• Question: why can dogs only see some colours? are there eyes structured differently?

    Asked by abbix.hardy:D to Hephzi, Imogen, Jen, Jennifer, Tom on 9 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Thomas Barrett

      Thomas Barrett answered on 9 Mar 2015:

      Colours are detected in your eyes by rods and cones. Dogs have fewer cones than humans so they see less colours.

      For more info check this out, its got a cool picture of the range of colours dogs can see.

      https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/canine-corner/200810/can-dogs-see-colors

    • Photo: Jen Machin

      Jen Machin answered on 12 Mar 2015:

      As Tom says, there are cells in our eyes that detect colour and these are called cones. As humans, we have three types of cones, but dogs only have two, which is why they can’t see as many colours as we can. Dogs find it a lot more difficult to see the colour red than we do 🙂

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