Wearing patchy-black-and-white-colored clothing would actually make you show up very starkly against ordinary backgrounds; you would need to remain among a "herd of Holsteins" for said camooflage to be effective at concealing your presence.
That guy was wearing his orange and yellow BDU's, he was ready for war on the sun and y2k, even though neither one ever happened. What is he going to do with his orange camoflage now?