How many colors can a dog see and what colors can they see?

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asked Mar 22, 2018 in Dogs by Andyit (220 points)
How many colors can a dog see and what colors can they see?

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answered Mar 23, 2018 by Christeen (70,120 points)
Dogs are only able to see 2 colors which are Yellow and Blue-Violet.

The reason dogs can only see those 2 colors is that dogs only have one tenths the concentration of color capturing cones in the back of their eyes than us humans do.

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