As Nervikaire said, there are variations within the CADPAT family. Remember that there are a couple of different textile mills pumping this stuff out. So slight variations in dye mix, manufacturing process may result in slightly different variations.
This level of textile manufacturing is still relatively new in Canada - before the army commissioned CADPAT the technology to produce a material of this type did not exist in country. I forget which country in particular, but the gov'nt had to purchase equipment from a nordic country in order to produce material of sufficient quality, so perhaps our textile industry is still learning.
Reminds me of the NVA uniforms during the 'nam. Cottage industry production meant a wide variation in tones from green to brown, when it was in theory ass supposed to be the same khaki tone...
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