What color is chameleons really?

Question

Like what color is their natural color?

Answer 1

Green

Answer 2

A chameleon’s colorful beauty is truly skin deep. Under the transparent outer skin are two cell layers that contain red and yellow pigments, or chromatophores. Below the chromatophores are cell layers that reflect blue and white light. Even deeper down is a layer of brown melanin (which gives human skin its various shades). Levels of external light and heat, and internal chemical reactions cause these cells to expand or contract. A calm chameleon, for example, may exhibit green, because the somewhat contracted yellow cells allow blue-reflected light to pass through. An angry chameleon may exhibit yellow, because the yellow cells have fully expanded, thus blocking off all blue-reflected light from below.

Other lizards, like the green anole, can also change color. But this green-to-brown color change is much less dramatic than the vivid, distinct color and pattern changes of chameleons.

Answer 3

Some Chameleon species are able to change their body color, which has made them one of the most famous lizard families. Contrary to popular belief, this change of color is not purely an adaptation to the surroundings (although the surroundings play a large part) but also an expression of the physical and physiological condition of the lizard. The skin color is changed under influence of mood, light, and temperature. The skin color also plays an important part in communication and rivalry fights.

Chameleons have specialized cells, collectively called chromatophores, that lie in layers under their transparent outer skin. The cells in the upper layer, called xanthophores and erythrophores, contain yellow and red pigments respectively. Below these is another layer of cells called iridophores (or guanophores), and they contain the colorless crystalline substance guanine. These reflect amongst others the blue part of incident light. If the upper layer of chromatophores appear mainly yellow, the reflected light becomes green (blue plus yellow). A layer of dark melanin containing melanophores is situated even deeper under the reflective iridophores. The melanophores influence the 'lightness' of the reflected light. All these different pigment cells can rapidly relocate their pigments, thereby influencing the color of the chameleon.

Answer 4

I guess you mean "What colour ARE chameleons?" I mean, honestly, you can spell chameleons and you can't even get the verb "to be" right?

Seriously, though, most are green-ish.

But, here's something to think about. I had a friend with a pet chameleon, and he used to enjoy putting it on strange coloured surfaces and see what would happen.

Best thing was when he put it on a piece of tartan (plaid), and the thing went a funny pink-ish colour. I swear you could see the poor things concentration written all over his face!

Answer 5

Green

Answer 6

there are many different kinds of chameleons so they can be any color from green to red or yellow to purple. most of the ones at the pet store are green but if you watch Jeff corwin experience on animal planet you can see the different colors

Answer 7

A disgusting shade of green or any colour u put the chameleon on

Answer 8

U guys r just sayin green because lizards r green u can get all coloured ones of chameleons u could find a blue one red greeen yellow stuff liek that

Answer 9

A male chameleon could grow to be extra shiny in colouration and a woman could grow to be extra boring in colouration as they the two could be responding to their mirrored image - the male becomming aggressive and exhibiting and the female turning out to be to be shy and submissive. Chameleons are properly hidden by way of their base shade, eco-friendly, mixing with their eco-friendly atmosphere. Their actually shade is a mirrored image of temper, no longer atmosphere.

Answer 10

Green.