are cats colorblind?

Question

I know that dogs are but are cats?

also if anybody knows how people figure this out

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; allowing for much better night vision.
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!
This question came up earlier -- hope I didn't offend anyone by using my same answer again.

Answer 2

I have heard that but I don't believe it! My cat Gracie wouldd not let me put any color of a collar on her but bright Pink. I tried blue and she woul not let me put it on. I tried red same thing I took the collars back to the store and got the bright pink and she was more than happy to let me put the collar on her. They can't speak Human to tell us I'm color blind so how do the Vets know for sure?

Answer 3

Would the spectrum of colors they can see - mentioned above several times - make them think a sliding glass door is always
'the door to summer,' even though there may be a field of white/bright snow on the other side of the glass?

Answer 4

Cats see some colors - mostly in the blue and orange area of the spectrum. They don't see other colors well at all.

Answer 5

i am a vet
and cats and dogs can only see green and blue .
Hope this helps

Answer 6

purely partly. they can't see each and all of the hues that we do and the others hues that they do see are muted. and that's because of the fact their eyes are built to function extra advantageous in partial gentle the place shade isn't as properly-widespread besides.

Answer 7

new research has shown that they probably are able to see primary colors, red, blue, green.my cat has a red bowl that he only gets his "special treat in" and when he sees it in my hand he comes running!!

Answer 8

Except for humans and rehsus monkeys all malmals are colourblind

Answer 9

No, but they are color deficiant. They only see in pastels. I don't see how scientists would know this but they say the pastel theory.

Answer 10

yes I'm pretty sure they are and also most all white cats with blue eyes are blind in one eye, pretty weird huh!