Dog can see colors
For a long time the assumption was that dogs are color blind. It was thought that a dog could only perceive black and gray shades. After thorough scientific research, scientists have come to the conclusion that this is not in line with reality. A dog can see colors. However, compared with humans, dogs see fewer colors and colors are less intensely observed. The fact that dogs see fewer colors has to do with color cells or cones in a dog’s eye. Dogs have only 2 types of cones in their eyes: blue-sensitive cones and yellow-sensitive cones.
As a result, the dog sees everything mainly in the colors blue and yellow. The colors blue and purple (violet) are perceived as blue by the dog. Red is seen as gray. The colors: green, yellow and orange is seen as yellow.
When I recently took a walk in the park, I tried to imagine the ‘different colored world’ of the dog. I looked at all the green around me and realized that our beloved four-legged friend would see everything through ‘yellow glasses’. I think it is something like a ‘yellow wonderland’ with a blue sky (on a cloudless day).
Do you consider it as ‘pathetic’ that your dog can not perceive all shades of green or red like you? That is really not necessary. Your dog probably finds you very sad because you have such a bad sense of smell. The smell organ of your dog functions a million times better than yours. How can a dog know that the sense of smell of his owner is bad? … Well that is evidenced by the fact that owners use something like perfume, scented soap and deodorant. A dog can not imagine anything more dirty. Sometimes your dog thinks that there is ‘hope’ for you as a boss. That’s when you get home with sweaty sports socks after a lot of sporting. The hope, however, evaporates quickly when you throw the socks in the washing machine. It is those moments that your dog will never understand you as a boss. But do not worry … even if in the eyes your dog is not perfect and you smell weird, he will remain loyal to you.