Cat color
Sable
A dark sepia brown as a colour in its own right: the ferret's standard colour, the Burmese cat's brown in American registries, sable rabbits. In dogs sable is a pattern of dark-tipped hairs.
28 Cat breeds list Sable. It is in a club standard for 25 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 2 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Sable
| Breed | TICA | CFA | FIFE | GCCF | ACFA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Bobtail | Standard | Standard (“Seal Mink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Curl | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian cat | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhair | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling |
| Australian Mist | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling |
| Bengal | Standard (“Seal Sepia Tabby”) | Standard (“Seal Mink / Seal Sepia”) | Standard (“Seal sepia/Seal mink”) | Standard (“AOC-Eyed Snow”) | No ruling |
| Burmese | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling |
| Burmilla | Standard | Standard (“Seal Sepia”) | Standard (“Seal”) | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling |
| Cornish Rex | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cymric | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon Rex | Standard | Standard (“seal mink / seal sepia”) | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Donskoy | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| DonskoySkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| German Rex | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Highlander | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard |
| Japanese Bobtail | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPerm | No ruling | Standard (“Natural Mink”) | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lykoi | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Peterbald | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| PeterbaldSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragamuffin ( Liebling) | No ruling | Standard (“Sable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk Rex | No ruling | Standard (“Natural Mink / Sable Sepia”) | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Singapura | Standard (“Sable Ticked”) | Standard (“Sepia agouti”) | Standard (“Seal sepia”) | Standard (“sepia brown”) | No ruling |
| SphynxSkin and scales | No ruling | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tonkinese | Standard | Standard (“Natural Mink”) | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling |
Breeds where Sable is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | CFA |
|---|---|
| American Shorthair | Disqualifying (“sable”) |
| Norwegian Forest Cat | Disqualifying (“sable”) |
| Minskin | No ruling |