Dogs don't just see black and white: How four-legged friends perceive the world of colors. Dogs can see different colors, but their color spectrum differs significantly from that of humans.

While humans can also perceive red colors, dogs only see shades of blue and yellow - more precisely, they can see their surroundings in shades ofblue-violet and yellow-green. An AI-generated image gives an idea of the colors in which dogs might perceive their environment. The colors yellow, orange and green look the same to dogs, but dogs perceive red, blue and the various shades of purple differently. Dogs see a mixture of the Colors blue and green as white.