A1 abstract in the present invention a hydroentangled and three dimensionally patterned fibrous material is printed or dyed with suitable coloring agents that are beneficial in enhancing the ability of the material to disrupt or obscure objects placed beneath such material a three dimensional pattern in the fibrous material results in a camouflage fabric with enhanced realism due to ability of the fabric to transmit varying amounts of direct and incidental light thus producing shape obscuring shadows application_number US 24620002 A description while the present invention is susceptible of embodiment in various forms there is shown in the drawings and will hereinafter be described a presently preferred embodiment of the invention with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered as an exemplification of the invention and is not intended to limit the invention to the specific embodiment illustrated in an attempt to improve on camouflage performance increasingly complex measures have been taken in the fabrication of such materials u s pat nos 4 931 320 and 5 013 375 to leonard and u s pat nos 5 476 561 and 5 486 385 to bylund describe over sewn die cut fabrics or films attached to a mesh substrate these materials exhibit improved performance at the apparent cost of complexity durability and bulk the present invention is directed to a method of forming camouflage materials based on nonwoven fabrics such nonwoven fabrics being produced.