Can Cats See Color?

6. If cats’ vision is so poor, how are they such good hunters?

Cats’ eyes might not be very useful for seeing color or objects that are too close or too far away, but they are excellent at detecting movement, even in the dark. This is why you can toss your cat’s toy into a dark room, and they’ll find it immediately. Your cat’s eyes are actually fine-tuned to see moving objects in the dark best of all. As hunters, it makes sense that movement matters far more to a cat’s survival than colors or sharpness. Interestingly enough though, while scurrying prey is highly visible, slowly moving creatures might actually look stationary to a cat.