Standing in the middle of the rainforest, you will see lush greenery adorned with outstanding areas of contrasting colours such as red, orange, blue etc. Many rainforest animals are brightly coloured so that other animals of the same kind can see them. Others have them so that they are able to blend into their surroundings, the leafy background.

Different toucans have different beak colours and this help them to recognise each other. And orchid mantis on the other hand, have bright colours making them look like orchids, so that they are able to catch prey much easily. So does rhinoceros vipers that have bright coloured pattern to help them blend into the leaves of the forest floor. They paralyse their prey that walks pass with their bite. The Day gecko has a bright green colour to blend them among the leaves. This mainly serves to hide themselves from predators.

Animals are not the only ones with colours. Plants also make use of them to help them with pollination and seed dispersal. Brightly coloured flowers serves to attract specific pollinators to help them spread their pollen around. For example, flowers with a bright yellowish and slight blue colour serves to attract bees while the colour red is to attract humming birds.