Colors of Sphynx cats - 8 sphynx cat colors
Despite not having the luxurious coats of many other breeds, the Sphynx cat originating from Canada are born with a wide variety of colors imprinted directly on their skin or on the almost-invisible hairs that lay close to their bodies.
Let’s explore the major categories of colors and patterns that the Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) uses to classify the sphynx cat’s coat colors.
Keep reading to discover the variety of cat coat colors and patterns in Sphynx cats!
The 8 Sphynx cat colors and patterns
1. Solid Color Sphynx
A sphynx cat having any single predominant color will classify as having a “solid coat,” even if their nose leather and paw pads are slightly different.
Exposure to the sun tends to intensify solid colors for Sphynx cats.
Solid sphynx colours in the cat can include white, black, blue, red, cream, chocolate, lavender, cinnamon, fawn, sable, champagne, or platinum.
2. Bi-Colored Sphynx cat
Sphynx can also be found in white with patches of solid colors or white mixed with tabby, tortoiseshell, or pointed patterns.
There is also a special designation for van bi-color in sphynx cat colors, where the colored portions will only be confined to the head, ears, tail, and legs.
3. Tabby
This is a complex cat coat pattern defined by its concentric rings, tabby cats have clearly defined ringed markings on their legs and tails and several “necklaces” on the neck and upper chest.
Frown lines make an unbroken letter “M” shape on the head of the sphynx, and a solid vertical stripe can be found on the spine.
Tabby patterns may include mackerel, spotted, patched, silver, brown, blue, red, cream, chocolate, chocolate-silver, cinnamon, cinnamon-silver, lavender, lavender-silver, or fawn.
4. Calico cat colors
Calico appears as a white base color with patches of black and red.
Calico cats are almost always female, with males occurring only under rare genetic conditions.
Van calicos will confine the patches of red and black to the extremities, while dilute calicos are found with patches of blue and cream over a white base.
Other common calico pattern colors include fawn, lavender, cinnamon, and chocolate.
5. Tortoiseshell coat
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CFA describes tortoiseshell as “black mottled or patched with red or cream”.
Tortoiseshell coat patterns often feature a blaze on the face.
Tortoiseshell patterns for Sphynx cats may include blue-cream, chestnut, cinnamon, lavender-cream, and fawn-cream varieties.
6. Mink
Very similar to the pointed pattern, mink Sphynxes are differentiated by their soft aqua-colored eyes.
They may also be found combined with any other patterns (except pointed) and any colors.
7. Pointed Pattern
Sphynxes born with the pointed color pattern will display it very lightly in their youth and adolescence but grow darker as they age.
They are most noticeable for their vivid blue eyes,
Other non-classified Sphynx colors
Other Sphynx Colors describes any combination that doesn’t fit neatly into the above-listed coats and patterns.
A common example is a Sphynx of any coat color combined with any number of white feet.
Sphynx Cat Eye Colors
Sphynx cats of all coat colors may be blessed with striking eye colors, but perhaps none more so than white or fawn Sphynxes.
They can display a rare trait known as heterochromia, where each of their eyes will be a distinctly different color or odd-eyed.
Common Sphynx eye colors include blue, copper, yellow, gold, orange, green, and red.
Grooming and Care
Many think that a hairless cat would has fewer grooming requirements than a breed with fur, the opposite is true.
Learn everything you need to know about grooming and taking care of a sphynx cat.
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