Cat color
Pink
Unpigmented pink: pink nose leather and paw pads, the skin of pigs and hairless cats, pink beaks, legs and tongues.
105 Cat breeds list Pink. It is in a club standard for 102 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 1 breed.
Breeds whose standards accept Pink
| Breed | CFA | GCCF | ACFA | TICA | FIFE | CCA | WCF | LOOF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AbyssinianNose | Standard (“rosy pink”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AbyssinianPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailNose | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlNose | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American ShorthairNose | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American ShorthairPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American WirehairNose | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American WirehairPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Aphrodite GiantNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Aphrodite GiantPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian catNose | No ruling | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian catPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhairNose | No ruling | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhairPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australian MistNose | No ruling | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australian MistPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BalineseNose | Standard (“flesh or coral pink”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BalinesePaw pads | Standard (“flesh or coral pink”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BengalNose | Standard (“Pink to brick red”) | Standard (“dark pink / pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BirmanNose | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BirmanPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairNose | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairNose | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmeseNose | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmesePaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaNose | Standard (“pink / old rose / pale red/pink”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ChausiePaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Colorpoint ShorthairNose | Standard (“flesh or coral pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Colorpoint ShorthairPaw pads | Standard (“flesh or coral pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish RexNose | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish RexPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| CymricNose | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| CymricPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexNose | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexPaw pads | Standard (“pink / coral / rose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairNose | Standard (“pink / rose pink / old rose”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairPaw pads | Standard (“pink / rose pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| FoldexNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| FoldexPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Havana BrownPaw pads | Standard (“rosy toned”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| HimalayanNose | Standard (“flesh to coral pink / old rose”) | Standard (“pinkish”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| HimalayanPaw pads | Standard (“flesh to coral pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| JavaneseNose | Standard (“flesh or coral pink / dusty rose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| JavanesePaw pads | Standard (“flesh or coral pink / dusty rose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Khao ManeeNose | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling |
| Khao ManeePaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling |
| LaPermNose | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Maine CoonNose | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Maine CoonPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ManxNose | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ManxPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegian Forest CatNose | Standard (“pink desirable”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegian Forest CatPaw pads | Standard (“pink desirable”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| OcicatNose | Standard (“pink rimmed with chocolate”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| OcicatPaw pads | Standard (“pink or rose”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental BicolorNose | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental BicolorPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental LonghairNose | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental LonghairPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental ShorthairNose | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental ShorthairPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (modern)Nose | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (modern)Paw pads | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragamuffin ( Liebling)Paw pads | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| RagdollNose | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| RagdollPaw pads | Standard (“pink preferred”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“Pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Russian BluePaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“rose flesh pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Russian White, Russian Black, Russian TabbyNose | No ruling | Standard (“Pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“rose”) |
| Russian White, Russian Black, Russian TabbyPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“Pink”) | Standard (“rosy flesh pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“rose”) |
| SavannahNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldNose | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexNose | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamese (modern)Nose | No ruling | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamese (modern)Paw pads | No ruling | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety])Nose | Standard (“pink desirable”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pink nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety])Paw pads | Standard (“pink desirable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SingapuraNose | Standard (“pale to dark salmon”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pale to dark salmon”) | Standard (“pale to dark salmon”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SnowshoeNose | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“flesh tone”) | Standard (“pink / flesh tone”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SnowshoePaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“flesh tone”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SomaliNose | Standard (“rosy pink”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SomaliPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“Pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxSkin and scales | Standard (“white to pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxNose | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ThaiNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pink / light pink / dark pink / old-rose”) | No ruling |
| ThaiPaw pads | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pink / light pink / dark pink”) | No ruling |
| TonkineseNose | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkinesePaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish AngoraNose | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish AngoraPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish VanNose | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish VanPaw pads | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish VankedisiNose | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish VankedisiPaw pads | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BengalPaw pads | Alternate (“warm rose, salmon pink, dusty rose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Pink is a fault
| Breed | WCF |
|---|---|
| Persian (traditional)Paw pads | Fault (“Pink on paw pads”) |
Breeds where Pink is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | CFA |
|---|---|
| Egyptian MauPaw pads | Disqualifying (“Mottled or pink paw pads”) |
Color changes
How Pink can appear or change over an animal's life.
Pinkchanges toSeal
Nose · With age · from 1 to 52 weeks
Pinkchanges toBlue
Nose · With age · from 1 to 52 weeks
Pinkchanges toChocolate
Nose · With age · from 1 to 52 weeks
Pinkchanges toLilac
Nose · With age · from 1 to 52 weeks
Pinkchanges toSeal
Paw pads · With age · from 1 to 52 weeks
Pinkchanges toBlue
Paw pads · With age · from 1 to 52 weeks
Pinkchanges toChocolate
Paw pads · With age · from 1 to 52 weeks
Pinkchanges toLilac
Paw pads · With age · from 1 to 52 weeks