Chat color
Chocolat
A rich dark brown from brown eumelanin: chocolate Labradors, cats, rabbits and ducks; also the very dark shell of Marans eggs.
127 Chat breeds list Chocolat. It is in a club standard for 113 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 8 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Chocolat
| Breed | TICA | GCCF | CFA | FIFE | WCF | ACFA | CCA | LOOF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abyssin | Standard (“chocolate”) | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AbyssinTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AbyssinCoussinets | 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 BobtailTruffe | 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 CurlTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Shorthair | Standard | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Wirehair | Standard | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Angora turc | Standard | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“chocolate”) | Non reconnu (“chocolate”) | 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 | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AsianTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“Pale chocolate-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AsianCoussinets | 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-longhairTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“Pale chocolate-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian semi-longhairCoussinets | 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 MistCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Balinais | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BalinaisTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BalinaisCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BengalCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Alternative (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“sable brown to dark chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bobtail des Kouriles | Standard | Non reconnu (“chocolate”) | No ruling | Non reconnu (“chocolate”) | Non reconnu (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bobtail du Mékong | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bobtail japonais | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | 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 LonghairTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairCoussinets | 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 ShorthairTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmeseTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“warm chocolate brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmeseCoussinets | 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 |
| BurmillaTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“Pale chocolate-brown”) | Standard (“milk chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaCoussinets | 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 | Éliminatoire (“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 RexTruffe | 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 |
| DonskoyPeau et écailles | 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 ShorthairTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairCoussinets | 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 |
| FoldexTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling |
| FoldexCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | 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 |
| Himalayen | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Javanais | 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 |
| LaPerm | Standard | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermCoussinets | 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 | Non reconnu (“chocolate”) | Éliminatoire (“chocolate”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Munchkin | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Napoléon | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norvégien | Standard | Non reconnu (“Chocolate”) | Éliminatoire (“chocolate”) | Non reconnu (“chocolate”) | Non reconnu (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ocicat | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| OcicatCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate-pink”) | Standard (“chocolate-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil court | Standard | Standard (“Havana”) | Standard (“Chestnut”) | Standard (“Havana”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil courtTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chestnut”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil long | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“Chestnut”) | Standard (“Havana”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil longTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chestnut”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental bicolore | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate & White”) | Standard (“Chestnut”) | Standard (“Havana”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental bicoloreTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental bicoloreCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persan (moderne) | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persan (moderne)Truffe | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persan (moderne)Coussinets | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | 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 |
| Peterbald | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| PeterbaldPeau et écailles | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragamuffin | 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 |
| RagdollTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| RagdollCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rex allemand | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | Non reconnu (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sacré de Birmanie | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sacré de BirmanieTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | 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 FoldTruffe | 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 RexTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chestnut”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamois (moderne) | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamois (moderne)Truffe | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate or pinkish chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamois (moderne)Coussinets | 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 |
| SnowshoeTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SnowshoeCoussinets | 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 |
| SomaliTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SomaliCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxPeau et écailles | Standard | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxTruffe | 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 |
| SuphalakTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Thaï | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | Standard (“Chocolate Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ThaïTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“milk-chocolate-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ThaïCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“milk-chocolate-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tonkinois | Standard | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“Champagne Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkinoisTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkinoisCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Van turc | Standard | No ruling | Non reconnu (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| York Chocolat | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chocolate”) | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“chocolat”) |
| Bengal | No ruling | Non reconnu (“Chocolate”) | Alternative (“Chocolate Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Chocolat is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | TICA | GCCF | CFA | FIFE | WCF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Coon | Éliminatoire (“chocolate”) | Non reconnu (“Chocolate”) | Éliminatoire (“chocolate”) | Non reconnu (“chocolate”) | Non reconnu (“chocolate”) |
| Sibérien (Sibérien des forêts, Neva Masquerade [variété colorpoint]) | Éliminatoire (“chocolate”) | Non reconnu (“Chocolate”) | Non reconnu (“chocolate”) | Non reconnu (“chocolate”) | Non reconnu (“chocolate”) |
| European Shorthair | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Non reconnu (“chocolate”) |
| Toyger | No ruling | Non reconnu (“chocolate”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BambinoPeau et écailles | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chantilly-Tiffany | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| DwelfPeau et écailles | 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 |
| Levkoy ukrainienPeau et écailles | 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 |
Color changes
How Chocolat can appear or change over an animal's life.
Rosechanges toChocolat
Truffe · Avec l'âge · from 1 to 52 weeks
Rosechanges toChocolat
Coussinets · Avec l'âge · from 1 to 52 weeks