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Do our pets see Black n White?
I always thought they don’t see color. I was wrong. Dogs and cats see color.
I thought about this when was watching America’s Got Talent when Howie Mandel said that he is colorblind. So here we go!
Starting with dogs. What do dogs really see?
Dogs aren’t limited to a world of blacks, whites, and greys; in fact, they can recognize the color of an object better than the brightness of it. It's big deal for many reasons.
- We just want to know as their family members!
- It’s important for trainers. So we humans had to know, so we studied it.
Researchers began the experiment by placing four boxes in front of each dog.
Each box contained a small piece of meat and was labeled either light blue, dark blue, light yellow, or dark yellow.
Only one of the boxes was unlocked and labeled the same color for each trial, allowing dogs to recognize which one contained the meat. The dogs quickly learned which color-coordinated with the unlocked box of meat, and repeated training 10 times a day for nine days.
Soon realized the dogs could clearly learn which color was associated with the accessible food source, they changed the box’s label.
