Cat color
Lilac
A pale, pinkish dove-gray, the dilution of chocolate; some cat registries call it lavender or frost.
144 Cat breeds list Lilac. It is in a club standard for 129 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 8 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Lilac
| Breed | GCCF | CFA | TICA | FIFE | WCF | ACFA | CCA | LOOF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abyssinian | Standard (“Lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AbyssinianNose | Standard (“Mauvish pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AbyssinianPaw pads | Standard (“Mauvish pink”) | Standard (“mauve”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Bobtail | No ruling | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailNose | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Curl | Standard | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlNose | No ruling | Standard (“lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Shorthair | No ruling | Disqualifying (“lavender, lilac”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Wirehair | No ruling | Disqualifying (“lavender”) | 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 | No ruling |
| Asian cat | Standard (“Lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian catNose | Standard (“Cool pinkish-lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian catPaw pads | Standard (“lilac edge”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhair | Standard (“Lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhairNose | Standard (“Cool pinkish-lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhairPaw pads | Standard (“lilac edge”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australian Mist | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Balinese | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BalineseNose | Standard (“faded lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BalinesePaw pads | Standard (“faded lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Birman | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BirmanNose | Standard (“lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink / pink-grey”) | No ruling | 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 | No ruling |
| British Longhair | Standard (“Lilac”) | No ruling | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairNose | Standard (“Pinkish Lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairPaw pads | Standard (“Pinkish Lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Shorthair | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairNose | Standard (“Pinkish lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink / lilac-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairPaw pads | Standard (“Pinkish lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink / lilac-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmeseNose | Standard (“lavender pink”) | Standard (“Lavender-pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmesePaw pads | Standard (“lavender pink”) | Standard (“Lavender-pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Burmilla | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaNose | Standard (“Cool pinkish-lilac”) | Standard (“lavender pink / pinkish grey”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaPaw pads | Standard (“lilac edge”) | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Colorpoint Shorthair | No ruling | Standard (“Lilac Lynx Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Colorpoint ShorthairNose | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Colorpoint ShorthairPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish Rex | Standard | Standard (“Lavender”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish RexNose | No ruling | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish RexPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cymric | No ruling | Disqualifying (“lavender”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon Rex | Standard | Standard (“Lavender”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexNose | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink / lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Donskoy | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| DonskoySkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lilac”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic Shorthair | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairNose | Standard (“lilac”) | Standard (“lavender / lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairPaw pads | Standard (“lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Foldex | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Lilac”) | No ruling |
| FoldexNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lavender”) | No ruling |
| FoldexPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Lavender”) | No ruling |
| German Rex | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lilac”) | Not recognized (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Havana Brown | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Highlander | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Himalayan | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| HimalayanNose | No ruling | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| HimalayanPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese Bobtail | No ruling | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Javanese | No ruling | Standard (“Lilac Lynx Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| JavaneseNose | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| JavanesePaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| KoratNose | Standard (“lavender”) | Standard (“lavender”) | Standard (“lavender”) | Standard (“lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| KoratPaw pads | Standard (“lavender with pinkish tinge”) | Standard (“lavender with a pinkish tinge”) | Standard (“lavender with a pinkish cast”) | Standard (“lavender with a pink tinge”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kurilian Bobtail | Not recognized (“lilac”) | No ruling | Standard | Not recognized (“lilac”) | Not recognized (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPerm | Standard | Standard (“Lavender”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermNose | No ruling | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lykoi | Standard | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Manx | Not recognized (“lilac”) | Disqualifying (“lavender”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mekong Bobtail | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Munchkin | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Napoleon | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| NebelungPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegian Forest Cat | Not recognized (“Lilac”) | Disqualifying (“lavender, lilac”) | Standard | Not recognized (“lilac”) | Not recognized (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ocicat | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard (“Lavender”) | Standard | Standard (“Lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| OcicatPaw pads | Standard (“Lilac-pink”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Bicolor | Standard (“Lilac & White”) | Standard (“Lilac Point and White”) | Standard | Standard (“Lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental BicolorNose | Standard (“Pinkish lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental BicolorPaw pads | Standard (“Pinkish lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Longhair | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard (“Lavender”) | Standard | Standard (“Lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental LonghairNose | Standard (“Pinkish lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental LonghairPaw pads | Standard (“Pinkish lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Shorthair | Standard (“Oriental Lilac”) | Standard (“Lavender”) | Standard | Standard (“Lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental ShorthairNose | Standard (“Pinkish lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental ShorthairPaw pads | Standard (“Solid pinkish lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (modern) | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (modern)Nose | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard (“lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (modern)Paw pads | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | 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 | No ruling |
| Peterbald | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| PeterbaldSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragamuffin ( Liebling) | Standard | Standard (“Lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragdoll | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| RagdollNose | Standard (“pinkish/faded lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| RagdollPaw pads | Standard (“pinkish/faded lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Russian BluePaw pads | Standard (“Pinkish lavender”) | Standard (“lavender pink or mauve”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish Fold | No ruling | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldNose | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk Rex | Standard | Standard (“Lavender”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexNose | No ruling | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamese (modern) | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamese (modern)Nose | Standard (“Pale pinkish grey”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamese (modern)Paw pads | Standard (“Pale pinkish grey”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Snowshoe | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | No ruling | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SnowshoeNose | Standard (“pinkish/faded lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SnowshoePaw pads | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Somali | Standard (“Lilac”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SomaliNose | Standard (“Mauvish pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SomaliPaw pads | Standard (“Mauvish pink”) | Standard (“mauve”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxSkin and scales | Standard | Standard (“Lavender”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxNose | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Thai | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ThaiNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ThaiPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Thai Lilac | Standard (“Thai Lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Thai LilacNose | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Thai LilacPaw pads | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tonkinese | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard (“Platinum Point”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkineseNose | Standard (“pinkish-grey”) | Standard (“lavender-pink to lavender-gray”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkinesePaw pads | Standard (“pinkish-grey”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish Angora | No ruling | Disqualifying (“lilac”) | Standard | Not recognized (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish Van | No ruling | Not recognized (“lilac”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| York Chocolate | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | Standard (“Lavender”) | Standard (“lilac”) |
| Bengal | Not recognized (“Lilac”) | Alternate (“Lilac Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BengalPaw pads | No ruling | Alternate (“Lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Lilac is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | GCCF | CFA | TICA | FIFE | WCF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Coon | Not recognized (“Lilac”) | Disqualifying (“lavender”) | Disqualifying (“lilac”) | Not recognized (“lilac”) | Not recognized (“lilac”) |
| Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety]) | Not recognized (“Lilac”) | Not recognized (“lavender/lilac”) | Disqualifying (“lilac”) | Not recognized (“lilac”) | Not recognized (“lilac”) |
| European Shorthair | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Not recognized (“lilac”) |
| Toyger | Not recognized (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BambinoSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chantilly-Tiffany | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| DwelfSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kinkalow | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lambkin | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Minskin | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ojos Azules | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Raas | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ukrainian LevkoySkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Color changes
How Lilac can appear or change over an animal's life.
Pinkchanges toLilac
Nose · With age · from 1 to 52 weeks
Pinkchanges toLilac
Paw pads · With age · from 1 to 52 weeks