Do animals respond to the colours you wear?

Question

What colours can animals see and can their behaviour towards you be affected by the colours you wear?

Answer 1

Wear Red in front of a bull and see what happens !!

Answer 2

Many animals can only see very few colours, and the red rag to a bull is a myth - they just charge because you wave something at them (that just happens to be red) or are trained.

Answer 3

Some do, some don't. I can't speak for many animals, but bumblebees can certainly get worked up around the color blue, especially in the spring when blue flowers are common (presumably the blue in the dye of shirts and jeans is similar in UV reflectance to the blue in flowers). I've been a walking or sitting 'super-stimulus' more than once, and it can be a bit unnerving to have to wait for the bumblebee to become convinced that you have no nectar or pollen and quit exploring your body and fly away.

Answer 4

yes they do and the bull example is a good one. now this is only just started to be explored so we don't know what animals do and what don't and how. but as far as I know there was an wxparament done on wasps with shapes and colors to see if they used that to get or remember food. birds SEEM (not proven) to know what you are wearing and colors. even my dog who is as most dogs mostly color blind still knows what you have means diffrent things. like when mom has a dress on for church she does not follow us to the doar but if she snekers she runs up because she knows/thinks it is walk time. there have been many ani mals that know colors but this is a new topic witch takes time to study so there is not much sources I can find.


now to answer the dog thing...dogs are mostly color blind but can see gray shades of red green yellow orange and other bright colors. but just barly

Answer 5

Well it depends on the animal,

If your talking about a blue jay, well..... they can't see blue.
If your talking about a mosquito... DON'T wear blue! Thats the only color mosquitos can see.
Don't wear bright colors in front of bulls.
Lions are color blind, (which is why it is so hard for them to hunt zebras).

Hope this was useful!

Answer 6

With regard to Red and Bulls - Bulls react to a FLAPPING cloak. It is irrelevant what colour it is; red is traditional and is also used for dramatic impact. Flap a black rag and you will get the same effect!

Answer 7

Actually, it depends on the animal. My betta used to flare when I wore red and orange but my I had a peacock at the zoo by my house bother me every time I wore a blue shirt. It all depends.

Answer 8

I am quite sure that animals cannot see colour as humans do but as in monochrome vision.

Answer 9

some animals can see in color, others only can see in black and white. Primates(monkeys and apes), elephants, most birds and insects can see at least some colors. This helps them find food and in the cases of birds, mates.
most ungulates (hoofstock) like deer, horses, cows and antelopes can only see black and white.
keepers at the zoo I work at wear orange vests to signal to the monkeys that it is feeding time.

Answer 10

I find animals act anxious around me when I wear my bright red t-shirt, so I suppose so.

Don't forget, a matador always uses a red blanket to infuriate the bull. It is probably all dependent on which animal

Answer 11

Bees (honeybees) like yellow, orange, blue, and violet. They usually pollinate flowers of these colors. Red flowers are pollinated by other animals. They like yellow, orange, blue. and violet, and they ignore red.