Chat color
Lilas
A pale, pinkish dove-gray, the dilution of chocolate; some cat registries call it lavender or frost.
144 Chat breeds list Lilas. It is in a club standard for 129 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 8 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Lilas
| Breed | GCCF | CFA | TICA | FIFE | WCF | ACFA | CCA | LOOF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abyssin | Standard (“Lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AbyssinTruffe | Standard (“Mauvish pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AbyssinCoussinets | 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 BobtailTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailCoussinets | 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 CurlTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Shorthair | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“lavender, lilac”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Wirehair | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“lavender”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Angora turc | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“lilac”) | Standard | Non reconnu (“lilac”) | 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 | Standard (“Lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AsianTruffe | Standard (“Cool pinkish-lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AsianCoussinets | 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-longhairTruffe | Standard (“Cool pinkish-lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian semi-longhairCoussinets | 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 |
| Balinais | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BalinaisTruffe | Standard (“faded lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BalinaisCoussinets | Standard (“faded lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bleu russeCoussinets | Standard (“Pinkish lavender”) | Standard (“lavender pink or mauve”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bobtail des Kouriles | Non reconnu (“lilac”) | No ruling | Standard | Non reconnu (“lilac”) | Non reconnu (“lilac”) | 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 | No ruling | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | 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 LonghairTruffe | Standard (“Pinkish Lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairCoussinets | 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 ShorthairTruffe | Standard (“Pinkish lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink / lilac-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairCoussinets | Standard (“Pinkish lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink / lilac-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmeseTruffe | Standard (“lavender pink”) | Standard (“Lavender-pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmeseCoussinets | 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 |
| BurmillaTruffe | Standard (“Cool pinkish-lilac”) | Standard (“lavender pink / pinkish grey”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaCoussinets | 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 ShorthairTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Colorpoint ShorthairCoussinets | 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 RexTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish RexCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cymric | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“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 RexTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink / lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexCoussinets | 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 |
| DonskoyPeau et écailles | 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 ShorthairTruffe | Standard (“lilac”) | Standard (“lavender / lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairCoussinets | 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 |
| FoldexTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lavender”) | No ruling |
| FoldexCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Lavender”) | 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 |
| Himalayen | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| HimalayenTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| HimalayenCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Javanais | No ruling | Standard (“Lilac Lynx Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| JavanaisTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| JavanaisCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| KoratTruffe | Standard (“lavender”) | Standard (“lavender”) | Standard (“lavender”) | Standard (“lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| KoratCoussinets | 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 |
| LaPerm | Standard | Standard (“Lavender”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermCoussinets | 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 | Non reconnu (“lilac”) | Éliminatoire (“lavender”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Munchkin | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Napoléon | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| NebelungCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norvégien | Non reconnu (“Lilac”) | Éliminatoire (“lavender, lilac”) | Standard | Non reconnu (“lilac”) | Non reconnu (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ocicat | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard (“Lavender”) | Standard | Standard (“Lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| OcicatCoussinets | Standard (“Lilac-pink”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil court | Standard (“Oriental Lilac”) | Standard (“Lavender”) | Standard | Standard (“Lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil courtTruffe | Standard (“Pinkish lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil courtCoussinets | Standard (“Solid pinkish lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil long | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard (“Lavender”) | Standard | Standard (“Lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil longTruffe | Standard (“Pinkish lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil longCoussinets | Standard (“Pinkish lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental bicolore | Standard (“Lilac & White”) | Standard (“Lilac Point and White”) | Standard | Standard (“Lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental bicoloreTruffe | Standard (“Pinkish lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental bicoloreCoussinets | Standard (“Pinkish lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persan (moderne) | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persan (moderne)Truffe | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard (“lavender”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persan (moderne)Coussinets | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard (“lavender pink”) | 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 | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| PeterbaldPeau et écailles | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragamuffin | 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 |
| RagdollTruffe | Standard (“pinkish/faded lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| RagdollCoussinets | Standard (“pinkish/faded lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rex allemand | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lilac”) | Non reconnu (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sacré de Birmanie | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sacré de BirmanieTruffe | Standard (“lilac”) | Standard (“lavender-pink / pink-grey”) | No ruling | No ruling | 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 FoldTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldCoussinets | 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 RexTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamois (moderne) | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamois (moderne)Truffe | Standard (“Pale pinkish grey”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamois (moderne)Coussinets | 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 |
| SnowshoeTruffe | Standard (“pinkish/faded lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SnowshoeCoussinets | 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 |
| SomaliTruffe | Standard (“Mauvish pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SomaliCoussinets | Standard (“Mauvish pink”) | Standard (“mauve”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxPeau et écailles | Standard | Standard (“Lavender”) | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Thaï | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard (“lilac”) | Standard (“Lilac Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ThaïTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ThaïCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Thaï lilas | Standard (“Thai Lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Thaï lilasTruffe | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Thaï lilasCoussinets | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tonkinois | Standard (“Lilac”) | Standard (“Platinum Point”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkinoisTruffe | Standard (“pinkish-grey”) | Standard (“lavender-pink to lavender-gray”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkinoisCoussinets | Standard (“pinkish-grey”) | Standard (“lavender-pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Van turc | No ruling | Non reconnu (“lilac”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| York Chocolat | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lilac”) | No ruling | Standard (“Lavender”) | Standard (“lilac”) |
| Bengal | Non reconnu (“Lilac”) | Alternative (“Lilac Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BengalCoussinets | No ruling | Alternative (“Lavender pink”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Lilas is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | GCCF | CFA | TICA | FIFE | WCF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Coon | Non reconnu (“Lilac”) | Éliminatoire (“lavender”) | Éliminatoire (“lilac”) | Non reconnu (“lilac”) | Non reconnu (“lilac”) |
| Sibérien (Sibérien des forêts, Neva Masquerade [variété colorpoint]) | Non reconnu (“Lilac”) | Non reconnu (“lavender/lilac”) | Éliminatoire (“lilac”) | Non reconnu (“lilac”) | Non reconnu (“lilac”) |
| European Shorthair | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Non reconnu (“lilac”) |
| Toyger | Non reconnu (“lilac”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BambinoPeau et Ă©cailles | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chantilly-Tiffany | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| DwelfPeau et Ă©cailles | 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 Ă©cailles | 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 Lilas can appear or change over an animal's life.
Rosechanges toLilas
Truffe · Avec l'âge · from 1 to 52 weeks
Rosechanges toLilas
Coussinets · Avec l'âge · from 1 to 52 weeks