Being brought up under the notion that all dogs are completely colorblind, I decided to blog and research about this topic a little more. 

On reading further I learnt that dogs are in fact colorblind, just not to the degree I thought they were. I always thought dogs could only see in black and white, but it turns out this isn’t the case. Dogs can definitely see more than black and white, it’s just that their color vision isn’t able to make them see colors as bright and vividly as we do. They also don’t see as many colors as our eyes are capable of seeing.

To make this explanation clearer, I found this image on psychologytoday.com

Now comparing this to a human’s vision, we both primarily work on the same concept with a little advantage. The cells used to see color are also known as- cones. Cones are also known as the receptors that help us see color more efficiently.

According to The Pet Health Network article “Are dogs really color blind” it explains this in further detail by telling us, “Dogs only have two types of cones, so they see orange, yellow, and green as yellow. Blue-green is seen as white and red looks as though it is brownish-black. While they can see blue, they can’t distinguish shades, especially as the color blue gets darker.”

I’m glad I missed my dog- Cookie, before I began to write this blog and the true inspiration behind this post came from me wondering if she knows that her favorite bone is green in color? She unfortunately doesn’t 🙁 but she can definitely see a lot more color than I thought she could! I always knew she was a smart cookie!