Cat color
Seal
A very dark brown, almost black: the points and nose leather of a seal-point cat; a rabbit colour; the Boston Terrier's black with a red cast in sunlight.
96 Cat breeds list Seal. It is in a club standard for 96 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Seal
| Breed | TICA | CFA | FIFE | GCCF | WCF | CCA | ACFA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Bobtail | Standard | Standard (“Seal Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailNose | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Curl | Standard | Standard (“Seal Point”) | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlNose | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Balinese | Standard | Standard (“Seal Point”) | Standard (“seal”) | Standard (“Seal Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BalineseNose | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BalinesePaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bengal | Standard (“Seal Lynx Point”) | Standard (“Seal Lynx Point”) | Standard (“Snow”) | Standard (“Blue-Eyed Snow”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BengalPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“Dark seal brown”) | Standard (“dark seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Birman | Standard | Standard (“Seal Point”) | Standard (“seal”) | Standard (“Seal Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BirmanNose | No ruling | Standard (“seal / same color as points”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Longhair | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | Standard (“Seal Colourpointed”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Shorthair | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | Standard (“Seal Colourpointed”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmeseNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmesePaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Colorpoint Shorthair | No ruling | Standard (“Seal Lynx Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Colorpoint ShorthairNose | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Colorpoint ShorthairPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish Rex | Standard | Standard (“Seal Point”) | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cymric | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon Rex | Standard | Standard (“Seal”) | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Donskoy | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| DonskoySkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Egyptian MauNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Egyptian MauPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic Shorthair | Standard | Standard (“Seal Point”) | Standard (“seal”) | Standard (“Seal Colourpointed”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairNose | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Foldex | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Seal Point”) | No ruling |
| FoldexNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Seal brown”) | No ruling |
| FoldexPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Seal brown”) | No ruling |
| German Rex | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Highlander | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard |
| Himalayan | Standard | Standard (“Seal Point”) | Standard (“seal”) | Standard (“Seal Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| HimalayanNose | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| HimalayanPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese Bobtail | Standard | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Javanese | No ruling | Standard (“Seal Lynx Point / Seal-Tortie Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| JavaneseNose | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| JavanesePaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPerm | No ruling | Standard (“Seal Point”) | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermNose | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lykoi | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mekong Bobtail | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Napoleon | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| OcicatPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“black or seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Bicolor | No ruling | Standard (“Seal Point and White”) | No ruling | Standard (“Seal Point & White”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental BicolorNose | No ruling | Standard (“deep seal brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental BicolorPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“deep seal brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Longhair | No ruling | Standard (“Seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental LonghairNose | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental LonghairPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Shorthair | No ruling | Standard (“Seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental ShorthairNose | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental ShorthairPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (modern) | Standard | Standard (“Seal Point”) | Standard (“seal”) | Standard (“Seal Point”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (modern)Nose | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (modern)Paw pads | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Peterbald | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| PeterbaldSkin and scales | Standard | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragdoll | Standard | Standard (“Seal Point”) | Standard (“seal”) | Standard (“Seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| RagdollNose | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| RagdollPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish Fold | No ruling | Standard (“Seal Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldNose | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk Rex | No ruling | Standard (“Seal Point”) | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexNose | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamese (modern) | Standard | Standard (“Seal Point”) | Standard (“seal”) | Standard (“Seal Point”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamese (modern)Nose | No ruling | Standard (“same color as points”) | No ruling | Standard (“Seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamese (modern)Paw pads | No ruling | Standard (“same color as points”) | No ruling | Standard (“Seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety]) | Standard | Standard (“Seal Point”) | Standard (“seal”) | Standard (“Seal”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety])Nose | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety])Paw pads | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SingapuraPaw pads | Standard (“dark seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Snowshoe | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“Seal”) | Standard (“Seal Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SnowshoeNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SnowshoePaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sokoke | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Snow Sokoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SokokePaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxSkin and scales | No ruling | Standard (“seal point”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Thai | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | Standard (“Seal Point”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| ThaiNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| ThaiPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tonkinese | Standard | Standard (“Natural Point”) | No ruling | Standard (“Seal”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkineseNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkinesePaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“seal brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Color changes
How Seal can appear or change over an animal's life.
Pinkchanges toSeal
Nose · With age · from 1 to 52 weeks
Pinkchanges toSeal
Paw pads · With age · from 1 to 52 weeks