Gun Paint Planner·Updated September 28, 2026
Rattle Can Camo Patterns: Real Military Camo on Real Guns
11 real camo patterns painted with spray can colors on a real AR-15, AK-47 and Glock. Each one has its history, the cans it takes and the spray order, or open it in the planner and paint your own gun.
Camo patterns you can spray paint
Tiger Stripe
Vietnam era brush strokes over a light base
M81 Woodland
Big hard edged blobs with black branches, the classic US woodland
Multi-Terrain
Soft fades with small hard shapes on top
Desert Blotch
Soft brown clouds over sand
Digital Woodland
Pixel blocks sprayed through a digital sheet
Chocolate Chip
Six color desert: brown bands with black and white rocks
Flecktarn Dots
Clustered dots in four colors, German style
Splinter
Sharp angular shards, cold war style
Snakeskin Bands
Bold diagonal bands with a scale net sprayed over them
Two Tone
Tan lower half, green upper, done in an afternoon
OD Green, Tan Mag
Solid OD green with a sand magazine, clean and simple
Gun skins from games
Asiimov, Red Tiger, Dark Matter and every other game skin on real guns
Frequently Asked Questions
What camo pattern is easiest to rattle can?
Two tone and desert blotch: two or three cans and no stencil. M81 woodland and tiger stripe need tape or a sketch first, and digital and flecktarn need a stencil sheet for the pixels or dots.
What colors are in M81 woodland camo?
Four: light green, dark green, brown and black, the same colors as the 1948 ERDL pattern it was enlarged from. Each camo page lists the spray cans that match and the order to spray them.
Cite this tool: GunPartPicker, “Rattle Can Camo Patterns: Real Military Camo on Real Guns”, https://gunpartpicker.net/gun-paint-planner/camo. Paint colors from the Krylon and Rust-Oleum color charts; gun photos credited on each gun's page. Free to cite with attribution.
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