CFA Cat Breeds: Color Patterns and Eye Colors
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1. Abyssinian Coat Colors: Ruddy, red, blue, fawn. Pattern: Ticked tabby (distinctive agouti hairs).
Eye Colors: Gold or green, matching the coat color.
2. American Bobtail Coat Colors: All colors and patterns accepted. Pattern: Includes solid, tabby, tor-
toiseshell, and bi-color. Eye Colors: Matches coat; can be any color.
3. American Curl Coat Colors: Any color and pattern. Pattern: Solid, tabby, pointed, etc. Eye Colors:
Matches coat color; includes blue, gold, green, or odd-eyed.
4. American Short- Coat Colors: Wide variety, including silver tabby, brown tabby, and solid white.
hair Pattern: Tabby, solid, shaded, bi-color, and smoke. Eye Colors: Green, hazel, or
gold; blue or odd-eyed in white cats.
5. American Wire- Coat Colors: All colors and patterns accepted. Pattern: Similar to American Short-
hair hair. Eye Colors: Matches coat; blue, green, gold, or odd-eyed.
6. Balinese Coat Colors: Seal, blue, chocolate, lilac, red, cream, and lynx points. Pattern:
Pointed (darker color on face, ears, paws, and tail). Eye Colors: Deep blue.
7. Bengal Coat Colors: Brown spotted tabby, silver spotted tabby, snow (seal lynx, seal sepia,
or seal mink). Pattern: Spotted or marbled. Eye Colors: Green or gold; blue in snow
varieties.
8. Birman Coat Colors: Seal, blue, chocolate, lilac, red, and cream points. Pattern: Pointed
with white gloves on paws. Eye Colors: Deep sapphire blue.
9. Bombay Coat Colors: Jet black only. Pattern: Solid. Eye Colors: Gold to copper.
10. British Shorthair Coat Colors: Wide variety, including blue, white, black, cream, and bi-color. Pattern:
Solid, tabby, shaded, or bi-color. Eye Colors: Orange, copper, blue, green, or
odd-eyed.
11. Burmese Coat Colors: Sable, champagne, blue, and platinum. Pattern: Solid. Eye Colors:
Gold to yellow.
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12. Chartreux Coat Colors: Solid blue-gray only. Pattern: Solid. Eye Colors: Orange or copper.
13. Colorpoint Short- Coat Colors: Pointed in 16 colors, including red, cream, and tortie. Pattern: Pointed.
hair Eye Colors: Deep blue.
14. Cornish Rex Coat Colors: All colors and patterns accepted. Pattern: Solid, tabby, pointed, or
bi-color. Eye Colors: Matches coat color; blue, green, gold, or odd-eyed.
15. Cymric Coat Colors: Any color and pattern. Pattern: Solid, tabby, bi-color, and more. Eye
Colors: Matches coat.
16. Devon Rex Coat Colors: All colors and patterns accepted. Pattern: Solid, tabby, bi-color, and
pointed. Eye Colors: Matches coat; gold, green, or blue.
17. Egyptian Mau Coat Colors: Silver, bronze, and smoke. Pattern: Spotted tabby. Eye Colors: Green.
18. European Coat Colors: Wide variety, including sable, champagne, blue, and lilac. Pattern:
Burmese Solid. Eye Colors: Yellow to gold.
19. Exotic Coat Colors: Any color or pattern, as in Persians. Pattern: Solid, tabby, bi-color,
smoke, or shaded. Eye Colors: Copper; blue or odd-eyed in white.
20. Havana Brown Coat Colors: Rich mahogany brown. Pattern: Solid. Eye Color: bright Green.
21. Japanese Bobtail Coat Colors: Any color or pattern, with the calico (mi-ke) being the most famous.
Pattern: Solid, tabby, bi-color, and tortoiseshell. Eye Colors: Blue, gold, green, or
odd-eyed.
22. Khao Manee Coat Colors: Solid white only. Pattern: Solid. Eye Colors: Blue, green, or odd-eyed.
23. Korat Coat Colors: Silver-tipped blue only. Pattern: Solid. Eye Colors: Green; amber in
young cats.
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1. Abyssinian Coat Colors: Ruddy, red, blue, fawn. Pattern: Ticked tabby (distinctive agouti hairs).
Eye Colors: Gold or green, matching the coat color.
2. American Bobtail Coat Colors: All colors and patterns accepted. Pattern: Includes solid, tabby, tor-
toiseshell, and bi-color. Eye Colors: Matches coat; can be any color.
3. American Curl Coat Colors: Any color and pattern. Pattern: Solid, tabby, pointed, etc. Eye Colors:
Matches coat color; includes blue, gold, green, or odd-eyed.
4. American Short- Coat Colors: Wide variety, including silver tabby, brown tabby, and solid white.
hair Pattern: Tabby, solid, shaded, bi-color, and smoke. Eye Colors: Green, hazel, or
gold; blue or odd-eyed in white cats.
5. American Wire- Coat Colors: All colors and patterns accepted. Pattern: Similar to American Short-
hair hair. Eye Colors: Matches coat; blue, green, gold, or odd-eyed.
6. Balinese Coat Colors: Seal, blue, chocolate, lilac, red, cream, and lynx points. Pattern:
Pointed (darker color on face, ears, paws, and tail). Eye Colors: Deep blue.
7. Bengal Coat Colors: Brown spotted tabby, silver spotted tabby, snow (seal lynx, seal sepia,
or seal mink). Pattern: Spotted or marbled. Eye Colors: Green or gold; blue in snow
varieties.
8. Birman Coat Colors: Seal, blue, chocolate, lilac, red, and cream points. Pattern: Pointed
with white gloves on paws. Eye Colors: Deep sapphire blue.
9. Bombay Coat Colors: Jet black only. Pattern: Solid. Eye Colors: Gold to copper.
10. British Shorthair Coat Colors: Wide variety, including blue, white, black, cream, and bi-color. Pattern:
Solid, tabby, shaded, or bi-color. Eye Colors: Orange, copper, blue, green, or
odd-eyed.
11. Burmese Coat Colors: Sable, champagne, blue, and platinum. Pattern: Solid. Eye Colors:
Gold to yellow.
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12. Chartreux Coat Colors: Solid blue-gray only. Pattern: Solid. Eye Colors: Orange or copper.
13. Colorpoint Short- Coat Colors: Pointed in 16 colors, including red, cream, and tortie. Pattern: Pointed.
hair Eye Colors: Deep blue.
14. Cornish Rex Coat Colors: All colors and patterns accepted. Pattern: Solid, tabby, pointed, or
bi-color. Eye Colors: Matches coat color; blue, green, gold, or odd-eyed.
15. Cymric Coat Colors: Any color and pattern. Pattern: Solid, tabby, bi-color, and more. Eye
Colors: Matches coat.
16. Devon Rex Coat Colors: All colors and patterns accepted. Pattern: Solid, tabby, bi-color, and
pointed. Eye Colors: Matches coat; gold, green, or blue.
17. Egyptian Mau Coat Colors: Silver, bronze, and smoke. Pattern: Spotted tabby. Eye Colors: Green.
18. European Coat Colors: Wide variety, including sable, champagne, blue, and lilac. Pattern:
Burmese Solid. Eye Colors: Yellow to gold.
19. Exotic Coat Colors: Any color or pattern, as in Persians. Pattern: Solid, tabby, bi-color,
smoke, or shaded. Eye Colors: Copper; blue or odd-eyed in white.
20. Havana Brown Coat Colors: Rich mahogany brown. Pattern: Solid. Eye Color: bright Green.
21. Japanese Bobtail Coat Colors: Any color or pattern, with the calico (mi-ke) being the most famous.
Pattern: Solid, tabby, bi-color, and tortoiseshell. Eye Colors: Blue, gold, green, or
odd-eyed.
22. Khao Manee Coat Colors: Solid white only. Pattern: Solid. Eye Colors: Blue, green, or odd-eyed.
23. Korat Coat Colors: Silver-tipped blue only. Pattern: Solid. Eye Colors: Green; amber in
young cats.
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