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the silhouette break up even at a distance of 10 meters. There's also the MAPA B, offering a dif- ferent color scheme and a multi-layer pattern structure. It can be considered a more univer- sal solution. And that would be all as for the color scheme, so let's explain the inspiration behind the ar- rangement and the psychedelic shape of blobs. The answer is simple – nature. The shapes of blobs used in MAPA are the shapes found in nature in our latitude. An analysis of appropri- ately modified photos (monochromatic photos with significant visible noise) showed that the shapes occurring in a forest in a period of full vegetation had some characteristic traits. This knowledge made it possible to generate par- ticular shapes, which were then placed on one another in layers – and that's how MAPA was born. A characteristic and very noticeable qual- ity is that the solution takes advantage of the play of light and shade, simulating the depth and 3D efferct of the seen image. The main element of MAPA is the background. Its color is the color noise of Central European woods, which is the 'base' for further layers of blobs and colors simulating vegetation. What's more, to the surprise of those familiar with the sub- ject of masking, we can spot a color close to black (a simplification, of course), which is not found in nature. This dark hue in the MAPA is to reproduce the natural play of shadows, mean- ing a change (darkening) of colors in poorly illuminated places. Hence the refracted black that simulates shadows, which results in a 3D effect. Such solutions make MAPA camouflage effective in practice and offering an innovative, original approach to the matter of designing without reproducing the already existing pat- terns. Moreover, MAPA is a generative camou- flage solution. Such camouflage pattern is easily modifiable and therefore ready to do its job well in differ- ent conditions. A perfect counterexample is the current Polish armed forces desert camouflage pattern– while the shape of blobs is still ac- ceptable in forest environments (smooth edges, www.fragoutmag.com