do dogs see color or black and white?

Answer 1

Dogs can see colour just not as vibrant as we do and they are unable to detect certain colours much like a colourblind human.
It is a common fallacy that dogs see in black and white but that is untrue. Go to the link below to see how dogs view the world compared to us humans...

http://www.50connect.co.uk/index.asp?main=http%3A//www.50connect.co.uk/50c/articlepages/pets_index.asp%3Fsc%3Ddogs%26aID%3D4184

PS dont listen to the people telling you they see in black and white they are mistaken! I really wish people would research thier answers to avoid giving wrong ones!!

Answer 2

Black and white. Their retinas lack cones, which are the structures that contain the molecules that detect wavelengths of red, green, yellow, and blue.
As a rule, animals that are largely hunter or hunted see black and white. Images and contrast are crisper, and dim light conditions are brighter for black and white vision. Since dogs come from domesticated wild dogs and wolves, that's what they have.
Animals that can either fly, or climb, or defend themselves in social groups and eat a lot of ripening fruit have color vision. They don't need the crisper black and white for defense but the color comes in handy for finding fruit and other food sources. Some birds, and animals like primates (monkeys, gibbons, babboons, apes, lemurs, humans, etc) usually have color vision.

Answer 3

I have always had collies, now I have a border collie, not only do they see in color,but when asked they will pick up the color toy that I request. Mostly the border collie,s will do it, but I have had a few sable collies that know colors, toys, clothing items, by names and colors. Some where in Great Britain last year some one at a University got a huge money grant to prove the very thing I am telling you for free! Wish i had thought of the grant Idea, Hell my Border Collie will tell you how smart she is!

Answer 4

Dogs see in color. They're kind of like people. We have a photoreceptor layer in our eye full of rods and cones. The cones are there to help us see better at night and the rods are there for a daytime and color vision. The only difference between us and dog is that a dog will have more cones than rods. But they still see colors!

Answer 5

Well, I know they do not see in black and white.. When I was going through dog training, my trainer said the best thing to do for your dog is to let them pick out their own toys.. Usually they will pick out the same colour each time. From then on whenever we went to a pet store we put down a bunch of toys and sure enough she went for the red one each time. As we've acquired more dogs, they've each had their own colour.. One likes yellow, another white, another green, and the one red. My trainer said that which ever colour the dog drifts to is the one that he/she sees the best. So which ever colour your dog tends to go for is his or her best.

Answer 6

I have always heard that they see black and white but that they can see the color red. But, who really knows!

Answer 7

I have always heard black and white but our dog has four different color balls - all the same ball - and he always chooses the red one for some reason

Answer 8

black and white

Answer 9

black and white

Answer 10

AFAIK they can see color up to 2ft from the eye, after that it fades into black and white.