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    Quote Originally Posted by kitsapcowboy View Post
    There should only be three colors of hammock allowed under the law: Coyote Brown, Dark Olive, and Multicam.
    Haha I like that! I'm rocking a black hammock right now which is also pretty low-key in the woods.

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    Yep,I'm right in the middle of griz country! The thing is,all the animals are so bold and cocky and unafraid of people...bears,cougars,and for sure deer love to come into the middle of town!! so I'm not really all to sure camo would really help! But it does seem like having more neutral colors is the way to go instead of bright,obnoxious colors ruining the whole aesthetic of nature

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saralynn7401 View Post
    ...all the animals are so bold and cocky and unafraid of people...bears,cougars...
    Didn't you see Talladega Nights? You have the face your fears !!
    "I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of earth, subtleties of major and minor chord that the wind strikes upon the tree branches. Have you ever heard the earth breathe... ?"
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    +2!!! With the exception of the purple one I now own!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by OneClick View Post
    Haha I like that! I'm rocking a black hammock right now which is also pretty low-key in the woods.
    Olive green, coyote brown and black are my three hammock colors. IMO, those bright colors only belong on college campuses where they're stacking hammocks for silly "outdoor" advertisements.

    I don't know how good a bears eyesight is, but I'd be more worried about what they can smell versus what they can see.

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    I think the answer is yes. Bright colors are more likely to attract a bear's attention.

    There is anecdotal evidence, Backpacker began reporting this in 2000 and again in 2010: https://www.backpacker.com/news-and-...-bright-colors

    Backcountry.com also mentioned this in a 2014 article: https://www.backcountry.com/explore/...-color-matters

    Others have reported on the same research such as this blogger: https://wherethebearwalks.blogspot.c...-research.html

    We do know for certain that bears can see colors. We know they are curious animals. And we know they exhibit some intelligence when confronted with new things evidenced by their ability to continually defeat new bear canisters and other devices designed to prevent them fron getting food.

    While others are probably right that the scent of food is the more critical factor, if a bright color seen at a distance entices a bear to get close enough to smell food it otherwise wouldn't have, perhaps that's the problem. If you really worry about bears, then subdued might be the way to go.

    I like bright colors for hammock interiors (makes it easier to find dropped stuff and dirt when light is dim) and my quilts are color-coded by temperature (red for warm-weather, orange for mid-range (20°), and blue for cold-weather) but I usually pitch under a dark brown tarp with doors so the colors are only visible if I want them to be. That's my compromise.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dakotaross View Post
    Didn't you see Talladega Nights? You have the face your fears !!
    Hahahaaa, just don't face them in your good Crystal Gayle t-shirt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OneClick View Post
    Haha I like that! I'm rocking a black hammock right now which is also pretty low-key in the woods.
    How bad does the black attract and hold heat

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smckinney0031 View Post
    How bad does the black attract and hold heat
    Thin lightweight nylon has no appreciable thermal mass.
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