Can cats see color

Answer 1

Cats, can distinguish between the low to mid light wave spectrum, meaning cats responded to the colors purple, blue, green and yellow range. Red, orange and brown colors appear to fall outside cats color range. Cats are able to distinguish between blues and violets better than between colours near the red end of the spectrum.

However, colour is of little importance to cats. They hunt by the motion of their prey, not by its colour.

Answer 2

Cats can see varying shades of blues, blacks, grays, and purples from what I know. They can't see shades of red, though. But anyone who tells you cats only see in black and white and are "color blind", don't know what they're talking about *cough*.

A little proof....

"Cats are not color blind - they have the ability to distinguish between blues and greens, but lack the ability to pick out shades of red. The Natural History Museum of L.A. has online images demonstrating how cats view the world.

Cats, like humans, have two primary structures in the retina of the eye for perceiving light: rods which help us see light and dark areas, and cones which have pigments to detect particular wavelengths of light. At low light intensities, rods function to distinguish light from dark. You may notice that you see little color in dim light. At high intensities of light the rods do not function, however, the cones do. Humans have three kinds of cone pigments, ones that can detect red, green and blue light. It's no coincidence that we find these same colors in the screen of an average color-TV set. The ability of an organism to see in "color" thus depends upon the color receptors present in the retina. People (or animals) lacking a specific color receptor are unable to "see" that color. Most often, it appears greyish, or as one of the other colors that can be detected (i.e. purples appearing greyish-blue). Green color-blindness is the most common genetic form of color-blindness in humans, followed by red, then blue."
No, but they cannot tell the difference between certain similar colours like red and orange.

Answer 3

Yes, cats can see some colors, but their color vision is limited compared to humans. Cats have fewer color receptors in their eyes, so they see colors in a more muted or less vibrant way. They can see shades of blue and green, but have difficulty distinguishing between red and green.