Cat color
Chocolate
A rich dark brown from brown eumelanin: chocolate Labradors, cats, rabbits and ducks; also the very dark shell of Marans eggs.
127 Cat breeds list Chocolate. It is in a club standard for 113 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 8 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Chocolate
| Breed | TICA | GCCF | CFA | FIFE | WCF | ACFA | CCA | LOOF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abyssinian | Standard (“chocolate”) | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AbyssinianNose | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AbyssinianPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Bobtail | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chestnut”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Curl | Standard | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Shorthair | Standard | No ruling | Disqualifying (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Wirehair | Standard | No ruling | Disqualifying (“chocolate”) | 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 | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian catNose | No ruling | Standard (“Pale chocolate-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian catPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate edge”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhair | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhairNose | No ruling | Standard (“Pale chocolate-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhairPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate edge”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australian Mist | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australian MistPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Balinese | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BalineseNose | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BalinesePaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BengalPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Alternate (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“sable brown to dark chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Birman | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BirmanNose | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | 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 | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairNose | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Shorthair | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairNose | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmeseNose | No ruling | Standard (“warm chocolate brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmesePaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“brick pink shading to chocolate”) | No ruling | Standard (“cinnamon to chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Burmilla | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaNose | No ruling | Standard (“Pale chocolate-brown”) | Standard (“milk chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate edge”) | Standard (“warm chocolate brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Colorpoint Shorthair | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate Lynx Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish Rex | Standard | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cymric | Standard | No ruling | Disqualifying (“chocolate”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon Rex | Standard | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chestnut”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Donskoy | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| DonskoySkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic Shorthair | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairNose | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | 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 (“Chocolate”) | No ruling |
| FoldexNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling |
| FoldexPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling |
| German Rex | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | Not recognised (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Havana Brown | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Highlander | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Himalayan | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese Bobtail | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Javanese | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate Lynx Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kanaani | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kurilian Bobtail | Standard | Not recognised (“chocolate”) | No ruling | Not recognised (“chocolate”) | Not recognised (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPerm | Standard | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lykoi | No ruling | Standard | Standard | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Manx | Standard | Not recognised (“chocolate”) | Disqualifying (“chocolate”) | 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 | Standard | No ruling | 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 | No ruling |
| Norwegian Forest Cat | Standard | Not recognised (“Chocolate”) | Disqualifying (“chocolate”) | Not recognised (“chocolate”) | Not recognised (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ocicat | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| OcicatPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate-pink”) | Standard (“chocolate-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Bicolor | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate & White”) | Standard (“Chestnut”) | Standard (“Havana”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental BicolorNose | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental BicolorPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Longhair | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“Chestnut”) | Standard (“Havana”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental LonghairNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chestnut”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Shorthair | Standard | Standard (“Havana”) | Standard (“Chestnut”) | Standard (“Havana”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental ShorthairNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chestnut”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (modern) | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (modern)Nose | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (modern)Paw pads | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | 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 | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| PeterbaldSkin and scales | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragamuffin ( Liebling) | No ruling | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragdoll | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| RagdollNose | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| RagdollPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish Fold | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chestnut”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk Rex | Standard | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chestnut”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamese (modern) | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamese (modern)Nose | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate or pinkish chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamese (modern)Paw pads | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate or pinkish chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Snowshoe | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SnowshoeNose | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SnowshoePaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Somali | Standard (“chocolate”) | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SomaliNose | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SomaliPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxSkin and scales | Standard | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chestnut”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Suphalak | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SuphalakNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Thai | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ThaiNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“milk-chocolate-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ThaiPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“milk-chocolate-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tonkinese | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“Champagne Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkineseNose | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkinesePaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish Angora | Standard | No ruling | Disqualifying (“chocolate”) | Not recognised (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish Van | Standard | No ruling | Not recognised (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| York Chocolate | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolat”) |
| Bengal | No ruling | Not recognised (“Chocolate”) | Alternate (“Chocolate Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Chocolate is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | TICA | GCCF | CFA | FIFE | WCF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Coon | Disqualifying (“chocolate”) | Not recognised (“Chocolate”) | Disqualifying (“chocolate”) | Not recognised (“chocolate”) | Not recognised (“chocolate”) |
| Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety]) | Disqualifying (“chocolate”) | Not recognised (“Chocolate”) | Not recognised (“chocolate”) | Not recognised (“chocolate”) | Not recognised (“chocolate”) |
| European Shorthair | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Not recognised (“chocolate”) |
| Toyger | No ruling | Not recognised (“chocolate”) | 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 Chocolate can appear or change over an animal's life.
Pinkchanges toChocolate
Nose · With age · from 1 to 52 weeks
Pinkchanges toChocolate
Paw pads · With age · from 1 to 52 weeks