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Cats have limited color vision, but can differentiate between blue and yellow, and between red and green, although the latter are less distinguishable. It is thought that cats can see the upper end of the visual spectrum (blues, purples and greens) much better than between colours near the red end of the spectrum.

The retina (the nerve center at the back of a cats eye) contains cells called cones (responsible for converting light into color) and rods (responsible for light reception). In cats, rods outnumber cones by a lot. Distinguishing color isn't necessary for cats. Brightness and movement sensitivity is far more important.

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