2007-01-17 08:43:29 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
Yes they are. Color blindness is not defined as seeing only black and white or grayscale pictures. If you are colorblind you still can see colors but only less.
Researches with dogs have shown, that dogs don't have the same broad color spectrum as people with a normal color vision. The dogs vision can be compared to a person who is Green-Weak (deuteranomaly), which means, that the part of the eye which recognizes the green part of a color is corrupted and not working as it should.
So dogs can see a lot of colors but have some problems in distinguishing red from green.
By the way, this is also the most common kind of color blindness among people.
2007-01-17 09:47:56 · answer #1 · answered by Colblindor 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dogs do see in color, but their perception of color is not the same as it is for people. They cannot distinguish between red, orange, yellow or green. They can see various shades of blue and can differentiate between closely related shades of gray that are not distinguishable to people.
2007-01-17 16:55:00 · answer #2 · answered by mistresscris 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one will ever know. Dogs cant talk and people cant look out of a dogs eyes.
2007-01-17 20:12:23 · answer #3 · answered by CJ 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they see 'only black and white (and grey)' by everything we can do to 'test' their eyes, but we dn't know how they 'experience this' and 'seeing color' is as much an 'exprience' as it is a 'scientific fact' ... it may be that dogs 'see things' in ways no human could ever understand.
2007-01-17 16:56:42 · answer #4 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I think they are color blind I've heard a couple of people say that and that because they can only see black and white they can see ghosts.
2007-01-17 16:51:41 · answer #5 · answered by Star 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
This question gets asked every day here at YA - No, they are not color blind, they see in black and white (If they were color blind, they would see some colors but not others).
2007-01-17 16:48:07 · answer #6 · answered by Yo LO! 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Dogs can see in some colors. No, I don't know what colors, but I do know they can see several.
2007-01-17 16:51:04 · answer #7 · answered by Ron Porkmore 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
much ppl will think that but no animals are not color blind
2007-01-17 16:51:01 · answer #8 · answered by jocysoul 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no...they can see some color altough dogs apparently lack ability to distinguish green from red
read this...http://ask.yahoo.com/20020902.html
2007-01-17 16:54:58 · answer #9 · answered by uber_kiwi95 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its believed so, they are suppose to be able to see shades though. Light vs dark etc.
2007-01-17 16:50:45 · answer #10 · answered by Aaron 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋