I cut and pasted this... Not my own words...

Chromatophores produce their colors by reflection after absorption of light. Generally, the light comes from above, but it may come from below after reflection from an underlying structure. The most common type of chromatophore contains melanin (and is, therefore, often called a melanophore), which absorbs all wavelengths so that the chromatophore appears black; other types have red (erythrophores) or yellow (xanthophores) pigments. These pigments generally derive from carotenoids in vertebrates.

Going by this and everything else I have read, xanthophores are only responsible for producing yellow pigmentation...

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• Rextiles and others... - CBH, Wed Nov 17 09:01:58 2010
• Examples - CBH, Wed Nov 17 09:03:17 2010
• Lots of typos.... Sorry! NP - CBH, Wed Nov 17 09:08:15 2010
• I agree, Chris... - Sunherp, Wed Nov 17 17:23:50 2010
• RE: Rextiles and others... - Rextiles, Wed Nov 17 19:40:32 2010
• RE: Rextiles and others... - vjl4, Thu Nov 18 11:28:05 2010
• RE: Rextiles and others... - Rextiles, Thu Nov 18 13:38:09 2010
• RE: Rextiles and others... - Gregg_M_Madden, Thu Nov 18 19:48:57 2010
• RE: Rarely asked, not rearely... LOL.. - Gregg_M_Madden, Thu Nov 18 19:49:54 2010
• RE: Rextiles and others... - Rextiles, Fri Nov 19 12:45:36 2010
• RE: Rextiles and others... - vjl4, Fri Nov 19 14:02:52 2010
• RE: Rextiles and others... - Gregg_M_Madden, Fri Nov 19 15:03:01 2010
• Axanthic vs. Anerythristic - Sunherp, Fri Nov 19 16:41:37 2010
• RE: Axanthic vs. Anerythristic - Gregg_M_Madden, Fri Nov 19 16:59:36 2010
• RE: More.... - Gregg_M_Madden, Fri Nov 19 17:09:33 2010
• Erythrophores... - Sunherp, Mon Nov 22 10:54:00 2010
• RE: Erythrophores... - Rextiles, Mon Nov 22 12:15:28 2010
• More on genetics and Chromatophores - Sunherp, Mon Nov 22 11:21:18 2010
• Axanthics versus Anerythristics - Rextiles, Fri Nov 19 18:07:09 2010