Colors & patterns in Cat Breeds
Compare breeds by colors & patterns. The ordering follows the characteristic itself rather than the alphabet whenever a meaningful order exists.
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| # | Breed | Colors & patterns |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | All sphynx-type colors patterns; solid · tabby · tortie · pointed · bicolor Bambinos occur in essentially the broad Sphynx-type palette, including solid, tabby, tortie, pointed and white-spotted patterns. | |
| 2 | All traditional colors patterns German Rex cats occur in essentially all traditional colours and patterns, including solids, tabbies, torties and cats with white. | |
| 3 | Black only The breed is defined by a sleek, solid black coat. | |
| 4 | Solid black The traditional Korn Ja phenotype is solid black, ideally deep and even rather than patterned. | |
| 5 | Black roan is the championship color; other colors occur Black roan is the championship color, although Lykoi can occur in other colors and patterns. | |
| 6 | Gold yellow black spots · solid black · grey spotted · silver spotted Colors/patterns: gold yellow black spots; solid black; grey spotted; silver spotted. | |
| 7 | Black or blue with distinctive white/roan-like markings The reported Transylvanian phenotype centres on black or blue coats with distinctive pale/white markings that can create a roan-like or salt-and-pepper impression. | |
| 8 | Blue only Colors/patterns: blue only. | |
| 9 | Silver blue only Colors/patterns: silver blue only. | |
| 10 | Blue with silver tips Colors/patterns: blue with silver tips. | |
| 11 | Blue-gray or blackish; solid or minimally marked Raas cats are most associated with blue-grey to very dark/blackish coats, usually solid or only minimally patterned. | |
| 12 | Blue only Colors/patterns: blue only. | |
| 13 | Broad british palette; solid · tabby · tortie · bicolor · smoke · silver · golden · colorpoint British Longhairs occur throughout the broad British palette: solids, tabbies, torties, bicolours, smoke/silver and golden varieties, with colourpoint also present in recognized breeding populations. | |
| 14 | Broad british palette; solid · tabby · tortie · bicolor · smoke · silver · golden · colorpoint British Shorthairs occur in a very broad palette, from classic blue and other solids to tabbies, torties, bicolours, smoke/silver, golden and colourpoint varieties. | |
| 15 | Broad exotic-british palette; solid · tabby · tortie · bicolor · silver · golden · pointed Foldex cats can express the broad Exotic/British palette, including solids, tabbies, torties, bicolours, silver/golden and pointed varieties. | |
| 16 | Broad manx palette; solid · tabby · tortie · bicolor · calico · smoke · silver The Cymric shares the Manx colour range, including solids, tabbies, torties/calicos, bicolours, smokes and silvers; coat length and tail type matter more to identity than colour. | |
| 17 | Broad manx palette; solid · tabby · tortie · bicolor · calico · smoke · silver Manx cats occur across a broad traditional palette, including solids, tabbies, torties/calicos, bicolours, smokes and silvers; tail length rather than coat colour is the defining feature. | |
| 18 | Broad natural palette; tabby · solid · bicolor · tortie As a natural island population, Cyprus cats occur in a broad palette including tabbies, solids, bicolours and tortoiseshell/calico combinations. | |
| 19 | Broad natural palette; tabby · bicolor · calico · solid The natural Korean bobtail population spans common domestic colours, especially tabbies, bicolours and calicos, as well as solids. | |
| 20 | Broad natural palette; tabby · solid · bicolor · tortie This natural French type is best treated as having the ordinary domestic palette: tabbies, solids, bicolours and tortie/calico combinations. | |
| 21 | Broad persian group palette Colors/patterns: broad persian group palette. | |
| 22 | Brown ticked tabby · black · black grizzled tabby Colors/patterns: brown ticked tabby; black; black grizzled tabby. | |
| 23 | Brown mackerel tabby The characteristic phenotype is brown mackerel tabby, often with darker striping and a ticked/agouti ground colour. | |
| 24 | Mahogany red brown · lilac Colors/patterns: mahogany red brown; lilac. | |
| 25 | Brown spotted tabby Colors/patterns: brown spotted tabby. | |
| 26 | Brown spotted · silver spotted · black · black smoke Colors/patterns: brown spotted; silver spotted; black; black smoke. | |
| 27 | Brown mackerel modified bold vertical stripes Colors/patterns: brown mackerel modified bold vertical stripes. | |
| 28 | Chocolate · lilac · blue · fawn · cinnamon; solid or subtle tabby Chocolate is the signature colour; historical lines also included lilac, blue, fawn and cinnamon, generally solid or with subtle tabby expression. | |
| 29 | Seal chocolate cinnamon · spotted or marbled · no silver The breed uses seal, chocolate and cinnamon-based spotted or marbled patterns on a beige-to-cinnamon ground; silver is not accepted. | |
| 30 | Chocolate · lilac · cinnamon · fawn The recognized Suffolk palette comprises chocolate, lilac, cinnamon and fawn. | |
| 31 | Solid warm chocolate to reddish copper The defining coat is a glossy warm chocolate to reddish-copper solid colour, rich and even across the body. | |
| 32 | Chocolate · lilac; solid or bicolor with white Chocolate and lilac are the defining colours, occurring as solid coats or with white in bicolour patterns. | |
| 33 | Colorpoint; seal · blue · chocolate · lilac · red · cream · tortie variants The breed is colourpointed, with seal, blue, chocolate, lilac, red/cream and tortie-point variants. | |
| 34 | Colorpoint; seal · blue · red · cream · tortie; lynx/tabby points; with or without white The Neva Masquerade is the colourpointed Siberian: seal, blue, red/cream and tortie families occur, often as lynx points and sometimes with white. | |
| 35 | Solid lilac · blue point · lilac point | |
| 36 | Spotted or marble · brown · blue · chocolate · lilac · caramel · gold · peach Colors/patterns: spotted or marble; brown; blue; chocolate; lilac; caramel; gold; peach. | |
| 37 | Spotted rosetted or marble · brown · snow · silver and others Colors/patterns: spotted rosetted or marble; brown; snow; silver and others. | |
| 38 | Mink · sepia · solid · solid mitted bicolor Colors/patterns: mink; sepia; solid; solid mitted bicolor. | |
| 39 | Pointed siamese group Colors/patterns: pointed siamese group. | |
| 40 | All except pointed · white allowed All colours and patterns are recognized except pointed colours, and any amount of white is permitted. | |
| 41 | Pointed; red · cream · lynx · tortie points plus Siamese-derived points Always colourpointed; the breed expands Siamese-type points particularly into red, cream, lynx and tortie-point combinations. | |
| 42 | Broad persian palette including pointed Colors/patterns: broad persian palette including pointed. | |
| 43 | Pointed all colors divisions Colors/patterns: pointed all colors divisions. | |
| 44 | Nearly all traditional except pointed Colors/patterns: nearly all traditional except pointed. | |
| 45 | All colors including pointed Colors/patterns: all colors including pointed. | |
| 46 | All except pointed show colors · mink sepias with eye rules Colors/patterns: all except pointed show colors; mink sepias with eye rules. | |
| 47 | Pointed · colorpoint mitted bicolor · seal blue chocolate lilac cinnamon fawn red cream Colors/patterns: pointed; colorpoint mitted bicolor; seal blue chocolate lilac cinnamon fawn red cream. | |
| 48 | All traditional and pointed colors and patterns Scottish Folds occur in the traditional and pointed divisions, in both long- and shorthaired varieties. | |
| 49 | All traditional and pointed Colors/patterns: all traditional and pointed. | |
| 50 | Pointed pattern in recognized Siamese colors The defining pattern is a pale body with darker points on the face, ears, legs and tail. | |
| 51 | Wide variety including pointed Colors/patterns: wide variety including pointed. | |
| 52 | Pointed Colors/patterns: pointed. | |
| 53 | Pointed · mink · solid patterns Colors/patterns: pointed; mink; solid patterns. | |
| 54 | Rainbow all Colors/patterns: rainbow all. | |
| 55 | Ruddy · cinnamon · chocolate · blue · fawn · lilac · silver variants Colors/patterns: ruddy; cinnamon; chocolate; blue; fawn; lilac; silver variants. | |
| 56 | Ruddy · cinnamon · blue · fawn · chocolate · lilac · silver variants Colors/patterns: ruddy; cinnamon; blue; fawn; chocolate; lilac; silver variants. | |
| 57 | Sable and burmese palette Colors/patterns: sable and burmese palette. | |
| 58 | Silver ground with tipping shading Colors/patterns: silver ground with tipping shading. | |
| 59 | Silver · bronze · smoke Colors/patterns: silver; bronze; smoke. | |
| 60 | Solid · tortie · smoke · shaded · tabby; black · blue · chocolate · lilac · red · cream The Tiffanie carries the Asian group palette in semi-longhair form: selfs, torties, smokes, shaded and tabby patterns in black, blue, chocolate, lilac, red and cream families. | |
| 61 | Solid or tortie; brown · blue · chocolate · lilac · red · cream European Burmese occur in brown, blue, chocolate, lilac, red and cream, plus tortie combinations; the coat is essentially solid/sepia rather than patterned tabby. | |
| 62 | Spotted tabby; bronze · gold · silver · blue · brown · charcoal The defining pattern is a contrasting spotted tabby, historically produced in bronze/gold, brown, silver, blue and darker charcoal-like tones. | |
| 63 | Spotted only · brown chocolate cinnamon blue lilac fawn plus silver Colors/patterns: spotted only; brown chocolate cinnamon blue lilac fawn plus silver. | |
| 64 | Sable ticked tabby Colors/patterns: sable ticked tabby. | |
| 65 | Blotched tabby · agouti ticked The characteristic coat is a blotched tabby with agouti ticking that creates the distinctive African-tabby effect. | |
| 66 | Variety Colors/patterns: variety. | |
| 67 | Bicolor or tricolor with white; black · blue · red · cream common Aegeans are characteristically bi- or tricoloured with substantial white; black, blue, red and cream patches and tabby areas are common. | |
| 68 | White · black · black white · brown tabby · grey white · red red white Recognized colours include white, black, black-and-white, brown tabby, grey-and-white tabby, and red or red-and-white tabby varieties. | |
| 69 | Pointed colors with white gloves Colors/patterns: pointed colors with white gloves. | |
| 70 | White Colors/patterns: white. | |
| 71 | Traditional solids tabbies with white Colors/patterns: traditional solids tabbies with white. | |
| 72 | Bicolor with white; broad Oriental palette including solid · tabby · smoke · tortie · pointed-derived colors White spotting is essential to the bicolour identity and combines with the very broad Oriental palette: solid, tabby, smoke/shaded and tortie-derived colours. | |
| 73 | White · black · blue · brown · fawn · solid The breed is described in solid colours including white, black, blue-grey, brown and fawn. | |
| 74 | Pointed with white Colors/patterns: pointed with white. | |
| 75 | Van pattern white with head tail color · white variant Colors/patterns: van pattern white with head tail color; white variant. | |
| 76 | Solid white The Vankedisi identity is the all-white Turkish Van-type cat: the coat is solid white rather than the coloured Van pattern. | |
| 77 | Any color pattern Colors/patterns: any color pattern. | |
| 78 | All colors patterns Colors/patterns: all colors patterns. | |
| 79 | Broad domestic palette; solids · tabbies · bicolors · tortoiseshells The developing breed occurs across the broad domestic palette, including solids, tabbies, bicolours and tortoiseshell-type combinations. | |
| 80 | Broad traditional palette Colors/patterns: broad traditional palette. | |
| 81 | Broad traditional palette; solid · tabby · tortie · bicolor · smoke · shaded American Wirehairs occur in a broad traditional palette, including solids, tabbies, torties, bicolours, smokes and shaded/silver varieties; the wiry coat texture, not colour, defines the breed. | |
| 82 | Broad palette; solids · tabbies · bicolors; colorpoint generally excluded A broad natural palette occurs, including solids, tabbies and cats with white; colourpoint is generally outside the traditional Cyprus type. | |
| 83 | Very broad palette over 400 combinations The Asian group encompasses a very broad range of colours and patterns, with hundreds of recognized combinations. | |
| 84 | All colors patterns Colors/patterns: all colors patterns. | |
| 85 | All colors patterns; solid · tabby · tortie · pointed · bicolor · smoke Devon Rex cats occur in essentially all colours and patterns, including solids, tabbies, torties, pointed colours, bicolours and smoke/shaded combinations. | |
| 86 | Broad palette; solid · tabby · tortie · pointed · bicolor Dwelfs inherit a broad palette from Sphynx/Curl/Munchkin ancestry, including solids, tabbies, torties, points and white spotting. | |
| 87 | Broad traditional palette; solid · tabby · tortie · bicolor · smoke · silver The breed retains a broad traditional European domestic palette: solids, tabbies, torties, bicolours, smokes and silver varieties. | |
| 88 | Broad palette; solid · tabby · tortie · bicolor · smoke · silver German Longhairs occur across a broad traditional palette including solids, tabbies, torties, bicolours, smokes and silvers. | |
| 89 | Broad palette; tabby · spotted · solid · tortie · bicolor Highlanders occur in a broad palette; tabby and spotted expressions are common alongside solids, torties and white spotting. | |
| 90 | Broad palette · mi ke favored Colors/patterns: broad palette; mi ke favored. | |
| 91 | Broad palette; solid · tabby · tortie · pointed · bicolor Kinkalows inherit a broad Curl/Munchkin palette, including solids, tabbies, torties, pointed colours and white spotting. | |
| 92 | Broad palette; solid · tabby · tortie · pointed · bicolor Selkirk Rex/Munchkin ancestry gives the Lambkin a broad palette including solids, tabbies, torties, points and white spotting. | |
| 93 | Any color pattern Colors/patterns: any color pattern. | |
| 94 | Broad palette; solid · tabby · tortie · pointed · bicolor Minskins occur in a broad palette, including solids, tabbies, torties, pointed patterns and white spotting. | |
| 95 | All colors patterns; solid · tabby · tortie · pointed · bicolor · smoke Munchkins can occur in essentially all domestic-cat colours and patterns, including solids, tabbies, torties, points, bicolours and smoke/shaded varieties. | |
| 96 | Broad traditional palette Colors/patterns: broad traditional palette. | |
| 97 | Broad palette; solid · tabby · tortie · bicolor; blue eye trait independent of coat The defining blue-eye trait was not tied to a single coat colour, so the breed appeared across solids, tabbies, torties and white-spotted patterns. | |
| 98 | Broad domestic palette; solid · tabby · bicolor · tortie Historical Oregon Rex cats were not defined by a narrow colour; the curly coat occurred across ordinary domestic solids, tabbies, bicolours and tortie-type colours. | |
| 99 | Very broad palette; solid · tabby · smoke · shaded · tortie · bicolor Oriental Longhairs occur in the very broad Oriental palette, including solids, tabbies, smokes/shaded colours, torties and cats with white. | |
| 100 | Very broad palette · hundreds registry combinations Colors/patterns: very broad palette; hundreds registry combinations. | |
| 101 | Very broad palette; solid · tabby · tortie · bicolor · smoke · shaded · silver · golden · colorpoint Persians have one of the broadest pedigreed palettes: solids, tabbies, torties, bicolours, smokes, shaded/silver/golden and colourpoint varieties. | |
| 102 | All colors patterns visible in skin/down Colors/patterns: all colors patterns visible in skin/down. | |
| 103 | Broad palette; solid · tabby · tortie · bicolor; satin/glitter effect The rex/satin effect can occur across a broad domestic palette, including solids, tabbies, torties and cats with white. | |
| 104 | Broad palette; colorpoint common; solid · tabby · bicolor also occur Colourpoint is common and historically prominent, but Toybobs also occur in non-pointed solids, tabbies and white-spotted patterns. | |
| 105 | Broad palette; white · black · blue · red · cream · tabby · tortie · bicolor · smoke Although solid white is historically iconic, Turkish Angoras also occur in black, blue, red and cream families, tabbies, torties, bicolours and smoke/silver varieties. | |
| 106 | Broad palette; solid · tabby · tortie · pointed · bicolor Ukrainian Levkoys occur across a broad palette, including solids, tabbies, torties, pointed colours and white spotting. |
Breed comparisons describe tendencies, not guarantees about an individual cat. Approximate entries are kept separate from the canonical research record and can be refined as better evidence arrives.
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