Cat color
Cinnamon
A warm light reddish brown from light-brown eumelanin: cinnamon cats, rabbits, ferrets, budgies, cockatiels and canaries; a ball python morph.
129 Cat breeds list Cinnamon. It is in a club standard for 118 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 3 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Cinnamon
| Breed | TICA | CFA | FIFE | GCCF | WCF | ACFA | CCA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abyssinian | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | Standard (“Sorrel”) | Standard (“Sorrel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Bobtail | Standard | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Curl | Standard | Standard | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Shorthair | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Wirehair | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | 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 | No ruling | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian catNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian catPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-brown edge”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhair | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhairNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhairPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-brown edge”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australian Mist | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Balinese | Standard | Standard (“Cinnamon Point”) | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard (“Cinnamon Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BalineseNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“Cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BalinesePaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Birman | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BirmanNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Brazilian Shorthair | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Longhair | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Shorthair | Standard | Alternate (“Cinnamon”) | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Burmese | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmesePaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon to chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Burmilla | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-brown edge”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Colorpoint ShorthairNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Colorpoint ShorthairPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish Rex | Standard | Standard | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish RexNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish RexPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cymric | Standard | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon Rex | Standard | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Donskoy | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| DonskoySkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic Shorthair | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Foldex | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Cinnamon”) |
| FoldexNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Cinnamon”) |
| FoldexPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Cinnamon-pink”) |
| German Rex | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | Not recognized (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Highlander | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Himalayan | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| HimalayanNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| HimalayanPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese Bobtail | Standard | Standard | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Javanese | No ruling | Standard (“Cinnamon Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| JavaneseNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| JavanesePaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kanaani | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kurilian Bobtail | Standard | No ruling | Not recognized (“cinnamon”) | Not recognized (“cinnamon”) | Not recognized (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPerm | Standard | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lykoi | No ruling | Standard | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Maine Coon | Disqualifying (“cinnamon”) | Standard | Not recognized (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | Not recognized (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Manx | Standard | Standard | Standard | Not recognized (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mekong Bobtail | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Munchkin | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Napoleon | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegian Forest Cat | Standard | Disqualifying (“cinnamon”) | Not recognized (“cinnamon”) | Not recognized (“Cinnamon”) | Not recognized (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ocicat | Standard | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Bicolor | Standard | Standard (“Cinnamon Point and White”) | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard (“Cinnamon & White”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental BicolorNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“Cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental BicolorPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Longhair | Standard | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental LonghairNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | Standard (“Cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental LonghairPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | Standard (“Pink to cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Shorthair | Standard | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard (“Oriental Cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental ShorthairNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | Standard (“Cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental ShorthairPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | Standard (“Pink to cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (modern) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (modern)Nose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (modern)Paw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (traditional) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Peterbald | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| PeterbaldSkin and scales | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragamuffin ( Liebling) | No ruling | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragdoll | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| RagdollNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| RagdollPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish Fold | Standard | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk Rex | Standard | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamese (modern) | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard (“Cinnamon Point”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamese (modern)Nose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“Cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamese (modern)Paw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“Pink to cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety]) | Disqualifying (“cinnamon”) | Standard | Not recognized (“cinnamon”) | Not recognized (“Cinnamon”) | Not recognized (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Snowshoe | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard (“Cinnamon Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SnowshoeNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SnowshoePaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Somali | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | Standard (“Sorrel”) | Standard (“Sorrel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxSkin and scales | Standard | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | Standard (“cinnamon”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SuphalakPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Thai | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Cinnamon Point”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| ThaiNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| ThaiPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tonkinese | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkineseNose | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Pink to cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkinesePaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon-pink to cinnamon-brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Pink to cinnamon brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish Angora | Standard | Standard | Not recognized (“cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish Van | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bengal | No ruling | Alternate (“Cinnamon Tabby”) | No ruling | Not recognized (“Cinnamon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Cinnamon is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | GCCF | WCF |
|---|---|---|
| European Shorthair | No ruling | Not recognized (“cinnamon”) |
| Toyger | Not recognized (“cinnamon”) | 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 |