Smoke Color in Cats
Cat Coat Patterns and Colors
MetPet.com Staff Writer
Smoke is a color pattern in cats where hairs are pale at
the base and gradually darken towards the tip. The majority of the hair is dark.
Smoke cats appear to be very dark to black when not in motion. When they
move, the pale roots become visible.
In the world of show cats, depending on the country and
registry, there are many variations of the smoke color pattern.
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Black
Blue
Blue-Cream
Cameo
Dilute Cameo
Cream Cameo
Chestnut
Chocolate
Chocolate Tortiseshell
Cinnamon
Cinnamon Tortoisehell
Ebony
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Fawn
Fawn-Cream
Lavender
Lavender-Cream
Parti-color
Red
White
Black and White
Van and White
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Chinchilla is
a color pattern that is similar to smoke. Chinchilla hairs, however, have more
of the pale
color with just the tips being dark. Smoke cats appear dark in color while
Chinchilla cats appear light in color.
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