Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2021. Q: We’re concerned that our middle-aged Labrador-German shepherd mix ...

It’s well known that dogs don’t see as many colors as we do – similar to color blindness in people. Whereas humans have three types of cones in our eyes, allowing us to identify combinations of red, ...

We all know dogs are colorblind—or do we? Many people assume pups see the world in black and white, but that’s actually a myth. While their vision is different from ours, it’s far from colorless. In ...

From velvety purples to fiery reds, many people can see a spectrum of vivid colors via the human eye. Others, however, may have limited hue perception due to certain conditions. Animals, on the other ...

How dogs see the world is based on the structure of their eyes. Dogs are dichromats, meaning they only have two color-processing cones, while humans have three. Dogs can see colors, including yellows ...

Many animals have color preferences. For example advertising research has shown that humans are attracted to the color red. Suppose that you were a dog-toy manufacturer and you wanted to select colors ...