{"id":7612,"date":"2021-11-12T16:15:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T16:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/?p=7612"},"modified":"2022-03-30T11:44:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T10:44:40","slug":"are-dogs-colourblind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/are-dogs-colourblind\/","title":{"rendered":"Are dogs colourblind?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We all know that dogs have an astonishing sense of smell, and they\u2019ve got a pretty good set of ears on them too, but what about their eyes? Are dogs colourblind? Let\u2019s see what we can find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-was-all-yellow-blue\">It was all yellow blue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever seen a film where we, the viewer, occasionally see through a dog\u2019s eyes, we are often given a black and white view of their world. However, dogs do not see in black and white &#8211; far from it actually. While it\u2019s true that their eyes aren\u2019t a patch on their nose or ears, they are not seeing the world in an entirely monochrome way. That being said, their eyes aren\u2019t really up to scratch, especially when compared with our own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Humans have pretty good colour detection for the most part, being able to see a whole\u2026 0.0035% of the electromagnetic spectrum. Wait? Really? Well, while that seems low, it allows us to see all the colours of the rainbow and more, so we\u2019re doing alright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So while it turns out that what we call \u201cvisible light\u201d makes up just a tiny percentage of this enormous spectrum, we\u2019re pretty good for a species that doesn\u2019t have built in night vision (like dogs do). But dogs see only a fraction of what a fully functioning human eye can see. They are actually seeing things in a very similar way to about 8% of all humans &#8211; those with red-green colourblindness. Their entire world is coloured in shades of yellows and blues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore it\u2019s perfectly accurate to say that your dog is in fact colourblind, but with their other senses doing most of the heavy lifting, they don\u2019t really suffer for it. And if your dog has been a good boy or girl, be sure to reward them with a nice <a href=\"https:\/\/tails.com\/gb\/range\/treats-and-chews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">treat<\/a> from our collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know that dogs have an astonishing sense of smell, and they\u2019ve got a pretty good set of ears on them too, but what about their eyes? Are dogs colourblind? Let\u2019s see what we can find out. 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