do animals see in colour?

Answer 1

Many animals can see things that we cannot. For example, cats can see at night when it is too dark for us. However, we do not know what animals actually perceive. There is an important difference between merely having light illuminate our retina, and actually understanding what we are seeing.

The role of color vision in an animal's perception, behavior, and ecological setting, and its underlying retina and neuronal mechanisms vary enormously in different groups of animals. Although color as a perceptual category with cognitive significance obviously plays a great role in human life, there is, with the exception of hymenopterous insects, still little evidence about the roles of color perception in nonhuman animals, especially nonprimates. Current research finds that color vision in non-primate mammals is very limited, and probably bears little resemblance to humans'. Nevertheless, it is proven that animals see some form of color vision.

Answer 2

most birds can see in colour, hence the bright colour displays of plumage. Otherwise they'd all be grey like a pigeon.
although more interestingly some deep sea fish can 'see' in the infra red spectrum, as no visible light can penetrate that far down whilst some insects can detect ultra violet, a fact not lost on mother nature, who makes some flowers have bloom which combine visible and ultra violet shades to attract them.
and i think some butterfly wings have similar properties.

Answer 3

Some animals can see in colour but it is not true that red affects bulls when they are in a bull ring. Cows see in black and white and it is the movement of the flag that antagonises the animal.

Answer 4

Who really knows??
I had a cat who only knocked the red and bright pink ornaments off the Christmas tree.
The cat I have now, definitely prefers her bright pink stuffed mouse, although she has many other toys and mice.
She doesn't play with it or bat it around like the rest of her toys but lovingly carries it in her mouth from room to room. She'll wake up from a sound sleep, look around, spot her pink mouse and retrieve it, put it next to her and go back to sleep. Sometimes if I'm on the computer, she'll carry it down the hall and drop it on my foot. Some nights, we'll be watching TV and she "honors" one of us with dropping it on our foot and meowing. It's a great gift to be the "homored" one that night.
We've observed her for years doing this.... but only with that pink mouse.
Is it the pink or the mouse?? Don't know.

Answer 5

,Many animals can see things that we cannot. For example, cats can see at night when it is too dark for us. However, we do not know what animals actually perceive. Current research finds that color vision in non-primate mammals is very limited, and probably bears little resemblance to humans'. Nevertheless, it is proven that animals see some form of color vision. kinda like heat radiation glasses. or say night vision goggles that the military uses.

Answer 6

I believe they do. For years they have said that they dont but they are full of it. My dog hates the color orange. Only the color orange. Once he jumped out of the car when we were going down the road doing about 25 mph, just to attack an orange barrel. He wasnt hurt real bad the little idiot, but he lost a toenail and had a few scrapes.

Answer 7

Many fish can see colors (e.g. Phoxinus, Crenilabrus). Some amphibians can see colors (frog: Rana temporaria, toads: Bufo bufo, some salamanders) and they usually have two pigments. Most reptiles can see colors (snakes, turtles). Birds: general rule: birds that are active during the day can see colors, but birds that are acitve during the night cannot. Mammals are generally bad in color vision. Examples of color-blind mammals are rats, hamsters, rabbits, and dogs. Cats are weak, but can see some colors. Mammals that are quite good are guinea pigs, sheep, zebra, horses.

Answer 8

Kind of..... 'animals' is a very big thing to cover. All inhabitants of this earth are animals (yes even us), so the only answer to your question is that some can and some can't.

Answer 9

most animals can see in colour, it is dependant on how their brains interpret what they see?
most mammals have eyes that can see colour and dogs can be trained to recognise object by colour but mammals eyes sight is mainly designed to respond to movement rather than colour.

Answer 10

I think that they do see some colors, my cat loves Clifford the Big Red Dog, even if the volume is muted she watches him during the whole show! I would like to think that all fuzzy babies can see at least some things in color.