I don't think that color is being dismissed, I still want my lure to be seen in the water column.
i fish clear (to me) waters and some days I'll find that a particular lure I'm using may have too much flash and I'll switch to a more subdued lure or vice versa and find success.
Who knows what a bass sees, j don't know and I'm not qualified to make statements of how they do see. They do have eyes and I want to appeal to that sense. As Demny Brauer would say in his book: "It's one more thing to think about that can put the odds in your favor."
So in terms of making my bait match the surroundings? Yeah, I'll buy a price of that pie ... on some days ... but I'm not all in.
Location, depth, presentation and then dial in the color to the light and water conditions.