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With support from the Canadian Army, scientists at Defence Research and Development Canada, have
developed the design for a new Canadian Disruptive Pattern, or CADPAT, camouflage material.

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DRDC scientists developed specialized software, which uses the information from digital
photographs, pixelates them

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and then calculates the percentage of each colour and texture present in the
environment to form the new multi-terrain, or MT, camouflage pattern.

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The new CADPAT is specially designed for more open areas, such as prairies, savannahs, and more open forests. 

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Compared to its predecessor, the CADPAT - Temperate Woodland, that was made specifically for boreal forest – the new design is made specifically 

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for areas where you find more grass and more open areas.

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The result is a five-colour mid-spectrum MT CADPAT pattern that outperforms the current TW

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and AR camouflage patterns across the greatest range of environmental conditions.

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This makes soldiers less detectable than ever before, by infrared and multi-spectral sensors, AI
algorithms and of course, the human eye.

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Basically, with normal human vision, you are able to see the pixels of the pattern from nearby.

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Let's say, less than three meters. 

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But when you increase the range, the pixels start to fuse, 

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and then the disruptive and camouflage effect starts to take place.

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The different colours then start to merge and produce a new colour 

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and a new pattern, which in turn, turns on the disruptive camouflage effect. 

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The creation of the new CADPAT pattern is an essential element in providing innovative, powerful,
personal protective equipment to Canadian soldiers.