When I was browsing Pinterest, I found this hilarious meme, and I couldn't NOT share it with you! First off, the Collie has the derpiest face ever, which just makes you read the poem in a ridiculous voice (for me I prefer using a deep voice with a lisp--one of my many "dog voices" I use to impersonate animals). Secondly, the poor dog can't see color, since you know... he's a dog...and dogs are color blind. Since he can't see color, his poem is so sad and pathetic you just feel bad for the fella.
Which made me start to think, dogs are color blind, but does that really mean they see in grayscale? I mean when people are color blind, they normally get colors confused because they eyes can't differentiate the colors (or something like that... I don't know, I'm not a doctor). So, I looked it up: How do dogs see color?
And this is what I found:
This is the colors that the human eye can see: a range of colors from pinks, reds, oranges, yellows, greens, blues, and purples. (Well unless you are color blind, maybe it looks different)
And this is what a dog sees: a range of grays, blues, and yellows. So they can see color, but the way their eye interprets color is different and a much smaller scale than a human. BUT THEY DO NOT JUST SEE IN BLACK AND WHITE!
Here is an example of the difference between a human's vision of parrots versus a dog's vision. Quite interesting, and different.
Basically, a dog sees the world as a washed out photo from the 1900s, where we see the world as vibrantly saturated photos like a Instagram filter. But, not only do they see less contrast and less colors, they also have less perception of depth. A dog's eye can see 150 degrees each, however they only over lap for 60 degrees. If you look at a person's eye, one eye can see 170 degrees each and over lap 140 degrees. The overlapping vision is what you (or the dog) can see clearly. The rest of the sight is out of focus and probably blurry. Although dogs can see a wider range, their perception of depth is a lot smaller than humans perception. If you think about it, dogs have tunnel vision compared to humans.
Here is a diagram of what I mean:
So, going back to the meme of the Collie with the "gray" flower... In reality, that flower is probably a grayish yellow. Still not the full color (at least how we see it to be) but it is definitely NOT gray. HAPPY DAY! DOGS CAN SEE COLOR!
