• Question: do cats see through black and white???????????

    Asked by allan0501 to Donna, Jo, Mark, Stuart, timcraggs on 14 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Donna MacCallum

      Donna MacCallum answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      Cats, like us, have two types of cells in our eyes that let us see colours and black and white. However, cats apparently do not see pink. There’s a wesite where you can see how cats see (http://www.kittyshow.com/cat_color_vision.html)

    • Photo: Tim Craggs

      Tim Craggs answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      Hi Allen,

      I am afraid that I do not know the answer to this question. Perhaps one Donna does?

      However, I found this site on the web which might be useful:

      http://veterinaryvision.com/See.htm

      See what you think!

      Tim

    • Photo: Joanna Buckley

      Joanna Buckley answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      I was always told this but I’m not sure that it’s true, Allan. I know that cats have rubbish eyesight and can’t really pick out sharp shapes like we can. They have a sort of colourblindness which means they can’t perceive differences between some of the colors that others can distinguish. They seem to manage pretty well though.

      Do you have a cat, Allan?

    • Photo: Mark Lancaster

      Mark Lancaster answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      Cats (this is my cat Stanley are nocturnal and their visual system is optimised for night time operation and to detect movement in low-light levels as opposed to differentiating colours. As such cats’ eyes have more rods (to allow light in) than cones (to detect colour) – so they can appreciate colours but do not have a well-developed colour visual system like us.

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