Not only can they see color, but their eyesight isn’t fuzzy either. Recently, my mixed breed ran all over the house chasing a fly. She was bound and determined to get it, but lost it.
Human eyes have photoreceptors that fire for blue, red, and green wavelengths. Dog eyes are receptive only to blue and greenish-yellow. So reds, oranges, and yellows would look rather different to them than to us. But dogs’ eyes are better than ours in detecting the amount of light reflected off an object, so a red ball and a yellow ball would still be distinguishable.
Human eyes are also designed to see things that are in front of our faces in great detail; a dogs’ field of vision is not only wider than ours, it’s sort of “spread thin” from periphery to peripery. They’re better at noticing something coming in from the side, and tracking that movement (even something very small, like a fly). Humans automatically turn our eyes and heads towards something we want to see clearly, but for dogs it makes less of a difference.
Elaine Rosco Premium Member about 13 years ago
Dogs see some colors.
GROG Premium Member about 13 years ago
OK, Cindy.
odeliasimone about 13 years ago
Poor poor pup!
Shooter918 about 13 years ago
Fang?? Is that you???
cbrsarah about 13 years ago
Not only can they see color, but their eyesight isn’t fuzzy either. Recently, my mixed breed ran all over the house chasing a fly. She was bound and determined to get it, but lost it.
captainedd about 13 years ago
A blind is good for hunting ducks…
fritzoid Premium Member about 13 years ago
“Do we know what colors dogs can see?”
Human eyes have photoreceptors that fire for blue, red, and green wavelengths. Dog eyes are receptive only to blue and greenish-yellow. So reds, oranges, and yellows would look rather different to them than to us. But dogs’ eyes are better than ours in detecting the amount of light reflected off an object, so a red ball and a yellow ball would still be distinguishable.
Human eyes are also designed to see things that are in front of our faces in great detail; a dogs’ field of vision is not only wider than ours, it’s sort of “spread thin” from periphery to peripery. They’re better at noticing something coming in from the side, and tracking that movement (even something very small, like a fly). Humans automatically turn our eyes and heads towards something we want to see clearly, but for dogs it makes less of a difference.