How do animals see colors differently than humans?
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Animals seeing colors differently from us is all about the setup of their eyes. Most of us have three types of color receptors, making us trichromats and decent at picking a range of colors.
However, some animals like dogs are dichromats, seeing the world in mainly blues and yellows, whereas some birds are tetrachromats, meaning they can see an extra slice of the color spectrum we can’t even imagine.
It’s like each species is wearing its own brand of color-blinding sunglasses, tuning into different channels of the color world.
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