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Name: Jordan
Status:  student
Age:  6-8
Location: IL
Country: N/A
Date: 11/15/2005
Question:
What part of a cat's brain let's them see color?

Replies:
Cats can detect some of the blue and yelow color wavelenghts, however, they are for the most part color blind.

http://www.whataboutcats.com/vision.html

Location of the cat's vision center:

http://www.anomalous-images.com/news/news524.html

Steve Sample

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