Stylized palette rendering — not a reproduction of the licensed pattern.

Colombian Pixelado

Colombia's pixelated pattern, adopted in the late 2000s for the fight in the country's jungles.

Family

Colombia

Era

Current issue

In service

2008–present

Environments

jungle, woodland

History

Colombia moved its army to a pixelated camouflage in the late 2000s, replacing older woodland dress. The change had a security logic as well as a concealment one, since illegal armed groups wore lookalikes of the previous uniform.

In the field

A competent jungle digital; switching also helped distinguish soldiers from guerrillas wearing copies of the old pattern.

Where it served

South America

Stylized region map — where the pattern was designed to work and primarily served.

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