Ilaphu le-“Chameleon” likwaziwa ngokuba liqondo lobushushu – elitshintsha ilaphu, ubushushu – libonisa ilaphu, ilaphu elifudumeleyo – elinovakalelo. Kukutshintsha umbala ngeqondo lobushushu ngokwenyani, umzekelo ubushushu balo bangaphakathi ngumbala, ubushushu bangaphandle buba ngomnye umbala kwakhona, buyakwazi ukutshintsha umbala. tshintsha umbala ngokukhawuleza kunye notshintsho lobushushu be-ambient, yenza into enemibala inesiphumo sombala wotshintsho oluguquguqukayo ngaloo ndlela.
Izinto eziphambili zelaphu le-chameleon ziyi-pigment ezitshintsha umbala, iifayili kunye nezibophelelo.Umsebenzi walo wokutshintsha umbala uxhomekeke kwimibala eguqula umbala, kunye nokutshintsha kombala ngaphambi nangemva kokufudumeza kwemibala yahluke ngokupheleleyo, esetyenziswa njengesiseko sokuguqula umbala. gweba ubunyani bamatikiti.