Textile Pattern Design in Thermal Vision—A Study on Human Body Camouflage

Abstract

This paper reports on a new approach to the creation process in fashion design as a result of the exploitation of thermal camouflage in the conceptualization of clothing. The thermal images’ main variation factors were obtained through the analysis of their color behavior in a (diurnal and nocturnal) outdoor beach environment, with the presence and absence of a dressed human body (through the use of a thermal imaging camera), such as the analysis of textile materials in a laboratory (simulating the captured outdoor atmospheric temperatures and those of the model’s skin using the climatic chamber and the thermal manikin). The combination of different patternmaking, sewing and printing techniques in textile materials, along with the study of the camouflage environment and the human body’s variation factors, as well as the introduction of biomimetic-inspired elements (chameleon’s skin), enabled the creation of a clothing design process with innovative de-sign elements which allow us to thermally camouflage the human body and take clothing beyond the visible spectrum in a functional and artistic way.

Creation of a system for designing textile patterns using an iterative function system

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Color Biomimetics in Textile Design: Reproduction of Natural Plant Colors through Instrumental Colorant Formulation

“…Natural camouflage mechanisms, such as those observed in chameleons and cephalopods, have also been inspiring textile applications with dynamic textile coloration [9]. Researchers have explored the use of color change materials that reversibly react to different stimuli, such as thermochromic, photochromic, and hydrochromic colorants [18][19][20], a combination of photochromic pigments and structural colors [21], camouflage patterns with thermochromic leuco dyes [22], and in combination with liquid crystals [23] and camouflage patterns in thermal vision [24].…”

Advanced Materials for Clothing and Textile Engineering

“…A very interesting area of research is the new approach to the creation process in fashion design that results from the use of thermal camouflage in the design of clothing. In one study, the main variation factors of thermal images were determined by analyzing their color behavior in a daytime and nighttime outdoor environment in the presence and absence of a dressed human body through the use of a thermal imaging camera [13].…”