How Chameleons Change Colors. Due to the subset of chameleons that can change color, they have also long been used in literature, music, and the arts to represent characters that alter themselves according to their. They make their own paper chameleons change colors in a mini science experiment.

These cells are called guanine crystals, and when the chameleon changes the space between these crystals, the wavelength of light reflected by their skin changes. They explain why chameleons change color in their own words. Finally, they explain what caused their chameleons to change color (has to do with.