2007-12-22 21:55:13 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
I've always heard they are.
I beg to differ on the TV watching though...one of my dogs loves cartoons and animal planet when the lions are on.
Also,not all animals are color blind...turkeys see in color which is why hunters still have to wear camouflage when hunting them.
2007-12-23 01:21:41 · answer #1 · answered by LifeHappens 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not colourblind in the sense that some humans are, no - they just can't see as many colours as us. They see more than black and white though.
Dogs can see TV, they love it! So do cats! My sisters cat just looooves Dog Borstal.
Chalice
EDIT: Yes, people can know, by understanding how the rods and cones in eyes work and by knowing what rods and cones dogs have. You don't have to be able to 'see through a dog's eyes'
2007-12-23 11:46:43 · answer #2 · answered by Chalice 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Experiments on response have indicated that Dogs are colourblind and Cats see in colour.
2007-12-23 06:03:50 · answer #3 · answered by Pat 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Dogs are not colorblind, they see colors, just not the intensity or the range of colors that we see. Dogs have rods and cones in their eyes- they can see it. The studies that they have done with color have been to teach a dog to find the yellow block out of a bunch of colors- if the dog can be taught to find that color block amung the other colors, it gets a treat- and they found that with some colors, the dogs could be trained to consistantly pick out the block of that color for a treat- so we know they see it from behavioral studies, and physiologically, they have cones and rods in their eyes, so they have the structures in the eyes that proceve color.
2007-12-23 06:09:46 · answer #4 · answered by destinie l 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My dog was turned down by the RAF for being colourblind.....
Luckily the Army accepted him......afterall he is a Gun-dog...!!!:)
2007-12-23 06:10:17 · answer #5 · answered by john c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Color blindness (color vision deficiency) is a condition in which certain colors cannot be distinguished, and is most commonly due to an inherited condition. Red/Green color blindness is by far the most common form, about 99%, and causes problems in distinguishing reds and greens. Another color deficiency Blue/Yellow also exists, but is rare and there is no commonly available test for it.
2007-12-23 11:26:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not entirely. That can see colour but it greatly lacks the range that we see. The link below explores the question in some depth and has further links of interest.
2007-12-23 06:02:08 · answer #7 · answered by SteveLaw 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i have been told that dogs are largely colourblind although they can see some dull colours.
2007-12-23 06:02:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No they're not- this is a myth.
They see colours but they see them differently to us. Some colours they don't see very well, others, like blue I think, they can see quite well.
Their vision excels in darkness and they sense movement very quickly- but if something stays still they can't see it because their focusing ability is quite poor.
2007-12-23 06:16:04 · answer #9 · answered by skyespirit86 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah they wouldn't understand the diffrence between a black dog and a blue dog
2007-12-23 06:04:33 · answer #10 · answered by Chelsea A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋