Fact-check: “Cats can't see colors”
Verdict: False (90% confidence)
The scientific record — both behavioral and physiological — clearly contradicts this claim. Cats possess two distinct cone types (S-cones peaking near 460 nm and M-cones near 560 nm), and behavioral studies have trained cats to discriminate colors like blue from green, and red from cyan, under conditions that rule out rod-based explanations. The best current evidence, including a 2016 behavioral study, supports cats being dichromats with a neutral point near 505 nm — limited color vision, but n…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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