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0 pointsKineticLensman3y ago0 comments

> I almost always wear hi-vis orange shirts, and my preferred hoodie is hi-vis yellow

I have some orange t-shirts that I love, but if I'm going out on a trip to the country to look for wildlife there is no way I'd wear them - I choose muted natural greens and khaki instead (although I don't actually wear camo gear). Also, when I photographing anywhere where I might be partially visible in a window reflection I wear clothes that don't have stripes, because these stand out like a sore thumb.

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cafard3y ago· 1 in thread

Does most of that wildlife have color perception that would pick out orange? My recollection is that hunters in Colorado would wear blaze-orange vests to reduce the chance of being shot by other hunters; I presumed that this did not make them conspicuous to deer or elk.

KineticLensmanOP3y ago

Many birds have very good colour vision, including UV. Some mammals such as Lions are dichromatic (lacking red) but this doesn’t render a red jacket invisible.

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