While dogs have the advantage of more rods and superior night vision, they only carry two types of color detecting cones - while humans have three.
Dogs have 5x better night vision than humans, while cat’s have 6x better vision. While human vision is called 20/20, a dog’s vision is 20/75 - meaning their long distance vision is poor. Dogs also have a wider field of view than humans. It’s a common myth that dogs can only see in black and white, but just isn’t true - they do in fact see color! But just a little differently than us humans.
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