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Cat pattern
Smoke
Hairs white at the root and coloured for most of their length, so the coat looks solid until it parts.
52 Cat breeds list Smoke. It is in a club standard for 44 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Smoke
| Breed | TICA | CFA | FIFE | ACFA | GCCF | CCA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Bobtail | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Curl | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Shorthair | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Wirehair | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Aphrodite Giant | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian cat | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhair | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling |
| Balinese | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | Standard (“Smoke Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Birman | Standard (“Smoke Point/White”) | No ruling | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Longhair | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | No ruling | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling |
| British Shorthair | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling |
| Cornish Rex | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cymric | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon Rex | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Donskoy | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Egyptian Mau | Standard (“Black Smoke”) | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling |
| European Shorthair | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic Shorthair | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling |
| Foldex | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) |
| German Rex | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Highlander | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Himalayan | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese Bobtail | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Javanese | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kurilian Bobtail | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | No ruling | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPerm | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lykoi | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Maine Coon | Standard (“smoke”) | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling |
| Manx | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegian Forest Cat | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling |
| Oriental Bicolor | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke & White”) | No ruling |
| Oriental Longhair | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling |
| Oriental Shorthair | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | Standard (“Oriental Smoke”) | No ruling |
| Persian (modern) | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling |
| Peterbald | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragamuffin ( Liebling) | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Savannah | Standard (“Black Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish Fold | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk Rex | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Serengeti | Standard (“black smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety]) | Standard (“Silver/Smoke”) | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | No ruling |
| Snowshoe | Standard (“Smoke Point/white”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish Angora | No ruling | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish Van | Standard (“Smoke/white”) | Standard (“smokes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bengal | No ruling | Alternate (“Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ocicat | No ruling | Alternate (“smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | Not recognised (“smoke”) | No ruling |
Breeds where Smoke is a fault
| Breed | GCCF |
|---|---|
| Burmese | Fault (“smoke undercoat”) |
Breeds where Smoke is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | TICA | GCCF |
|---|---|---|
| Siamese (modern) | No ruling | Not recognised (“Smoke Point”) |
| Thai | Not recognised | No ruling |
| Tonkinese | Not recognised | No ruling |
| California Spangled | No ruling | No ruling |
| Minskin | No ruling | No ruling |
Color changes
How Smoke can appear or change over an animal's life.
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Coat · With age · from 3 to 104 weeks
