Is it true that dogs can only see in black and white, recognising no other colours?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Most animals see in all shades between black and white.

To see what they see, turn the colour completely down on your TV.
Turn the colour 1 or 2 points up. There is no colour still, but the 'texture' of things is slightly altered.

Of the animals that have been examined, only the Great Apes have so far been found to see in colour.



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Answer 3

i have heard that thats correct. I thinks scientists have done some reseach on that very topic. Dogs have a sort of chemical in their eye. And they cant see bright neon colours like you and I do, they see in black, which is a negative composite effection, or white, which is all the colores mixed together. So to answer your question yes they can only see in black and white. Buuuut we dont even track colors, so our eyes can only see some colours, which means that there are other colours out there that our eyes havent even detected. Therefore dogs and cats probally can see colours that you and I cant.

Answer 4

Three scientists at the University of California at Santa Barbara adopted the traditional strategy of trying to tempt the dogs with food. The menu, frankly, could have stood some improvement: would YOU cooperate with people whose idea of a reward was a cheese-and-beef-flavored pellet? Nonetheless, the researchers found three mutts who were sufficiently desperate to play along. They showed the dogs three screens lit up from behind with colored lights--two of one color, the third of a different color. The mutts got the pellet if they poked the odd-colored screen with their noses.

The dogs had no difficulty distinguishing colors at the opposite ends of the visible spectrum, such as red and blue, and they proved to be demons with blues in general, quickly learning to differentiate blue from violet. But they bombed at other colors, confusing greenish-yellow, orange, and red.

The researchers concluded that dogs suffer from a type of colorblindness that in humans is called deuteranopia. Normal humans have three types of color receptors for red, green, and blue. Deuteranopes lack the green receptor, and thus (apparently) can't tell a lemon from a lime--or, for that matter, a red traffic light from a green one. One more reason to put your foot down next time the pooch says he wants to drive.

Answer 5

No, it's complete bull.

Dogs eyes have cone cells as well as rod cells, which means they are capable of differentiating colours. They may not be able to do it to quite the degree that humans can, but they certainly don't see in black and white.

Answer 6

when i watched inside the womb on the national g channel it showed you sight through the eyes of a golden retriever, it was colour but all the colours were very dull compared to what we see, if thats wrong peeps sorry just going by what I watched on tv.

Answer 7

Apparently

Answer 8

I always thought that but my Golden Retriever shies away from anything that is yellow .... She doesn't like yellow skips, yellow road signs on the pavement, yellow bags that the paperboys carry - even the reflective jackets which the lollipop man wears!

Answer 9

Yes there are things called cones and rod in the eyeball and if you only have one (cant remember which) you will only see in B/W. Thats how they know cats and rabbits can see in colour. And dogs in B/W

Answer 10

Dog can see color they can't see as well as use but they can she color there are some colors they can not see like red. All the colors they do see have a grayish tint to them. I've research it so trust me.