Chat color
Noir
Solid black pigment. In birds often with a green or purple sheen; on skin, legs, beak, comb and tongue the dark pigment some standards call for.
143 Chat breeds list Noir. It is in a club standard for 131 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Noir
| Breed | FIFE | CFA | GCCF | TICA | WCF | ACFA | LOOF | CCA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abyssin | Standard (“Black silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AbyssinCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Bobtail | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Curl | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Shorthair | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American ShorthairTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American ShorthairCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Wirehair | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American WirehairTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American WirehairCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Angora turc | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Angora turcTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Angora turcCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Aphrodite Giant | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Aphrodite GiantTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Aphrodite GiantCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AsianTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AsianCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian semi-longhair | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian semi-longhairTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian semi-longhairCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bengal | Standard (“black”) | Alternative (“Black Melanistic / Black Smoke”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black Silver Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BengalTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“Brick red, or black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BengalCoussinets | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Blanc russe, noir russe, tabby russe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Russian Black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“noir”) | No ruling |
| Blanc russe, noir russe, tabby russeTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“noir”) | No ruling |
| Blanc russe, noir russe, tabby russeCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“noir”) | No ruling |
| Bobtail des Kouriles | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | Standard | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bobtail du MĂ©kong | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bobtail japonais | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bombay | Standard (“jet black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Bombay”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BombayTruffe | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BombayCoussinets | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | 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 (“black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Shorthair | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Burmilla | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chausie | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Noir”) | No ruling |
| ChausieTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“solid black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ChausieCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish Rex | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish RexTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish RexCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cymric | Standard | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| CymricTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| CymricCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon Rex | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Donskoy | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| DonskoyPeau et écailles | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| European Shorthair | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic Shorthair | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Foldex | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) |
| FoldexTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) |
| FoldexCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) |
| Highlander | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPerm | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lykoi | Standard (“black”) | Standard | Standard | Standard (“Black roan”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Maine Coon | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“dominant black based”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Maine CoonTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Maine CoonCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Manx | Standard | Standard (“Black”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ManxTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ManxCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mau arabe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mau égyptien | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“Smoke”) | Standard (“Black Smoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mau égyptienTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mau égyptienCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Munchkin | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Napoléon | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norvégien | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| NorvégienTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black desirable”) | Standard (“Solid black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| NorvégienCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black desirable”) | Standard (“Solid black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ocicat | Standard (“Black (Tawny) silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| OcicatCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black or seal”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil court | Standard (“Ebony”) | Standard (“Ebony”) | Standard (“Oriental Black”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil courtTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Solid black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil courtCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Solid black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil long | Standard (“Ebony”) | Standard (“Ebony”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil longTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil longCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental bicolore | Standard (“Ebony”) | Standard (“Ebony”) | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental bicoloreTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental bicoloreCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persan (moderne) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persan (moderne)Truffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persan (moderne)Coussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persan (traditionnel) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persan (traditionnel)Coussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Peterbald | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| PeterbaldPeau et écailles | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pixie-bobCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“noir”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Ragamuffin | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rex allemand | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Savannah | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SavannahTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“solid black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SavannahCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brownish black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish Fold | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk Rex | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Serengeti | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sibérien (Sibérien des forêts, Neva Masquerade [variété colorpoint]) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“dominant black-based”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sibérien (Sibérien des forêts, Neva Masquerade [variété colorpoint])Truffe | No ruling | Standard (“black desirable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sibérien (Sibérien des forêts, Neva Masquerade [variété colorpoint])Coussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black desirable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SokokéCoussinets | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Somali | Standard (“Black silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SomaliCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black or dark brown”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxPeau et écailles | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ToygerCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“noir”) | No ruling |
| Van turc | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Noir is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed |
|---|
| BambinoPeau et Ă©cailles |
| Bleu russe |
| Chantilly-Tiffany |
| DwelfPeau et Ă©cailles |
| Kinkalow |
| Korn Ja |
| Lambkin |
| Levkoy ukrainienPeau et Ă©cailles |
| Minskin |
| Ojos Azules |
| Raas |
| Sam Sawet |
Color changes
How Noir can appear or change over an animal's life.
Noirchanges toBrun roux
Pelage · Progressif
Cuivrechanges toNoir
Pelage · Avec l'âge · by 78 weeks
Noirchanges toMarron
Pelage · Avec l'état corporel · can change back
Noirchanges toMarron
Pelage · Au soleil · can change back
Noirchanges toMarron
Pelage · Progressif