Cat color
Silver
A bright, pale grey with a sheen: silver cats (white hair bases under dark tips), silver poultry and pigeons, silver-scaled fish, and the silver mane of a silver dapple horse.
56 Cat breeds list Silver. It is in a club standard for 50 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Silver
| Breed | TICA | FIFE | GCCF | CFA | ACFA | WCF | CCA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abyssinian | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“Usual Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Bobtail | Standard (“silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Curl | No ruling | Standard (“silver”) | No ruling | Standard (“Chinchilla Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Shorthair | Standard (“silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Wirehair | Standard (“silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Aphrodite Giant | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian cat | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhair | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Balinese | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver Lynx Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bengal | Standard (“Black Silver Tabby”) | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“Black Silver”) | Standard (“Black Silver Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Birman | Standard (“Silver and/or Smoke Point/White”) | Standard (“silver”) | Not recognised (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Longhair | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“Black Silver Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Shorthair | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“Black Silver Tabby”) | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | Standard (“silver”) | No ruling |
| Burmilla | Standard (“Pure silver white ground color”) | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish Rex | No ruling | Standard (“silver”) | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cymric | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon Rex | No ruling | Standard (“silver”) | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Egyptian Mau | Standard (“Black Silver”) | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| European Shorthair | No ruling | Standard (“silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic Shorthair | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“Black Silver Tabby”) | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Foldex | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) |
| German Rex | No ruling | Standard (“silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Highlander | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Himalayan | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese Bobtail | No ruling | Standard (“silver”) | No ruling | Standard (“Silver Tabby/Patterned”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Javanese | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver Lynx Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kurilian Bobtail | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | Standard (“silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPerm | No ruling | Standard (“silver”) | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lykoi | No ruling | Standard (“silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Maine Coon | Standard (“Silver series”) | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“Silver Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Manx | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegian Forest Cat | No ruling | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ocicat | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“Black Silver”) | Standard (“Ebony Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Bicolor | No ruling | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“Silver Lynx Point and White”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Longhair | No ruling | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“Black Silver”) | Standard (“Ebony Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Shorthair | No ruling | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“Black Silver”) | Standard (“Ebony Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (modern) | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling |
| Persian (traditional) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling |
| Peterbald | No ruling | Standard (“silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragamuffin ( Liebling) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Savannah | Standard (“Black Silver Spotted Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish Fold | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk Rex | No ruling | Standard (“silver”) | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Serengeti | Standard (“Black silver spotted tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety]) | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“Black and Blue Silver Tabbies”) | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Snowshoe | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Somali | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish Angora | No ruling | Standard (“silver”) | No ruling | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish Van | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“silver tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Silver is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | TICA | GCCF | WCF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanaani | No ruling | No ruling | Not recognised (“Silver varieties”) |
| Siamese (modern) | No ruling | Not recognised (“Silver Tabby Point”) | No ruling |
| Thai | Not recognised | No ruling | Not recognised (“silver”) |
| Tonkinese | Not recognised | No ruling | No ruling |
| California Spangled | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ojos Azules | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |