How do organisms that camouflage tell their body which colour to change to?

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I just saw a video of an octopus changing its colour to match the rocks near him. How is this information processed (I’m assuming that octopus saw the colour of the rock and then had its body change its colour)? Can they recognize and identify colours?

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One of the theories is that octopus have optical sensors all over their skin too see what the surrounding area looks like

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