Disruptive coloration that breaks up an animal's outline is another form of camouflage ( see Figure 10.8). Unlike an animal that looks like its background (background matching), a disruptively colored animal exhibits bold patterns that serve to hide it in a different way, by making its outline difficult to perceive. Disruptive coloration differs from a random assortment of contrasting patterns because it works best when the disruptive patches are at the margins of the animal (as it might be viewed by a predator) and not in the middle of the body.