Katze color
Schwarz
Solid black pigment. In birds often with a green or purple sheen; on skin, legs, beak, comb and tongue the dark pigment some standards call for.
143 Katze breeds list Schwarz. It is in a club standard for 131 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Schwarz
| Breed | FIFE | CFA | GCCF | TICA | WCF | ACFA | LOOF | CCA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abessinier | Standardgemäß (“Black silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AbessinierPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ägyptische Mau | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß (“Smoke”) | Standardgemäß (“Smoke”) | Standardgemäß (“Black Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ägyptische MauNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ägyptische MauPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Bobtail | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Curl | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Shorthair | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American ShorthairNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American ShorthairPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Wirehair | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American WirehairNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American WirehairPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Aphrodite Giant | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Aphrodite GiantNase | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Aphrodite GiantPfotenballen | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Arabian Mau | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AsianNase | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AsianPfotenballen | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhair | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhairNase | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhairPfotenballen | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bengal | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Alternativ (“Black Melanistic / Black Smoke”) | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black Silver Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BengalNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Brick red, or black”) | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BengalPfotenballen | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bombay | Standardgemäß (“jet black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß (“Bombay”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BombayNase | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BombayPfotenballen | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Brazilian Shorthair | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Britisch Kurzhaar | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Britisch KurzhaarNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Britisch KurzhaarPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Britisch Langhaar | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Britisch LanghaarNase | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Britisch LanghaarPfotenballen | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Burmilla | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chausie | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Noir”) | No ruling |
| ChausieNase | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“solid black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ChausiePfotenballen | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish Rex | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish RexNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish RexPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cymric | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| CymricNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| CymricPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon Rex | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Donskoy | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| DonskoyHaut und Schuppen | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Europäisch Kurzhaar | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic Shorthair | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Foldex | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) |
| FoldexNase | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) |
| FoldexPfotenballen | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) |
| German Rex | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Highlander | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese Bobtail | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kurilian Bobtail | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPerm | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lykoi | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß (“Black roan”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Maine Coon | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß (“dominant black based”) | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Maine CoonNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Maine CoonPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Manx | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ManxNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ManxPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mekong Bobtail | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Munchkin | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Napoleon | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegische Waldkatze | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegische WaldkatzeNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black desirable”) | Standardgemäß (“Solid black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegische WaldkatzePfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black desirable”) | Standardgemäß (“Solid black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ocicat | Standardgemäß (“Black (Tawny) silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| OcicatPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black or seal”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Bicolor | Standardgemäß (“Ebony”) | Standardgemäß (“Ebony”) | Standardgemäß (“Black & White”) | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental BicolorNase | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental BicolorPfotenballen | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Orientalisch Kurzhaar | Standardgemäß (“Ebony”) | Standardgemäß (“Ebony”) | Standardgemäß (“Oriental Black”) | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Orientalisch KurzhaarNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Solid black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Orientalisch KurzhaarPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Solid black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Orientalisch Langhaar | Standardgemäß (“Ebony”) | Standardgemäß (“Ebony”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Orientalisch LanghaarNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Orientalisch LanghaarPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Perser (modern) | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Perser (modern)Nase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Perser (modern)Pfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Perser (traditionell) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Perser (traditionell)Pfotenballen | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Peterbald | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| PeterbaldHaut und Schuppen | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| PixiebobPfotenballen | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“noir”) | Standardgemäß (“black”) |
| Ragamuffin | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Russisch Weiß, Russisch Schwarz, Russisch Tabby | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Russian Black”) | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß (“noir”) | No ruling |
| Russisch Weiß, Russisch Schwarz, Russisch TabbyNase | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“noir”) | No ruling |
| Russisch Weiß, Russisch Schwarz, Russisch TabbyPfotenballen | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“noir”) | No ruling |
| Savannah | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SavannahNase | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“solid black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SavannahPfotenballen | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“brownish black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish Fold | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk Rex | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Serengeti | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sibirische Katze (Sibirische Waldkatze, Neva Masquerade) | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß (“dominant black-based”) | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sibirische Katze (Sibirische Waldkatze, Neva Masquerade)Nase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black desirable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sibirische Katze (Sibirische Waldkatze, Neva Masquerade)Pfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black desirable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SokokePfotenballen | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Somali | Standardgemäß (“Black silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SomaliPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black or dark brown”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxHaut und Schuppen | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ToygerPfotenballen | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“noir”) | No ruling |
| Türkisch Angora | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | No ruling | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Türkisch AngoraNase | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Türkisch AngoraPfotenballen | No ruling | Standardgemäß (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Türkisch Van | Standardgemäß (“black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß (“Black”) | Standardgemäß | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Schwarz is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed |
|---|
| BambinoHaut und Schuppen |
| Chantilly-Tiffany |
| DwelfHaut und Schuppen |
| Kinkalow |
| Korn Ja |
| Lambkin |
| Minskin |
| Ojos Azules |
| Raas |
| Russisch Blau |
| Sam Sawet |
| Ukrainian LevkoyHaut und Schuppen |
Color changes
How Schwarz can appear or change over an animal's life.
Schwarzchanges toRostbraun
Fell · Fortschreitend
Kupferchanges toSchwarz
Fell · Mit dem Alter · by 78 weeks
Schwarzchanges toBraun
Fell · Mit dem Körperzustand · can change back
Schwarzchanges toBraun
Fell · In der Sonne · can change back
Schwarzchanges toBraun
Fell · Fortschreitend