Fact-check: “Cats can't see colors”
Verdict: False (92% confidence)
Multiple peer-reviewed studies from 1964 through 2016 show cats have at least two distinct cone types in their retinas, giving them genuine color discrimination ability — particularly for blues and yellow-greens. A 2016 study published in Experimental Eye Research confirmed cats are dichromats with a neutral point near 505 nm, and earlier behavioral experiments demonstrated cats could discriminate red from cyan and blue from green under controlled conditions. The claim that cats 'can't see colo…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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