Comment Re:Chameleon-Like Behavior? (Score 1) 191
One of the properties of subatomic particles is referred to as colour. The particles are not coloured (they are far smaller than the wavelengths of light that give colour), but it is a simple system of classifying particles, similar to resistor colour codes or the "terrorist" alert system.
The study of the colour properties is called "chromodynamics", and I guess "chameleon" must be a similar extension of the metaphor.