2006-09-08 03:49:32 · 16 answers · asked by Darkstar 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
According to Benjamin Franklin they are. He actually was describing why older women make better lovers. He said they were less demanding, more thorough, etc, and besides, "All cats are gray in the dark." Meaning, I guess, that their looks don't count once you are all tucked in under the covers.
From a woman's perspective, good old Ben wasn't much of a looker himself.
2006-09-08 03:59:18 · answer #1 · answered by Doe 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You lose your sensitivity to colour in low light levels because your cone cells, which detect colour, only function in bright light. Your rod cells are much more sensitive, and it is these you depend on to see in the dark, albeit with reduced ability to distinguish colours.
However this does not mean cats change colour at night. A blue cat will still be blue, it's just you can't see the blueness.
2006-09-08 11:03:36 · answer #2 · answered by reddragon105 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Toutes les chats sont grises dans la nuit". My French may not be just right there.
I have found if I get up at night that I can't always identify which cat I see as there color is lost in my vision. Course the orange ones I recognise and I have three tabbies that tend to look the same.
2006-09-08 12:56:33 · answer #3 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Things only have colour if light refects off them. When it is dark _everything_ looks grey.
2006-09-09 13:06:12 · answer #4 · answered by helen g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only grey cats
2006-09-08 10:56:06 · answer #5 · answered by clutterbug84 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NOoooooooooooooooooooooooo
2006-09-08 10:51:12 · answer #6 · answered by Danny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are YOU gray in the dark?
2006-09-08 11:52:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are still their original colour but only darker - cuz there's no light.
2006-09-08 10:53:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not unless you are colour blind?
Buy a torch and check again!
2006-09-11 18:51:24 · answer #9 · answered by Debbie Mc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
erm no, they are still the same colour they always were and will continue to be so.
2006-09-08 11:04:44 · answer #10 · answered by CarolMcS 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋