Cat color
Fawn
A light yellowish tan: fawn Pugs, Boxers and Great Danes; in cats the pale dilute of cinnamon; fawn rabbits, cavies and Indian Runner ducks.
100 Cat breeds list Fawn. It is in a club standard for 89 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 3 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Fawn
| Breed | CFA | FIFE | GCCF | TICA | WCF | ACFA | CCA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abyssinian | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Bobtail | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailNose | Standard (“pale fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailPaw pads | Standard (“pale fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Curl | Standard | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Shorthair | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Wirehair | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Aphrodite Giant | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard | No ruling |
| Asian cat | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian catPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhair | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhairPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australian Mist | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australian MistNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Balinese | Standard (“Fawn Point”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn Point”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BalinesePaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Birman | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Brazilian Shorthair | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Longhair | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn / Light fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Shorthair | Alternate (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn / Light fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Burmese | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Burmilla | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish Rex | Standard | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cymric | Standard | Standard | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon Rex | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexNose | Standard (“pale fawn / fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexPaw pads | Standard (“pale fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Donskoy | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| DonskoySkin and scales | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic Shorthair | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Foldex | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) |
| German Rex | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | Not recognised (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Highlander | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Himalayan | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese Bobtail | Standard | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Javanese | Standard (“Fawn Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kurilian Bobtail | No ruling | Not recognised (“fawn”) | Not recognised (“fawn”) | Standard | Not recognised (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPerm | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lykoi | Standard | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Maine Coon | Standard | Not recognised (“fawn”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“fawn”) | Not recognised (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Manx | Standard | Standard | Not recognised (“fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mekong Bobtail | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Munchkin | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Napoleon | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegian Forest Cat | Disqualifying (“fawn”) | Not recognised (“fawn”) | Not recognised (“Fawn”) | Standard | Not recognised (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ocicat | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Bicolor | Standard (“Fawn Point and White”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn & White”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental BicolorNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental BicolorPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Longhair | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental LonghairNose | Standard (“pale fawn / fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental LonghairPaw pads | Standard (“pale fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Shorthair | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Oriental Fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental ShorthairNose | Standard (“pale fawn / fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental ShorthairPaw pads | Standard (“pale fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (modern) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (traditional) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Peterbald | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| PeterbaldSkin and scales | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragamuffin ( Liebling) | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragdoll | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish Fold | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldNose | Standard (“pale fawn / fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldPaw pads | Standard (“pale fawn / fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk Rex | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexNose | Standard (“pale fawn / fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexPaw pads | Standard (“pale fawn / fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamese (modern) | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn Point”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamese (modern)Nose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamese (modern)Paw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety]) | Standard | Not recognised (“fawn”) | Not recognised (“Fawn”) | Disqualifying (“fawn”) | Not recognised (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Snowshoe | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn Point”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SnowshoeNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SnowshoePaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Somali | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxSkin and scales | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxNose | Standard (“pale fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxPaw pads | Standard (“pale fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Thai | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard (“Fawn Point”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tonkinese | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkineseNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkinesePaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish Angora | Standard | Not recognised (“fawn”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish Van | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bengal | Alternate (“Fawn Tabby”) | No ruling | Not recognised (“Fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Fawn is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | GCCF | WCF |
|---|---|---|
| European Shorthair | No ruling | Not recognised (“fawn”) |
| Toyger | Not recognised (“fawn”) | No ruling |
| BambinoSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chantilly-Tiffany | No ruling | No ruling |
| DwelfSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kinkalow | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lambkin | No ruling | No ruling |
| Minskin | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ojos Azules | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ukrainian LevkoySkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling |