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Can horses see in colour

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Not really. They are mainly afraid of 1. things that make noise 2. things that move 3. things that move AND make noise. Color doesn't affect whether things move and/or make noise. Horses will be just as scared of a white plastic bag as they are of a brown plastic bag. And if you can take a white plastic bag and desensitize them to it, and they will be desensitized to a brown plastic bag as well. Color doesn't really make a difference

Probably not. Horses can see blue, green, and yellow, but they do not see read very well.

Of course, green grass and trees is what horses are used to seeing, and of course the blue sky. Since they see these colors all the time, it is hard to see how they could be afraid of those colors.

Horses can't see red very much, so it is hard to see how horses could be afraid of a color that they almost cannot see.

Let's just say that horses most likely are not afraid of color, by itself.

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The different colours of horses depends greatly on the breed and origins of the horse but these are the colours:

grey, fleabitten grey, dark grey, dapple grey, black, chestnut, flaxen chestnut, liver chestnut, palomino, brown, bay, buckskin, cremello, perlino, strawberry roan, blue roan, bay roan, spotted, piebald, skewbald and taffy

Grey (term for white horse)

FB Grey (grey with brown spots on their body)

Dark Grey (black and white hairs - steel grey)

Dapple Grey (light to dark greys with circular patches)

Black (uniform black all over)

Chestnut (reddish, brownish)

Flaxen Chestnut (body is deep chestnut colour, with lighter mane and tail)

Liver Chestnut (very dark, rich chestnut)

Palomino (sandy/gold coloured body with white mane/tail)

Brown (brown all over TYPICALLY)

Bay (brown horse with black mane, tail and points)

Buckskin (sandy coloured horse with black mane/tail)

Cremello (literal white horse, pink skin, blue eyes generally, *double dilute*)

Perlino (general white horse with a pinkish tinge)

Strawberry Roan (chestnut whit white flecked through coat)

Blue Roan (black and white hairs - blue like appearance)

Bay Roan (bay with white hairs flecked through coat)

Spotted (pots occurring all over body)

Piebald (black and white patches)

Skewbald (another coat colour and white patches)

Taffy (white mane/tail usually brown or silver looking)

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Horses aren't colorblind, but they have trouble distinguishing greens, browns and grays.

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Horses are not color blind but have limited dichromatic color vision

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Yes, but not exactly the same way we do. Like, certain colors appear brighter and others are much darker.

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yes they are scared of white and yellow

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