It is difficult to distinguish between colors at night because
A) we are seeing primarily with the cones.
B) rods do not adapt to the dark.
C) we are seeing primarily with the rods.
D) we are used to seeing mostly with the fovea.
E) visual accommodation cannot occur in the dark.

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Rods, which are responsible for vision in low light conditions, do not distinguish between colors; they only differentiate between light and dark. Therefore, it is difficult to distinguish between colors at night when we are seeing primarily with the rods.

It Is Difficult to Distinguish Between Colors at Night Because