2007-01-10 02:03:20 · 8 answers · asked by Sandor K 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
That is what I have always understood. They do not have the receptors in their eyes that interpret colors, but they can get a lot of information out of contrasts and about the movement of figure on ground. They are not as "handicapped" by color-blindness as a human is, because they do not live in a world that assumes you can distinguish colors and uses it to make things recognizable. "Color coding," in the sense of tabs on a file folder, is just the modern version of something we have always done intuitively; use color as a piece of information in processing data. Dogs can't, never could, and do not rely on that.
2007-01-10 02:13:41 · answer #1 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dogs do see colors but are apt to see certain ones better than others. It is a myth that dogs are color blind...just like when people hear a human is color blind, it rarely means the person only sees black/white but in fact they generally don't see a particular color or shades. There are very few cases where an animal (human included) is completely color blind to the point of only seeing black and grey scale.
2007-01-10 11:37:54 · answer #2 · answered by smurf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they have done studies & come to the conclusion that dogs&cats see only in black &white i dont know how they came up with that idea i mean did they take a dogs eye and put in a human to see what colar they they could see?
2007-01-10 10:58:26 · answer #3 · answered by BIZGIG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, they can see colors. But they can't see every color that humans can. I've looked up that like a thousand times and I've come out with the same answer...so...I promise I'm not just spouting off stuff. I don't think cats can see color, though.
2007-01-10 10:15:14 · answer #4 · answered by Rach 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can see colours as well, but not as well as humans.
they have much more receptors for light intensity in their retina than the ones for colour, it probably enables them to see better at low light. It is believed that they can't differentiate between red and green.
2007-01-10 10:09:08 · answer #5 · answered by keith h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that to my concern is 100% true even though it has not been proven 100% it is told that they can only see in black and white
2007-01-10 11:23:43 · answer #6 · answered by Marina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats what I am told. And they also have no sense of taste thats why their sense of smell is so strong. Or isnt babies, newborns, who see in black and white?
2007-01-10 10:08:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I just asked a dog and they said "wtf are you talking about man?"
so i still don't know!
***** dog ...drop the atittude you 4 legged jerk off punk canine !
2007-01-10 10:10:10 · answer #8 · answered by lowroad 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋