Similarly to other cuttlefish, pharaoh cuttlefish use these chromatophores for camouflage and other cryptic behaviors. They have many types of body patterns, including uniform, mottled, or disruptive. While they have no preference in using any of them, the use of each pattern depends on the surrounding environment as well as predators and prey within the area, and they may even produce a mixed type of body pattern depending on the substrate around them. Depending on the richness of the environment around them, juvenile cuttlefish have exhibited a clear response to color changing and cryptic behavior early on when in sandy loose ocean floors with surrounding objects. Physical enrichment allows the cuttlefish to better explore and learn its surroundings in order to correctly display the coloring and camouflage needed for survival.