United Pet Club

Cat color

White

White hair, feathers, skin, horn or shell. A white coat can still have dark eyes and dark skin; compare albino and leucistic.

65 Cat breeds list White. It is in a club standard for 56 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept White

BreedTICACFAFIFEGCCFWCFACFACCALOOF
American BobtailStandardStandard (“White”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
American CurlStandardStandard (“White”)Standard (“white”)StandardNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
American ShorthairStandardStandard (“White”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
American WirehairStandardStandard (“White”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Aphrodite GiantNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandardStandard (“White”)No rulingNo ruling
Arabian MauNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“White”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
BalineseStandardNo rulingStandard (“white”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
BirmanStandardNo rulingStandard (“white”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Brazilian ShorthairNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandardNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
British LonghairStandardNo rulingStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
British ShorthairStandardStandard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“pure white”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
BurmillaStandardNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Cornish RexStandardStandard (“White”)Standard (“white”)StandardNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
CymricStandardStandard (“White”)Standard (“white”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Devon RexStandard (“dominant white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)StandardNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
DonskoyStandardNo rulingStandard (“white”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
DonskoySkin and scalesNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“white”)No rulingStandardNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
European ShorthairNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“white”)No rulingStandardNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Exotic ShorthairStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“White”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
FoldexNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“White”)No ruling
German RexNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“white”)No rulingStandardNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
HighlanderStandardNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNot recognised (“White”)No rulingNo ruling
HimalayanStandardNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Japanese BobtailStandardStandard (“White”)Standard (“white”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Khao ManeeStandard (“White”)Standard (“White”)No rulingStandard (“solid white”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“snowy white”)Standard (“snowy white”)No ruling
Kurilian BobtailStandard (“White”)No rulingStandard (“white”)StandardStandardNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
LaPermStandardStandard (“White”)Standard (“white”)StandardNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
LykoiNo rulingStandardStandard (“white”)Not recognised (“white self”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Maine CoonStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“pure white”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
ManxStandardStandard (“White”)Standard (“white”)StandardNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Mekong BobtailNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandardNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
MunchkinStandardNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
NapoleonStandardNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“pure white”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Norwegian Forest CatStandardStandard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“pure white”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
OcicatStandardNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Oriental BicolorStandard (“solid white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“white”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Oriental LonghairStandard (“solid white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“White”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Oriental ShorthairStandard (“solid white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“Oriental White”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Persian (modern)Standard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“pure white”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Persian (traditional)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandardNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
PeterbaldStandardNo rulingStandard (“white”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
PeterbaldSkin and scalesStandardNo rulingStandard (“white”)No rulingStandardNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Ragamuffin ( Liebling)No rulingStandard (“White”)No rulingStandardNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
RagdollStandardNo rulingStandard (“white”)Standard (“white”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Russian White, Russian Black, Russian TabbyNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Russian White”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White”)No rulingStandard (“blanc”)
Scottish FoldStandardStandard (“White”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Selkirk RexStandardStandard (“White”)Standard (“white”)StandardNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Siamese (modern)StandardNo rulingStandard (“white”)Standard (“Foreign White”)Standard (“Foreign White”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety])Standard (“solid white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“Solid White”)Standard (“pure white”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
SnowshoeStandardNo rulingStandard (“white”)Standard (“white”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
SomaliStandardNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
SphynxSkin and scalesStandardStandard (“White”)Standard (“white”)StandardNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Turkish AngoraStandardStandard (“White”)Standard (“white”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Turkish VanStandard (“Solid white”)Standard (“chalk-white”)Standard (“chalk white”)Standard (“Chalk white”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Turkish VankedisiStandard (“Solid white”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Chalk white”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
York ChocolateNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“& White”)Standard (“blanc”)

Breeds where White is disqualified or not accepted

Breed
BambinoSkin and scales
DwelfSkin and scales
Kinkalow
Lambkin
Minskin
Ojos Azules
Russian Blue
Sam Sawet
Ukrainian LevkoySkin and scales

Color changes

How White can appear or change over an animal's life.

  • Whitechanges toShaded

    Coat · With age

  • Whitechanges toChinchilla

    Coat · With age

  • Whitechanges toPointed

    Coat · With age · from 1 to 52 weeks

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