him all he needed was his ID or Driver's License to which was readily produced and ran through a hand held scanner. Just like that this customer gave a stranger just about all of his personal information. Where was it sent? Why was it needed? Why did he have to show it in the first place was never asked by the customer. No questions asked at all... He got his $2 off coupon and went to the register.

Since this piqued my attention, I meandered around the store for a while longer. As I did so I saw this young man got three more people within minutes of each other. I bought my drink and left just shaking my head at how gullible and utterly foolish people are. Now that's some real camouflage.

 

For work, I wear black Carhartt jackets and either tan or blue wrangler jeans. When it’s hot, I have a black ball cap with a gray American flag patch, and when it’s cold, I wear a hunter orange stocking cap.

because I work in the septic and portable toilet business, nobody questions me. I literally park in the middle of the street with my hazards on, and nobody says anything. When I’m in the big tanker, people get out of the way, and when I’m in the little trucks (by little I mean Ram 5500 with 1000 gallon tanks) I can drive across the city park and nobody bats an eye.

seriously, if you look like an infrastructure worker, and wear high-vis or muddy clothing, you can go anywhere. You can go on YouTube and look at videos of people seeing where they can go just by carrying a ladder. The answer is just about anywhere, including courthouses, Disneyland, and the movie theater.

 

Nobody on the internet can tell you your surroundings. Look at your surroundings. Pick color schemes that replicate these.

I tend to have sets of various camo patterns and solids in browns and greens as bases which can be augmented with other camo patterns or solids to supplement and break up patterns. These are the most naturally occurring.

 

Nobody on the internet can tell you your surroundings. Look at your surroundings. Pick color schemes that replicate these.

I tend to have sets of various camo patterns and solids in browns and greens as bases which can be augmented with other camo patterns or solids to supplement and break up patterns. These are the most naturally occurring.

Expanding on this, particularly in suburban and rural areas, slapping some mud on and fastening local foliage to your body. Nature itself provides incredible camouflage. I’ve seen people walk within feet of deer, rabbits, fox, and owls without ever knowing it. It really makes me wonder why more camo patterns aren’t based around animal fur patterns, besides the obvious hazard when in a hunting season/area.

On the flip side, a canine is a pretty good spotter. My dog will pick up movement and sound from critters. He doesn’t bark, he gets hyper-focused and I can usually zero in on whatever has his attention. Same with when birds and critters in the woods suddenly go quiet when a predator is near.

In urban areas people will act this way if a particularly notorious gang starts walking down the street. Things will get quiet and people make themselves scarce if trouble is about to go down. Looking hyper alert and paranoid can make you stick out because there’s a lot of things that wouldn’t even be a blip on a local’s radar that suburban and urban people might react to. It’s important to act nonchalant regardless of the surroundings and do as the romans do.

 

Use the UPS color....if you don’t like the 7.5x55 answer ..that is the other “dress” that people see so much they don’t pay attention to it

 

Which one of the colors is more common with workers? I'm thinking of maybe factory worker blend?

 

definitely need some black in there >> what isn't purposely painted black - is graffiti covered with plenty of black gang symbols & other crap .....

 

Slightly worn and faded navy blue coveralls with a name tag and leather boots. Hold a clipboard and you can go just about anywhere without much scrutiny. If it's a group of people at least one needs to wear navy blue pants and a nondescript polo of any solid color.

 

YOU have NO idea how invisible you become.

When I was with the LE CO-OP and we had one of those locations where you just couldn't do surveillance without getting burned.. Right in the heart of the hood where any stranger was the cause for alarms to ring. IT was my specialty.
I dressed in Navy BDU pants, navy work shirt. My vehicle was a mono-color gray S10 extended 4x4 with a matching cap. I had magnetic signs made up for various applications.
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I would pull up and throw the flashing yellow light on top of the truck, park where ever I wanted because I was on "official business" and I would be wearing my hi-vis vest, orange hard hat, have my walkie in a chest harness, get out with a 35mm camera slung and my clip board. I could spend as long as I wanted in the location as I took pictures of everything, made notes on my clipboard, talked into my radio, . My hair and beard were long, and my only real problem was dealing with the dealers and hookers, both who wanted to hook me up. 😁

I could watch another UC arrive and do his thing and then leave and I was able to cover and report all of it and NO ONE thought anything about it.

On one watch out in the country I pulled up and set up a transit and had stakes and my orange spray paint and I spent about 3 hours working this one stretch of lonely road where just a car sitting would really stand out. The BG we were waiting to move finally did, drove past me, gave me a country wave and went on his way.

We had one gig where the house in question was at the very end of a dead end that stopped at one of the huge train yards. Other teams had tried to get people in place but you just couldn't.
Same thing, All my hi-vis stuff. I stood at the side of the tracks and made those goofy hand signals that the yard workers make when they are shuttling train cars around. (those places are a very dangerous place to be.. especially at night.) I stood there making signs to no one, Had hookers from one side of the yard trying to get a "date" and had dealers from the house I was watching asking me if I wanted "anything". I asked if they had any weed. Knew they weren't into that, The one guy even said he was sorry no weed but he had rock.
Eventually the UC arrived and did his thing and left. I finished throwing cars and left. REALLY FUNNY thing, I had 2 guys in a switch engine come by, look at me kinda funny, then waved and went on their way... like I guess I knew what I was doing there. I played RR yard man several times and never had a BG or a RR worker ask me WTF was I doing there...

To do a snoop and poop, we had a standard white looking delivery type van. Again I had magnetic signs for my own delivery company. 😁
This was for the out in the country places. I would pull into target houses to get a better look, Have my clip board and papers on it and ask if the people there knew a person whose name was made up. I would explain that the address on the package wasn't working out and I was desperate to get it delivered before close of business and was hoping the name was familiar to them. This was way before everything was online so it would work then.
anyway, I could get a good look around. I had a video camera inside a box getting video of the place through the windshield and it would also give a good idea of hardened defenses if any. Nobody ever raised an eyebrow.

 

Here is some more specifics I thought of. One thing you might look at and you can possible find it in thrift stores is Dickies pants and shirts. They cone in a range of colors and nothing screams nothing to see here in a blue collar area like it. Every one that has worked in construction, factories, garages, and even fast food has probably worn them. Of course they are not the preferred material if you need to survive long term in the cold and wet since they are mostly cotton. a worn set would be a good cover up of your other better clothes.

Here are a couple of examples from their site with the range of colors. The shirt comes long sleeve too. And as someone suggested, they also do overalls, but at least in my area, you do not see those out and about much any more. I have some of these unfortunately, I mainly have black due to dress code. It woudl work, but can start to look tactical to the average person if you have it all tucked in and buttoned up.

 

Danial Boone wore black buck skins and a black felt hat. He said , if you look into the forest you see a lot of black area in the shadows. By blacking his face and hands with bear grease and soot, he could blend into the background. I always wondered why police departments issued army camo to swat teams who operate in urban environments.
One size doesn't fit all!

 

Awesome stuff!

 

Masking movement is more important than colors, Brown/ grey / loden / pants and brown/ grey /green plaid shirt or jacket.
Find some brush to hide in, Hold still and don't make any noises. You would be astonished what ignores you.

 

Clothing for urban environment that hides but doesn't strike any one as a weirdo? Tough order. Like others I think muted tones and maybe a shade darker khaki slacks. I think the key is have clothing that does not hide you in the open but does an ok job if you have to duck into landscaping. As others have said movement is a give away but one thing decent camo does it break up your silhouette. I have a sloppy pull over sweater that is a patchwork of browns and blacks I think would do that well. I also have several Hawaiian shirts that would make good camo albeit short sleeve. Hats do a good job of breaking outline. I have a darker panama straw fedora I am fond of. Haven't actually done this but a skeeter mesh hood inside the liner could be dropped to hide face. I do keep one of the vogue medical masks folded up in the liner of my hat. Darker color would break up face too.

How about a pancho?