Explore cat coat colours on SANORIYAT — what each colour is, the genetics behind it, and real cats in that colour.
Black
A dense, full-strength black coat — the baseline eumelanin colour.
Blue (Grey)
A soft blue-grey — the dilute form of black.
Chocolate
A warm, rich brown — a black-series variant from the B locus.
Lilac (Lavender)
A pale, pinkish dove-grey — the dilute form of chocolate.
Cinnamon
A light, warm reddish-brown — the lightest black-series colour.
Fawn
A pale, warm beige — the dilute form of cinnamon.
Red (Ginger)
A warm orange-red — produced by the sex-linked orange gene.
Cream
A soft, pale apricot — the dilute form of red.
White
A pure white coat — a masking colour, not a pigment of its own.
Tortoiseshell
A mottled blend of a black-series colour and red, seen almost only in females.
