Do Cats Really See In Black And White?

Answer 1

Domestic cats do most of their hunting at night and from relatively close range. Because of this scientists for years thought that had little or no perception of colors -- it was unnecessary for them to have that capability. It's only in the last 20 years that we've discovered that or feline friends have a much more complicated and complete visual perception of the world than we imagined.
Both cats and people have rods and cones in their retina (stick with me here, this will get interesting). Rods help us see in dark conditions and to pick up movement; cones help us see in daylight and decipher colors. Cats have more rods than cones in their retina than we do. Thus cats are able to see better in the dark and perceive movement to a higher degree than we can. But there is a trade -- they can only "pick-up" on the colors blue, green and yellow; while the colors red, orange and brown fall into a gray range.
For example, lets say you and one of your tabby friends are looking at a stop sign 20-feet away on a blustery day. You see the stop sign in detail; as moving slight (due to the wind); and as red-and-white. The tabby next to you sees the stop sign in almost the same detail; is much more aware of the movement; and sees the sign as gray-and-white.
What the tabby loses in the color spectrum it gains in distinguishing more subtle aspects of movement.
Take that same situation at night: how we see the stop sign with a clear sky and full moon; is how our feline friend will see the sign on a partly cloudy moonless starry night.
Again, this is because cats have more rods than cones in the structure of their eyes in comparison to us.
Cats are slightly nearsighted when compared to us. Don't think this gives you any sort of edge. Their hearing and sense of smell is better than ours my several fold!

Answer 2

"Despite the presence of color-detecting cones, cats have little or no need to distinguish colors. Until fairly recently, cats were widely believed to be colorblind. In tests, however, domestic cats were successfully trained to distinguish blue, green and yellow (but not red). Their light-sensitive vision also allows them to differentiate among several shades of gray."

Answer 3

no cats see cool colors like blues and green and sometimes yellow

Answer 4

It was at one time believed that cats were color blind, but that apparently is not true.

They do see some colors, but they don't see them the same way we see them.

Answer 5

Cats are not color blind - they have the ability to distinguish between blues and greens, but lack the ability to pick out shades of red.

Answer 6

no they see in blue,green,yellow,and some times red

Answer 7

the old ones did but the new ones see colour and now theyve developed Hd cats that I here are quet good

Answer 8

yes they do.
as cats evolved in such a way that they can catch their pray in the very limited light they `ve developed their light receptor parts so that their eye scan see in dark this cause that they lose the color sensing parts in their eyes.

Answer 9

No. Colorblind does not mean that. It means that they dont see color detail.

Answer 10

Guess not. They can apparently see some colors but not others.

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