is it true animals can only see in black and white?

Answer 1

Well ,some of them, at least...

'Animals that see black and white and shades of
gray have only the rods in their retina. Animals that see color have both
rods and cones; the cones are for color, but require a lot more light to
stimulate. The bottom line is that animals that see color are diurnal
[daylight] and black and white vision is for nocturnal [night] vision. If
an animal does not see color, it is adapted to night vision.'

Answer 2

Hello


Colour blindness is a term that descibes an animal which does not have the range of colour vision that one would expect. An animal can be colour blind and still see colour. Black and white vision involves only seeing things only in shades of gray.

Animals have cones to detect colour. In mammals there are cones to detect reds, blues and greens; however humans and a few other primates are totally exceptional in possesing all three types of cones. Most mammals appear to be able to distinguish blues and either red or green (but not both). Humans which are colour blind usually have lost some of their ability to detect both reds and greens. However, they still have the ability to see blues and yellows without any difficulty.

Even those animals that can only see one colour do not see in black and white. For these animals, it is like looking at an old computer monitor which has bright yellow/green writing on a green background. There is only one colour present, but it is still a colour monitor!

White light is composed of many wavelengths involving several colours. It simply would not be possible to see any visible light unless you were sensitive to at least one of the colours. Therefore it is not possible for animals to literally see in "black and white" (brain disorders excepted). They have to have at least monochromatic vision.

Answer 3

Yes, some do. Bulls see in monochrome so don't wave anything grey at them or they will charge. Lions also see in black and white which is why zebras are superbly camouflaged in long grass.
Did you know that the majority of human males dream in black and white without realising it.

Answer 4

Colorblind does not mean you see in black and white. Colorblind is when you cannot differentiate between two colors, such as red and green. Some animals are colorblind,some see in infrared (Mice) and some see just as good, or better, than us.

Answer 5

No. Some see colours. Some only see a small amount of colour and the rest is varying shades of gray.

Answer 6

Not at all. Many can see in colour. It depends on the animal.

Answer 7

Many animals see in color. Bulls dont see color they charge at movement of the cape not the red color. Deer see in black and white, so they dont see the blaze orange of the hunter. Some reptiles see in infrared.

Answer 8

some animals can,and some can see in a few other colors. but not like us. animals see very few colors

Answer 9

I dont believe that.

One of my rescue horses was terrified of anything Blue. Took me a while to work it out, but Blue was definately a bad memory for her. She would back up and visibly tremble at Blue rugs/brushes/bandages etc.Took me about 3 years to get her to jump blue barrels. Would have loved to meet the Bastardo that traumatised her!

Answer 10

I thought cats could but dogs i believe can see in colour cos how else would they do those gud tricks like ' pick up the blue ball'?.