The Colors Cats See - Articles & Pics

[Milky's Mammy]

Originally Posted by jusjim

If Milky sees reds as gray, then that's mouse color. Missy likes grey mouse, but is indiferent to white one. Green plants seem to atract, also.

So you're saying that he likes grey things actually, not red things? This is really so interesting! I must try out more colourful things with him and see what colours he fancies.

[F/3]

A quick google search and this was an answer I found,


We believe cats do see in color, although not exactly the way we do. In past tests, cats appeared to distinguish between the low to mid light wave spectrum (higher frequency), meaning cats responded to the colors purple, blue, green and yellow range. Red, orange and brown colors appear to fall outside cats color range and are most likely seen as shades of gray or purple. Cats appear to see less saturation in colors than do humans, meaning cats do not see colors as intensely or vibrantly. Blue and green appear to be the strongest colors perceived by cats. Tests suggest cats can distinguish between more shades or levels of gray than can humans.

[Milky's Mammy]

interesting stuff! I shall dig deeper and see what else I can find!

[Claiken]

Thanks for bringing that over!! Not only for pets, but my dad was colourblind and i always wondered how he saw different things. no wonder he had a hard time getting excited when my room was Crayola when i was younger.... it all looked yellow or brown! lol.

[Carmel]

Originally Posted by Claiken

Thanks for bringing that over!! Not only for pets, but my dad was colourblind and i always wondered how he saw different things. no wonder he had a hard time getting excited when my room was Crayola when i was younger.... it all looked yellow or brown! lol.

There's different kinds of human color blindness. People that are color blind aren't going to see like that, and it'll depend on the type of color blindness they have for how they see things.

My father and aunt are red-green color blind to varying degrees, sometimes all I can do it shake my head or laugh hysterically at them. I'm very supportive, I know.

Like the time my aunt said "This would be nice to paint the cabin" thinking it was a forest green tone. My grandfather took one look and cracked up saying how lovely it was, then showed it to me and I was laughing too. It was pea green. Or the time my dad somehow managed to get just about every color imaginable confused while playing a computer game. He was confusing green and yellow, purple and blue (he does this ALL THE TIME), red and yellow and orange. I think teal was in there too and he thought it was purple. It was hopeless because you needed to know who owned what, and every player had a team color.

[Claiken]

i dont know to what degree, but my dad was red-green as well.

I wonder if theyve done research on actual eyes to see whats different in them? or if its more in the brain perceiving it like that? hmm...

[Canadiancomforts]

Hmm this is very interesting, I shall have to make some new mouse toys for Spook in solid colors and see which one he plays with most.