Chat color
Marron
A general brown. In horses a color of its own (seal brown): near-black with lighter brown on the muzzle, around the eyes, on the flanks and inside the legs. In eggs the usual mid-brown shell.
126 Chat breeds list Marron. It is in a club standard for 123 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Marron
| Breed | TICA | CFA | FIFE | GCCF | ACFA | LOOF | WCF | CCA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abyssin | Standard (“ruddy”) | Standard (“Ruddy”) | Standard (“Ruddy”) | Standard (“Usual”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AbyssinCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Bobtail | Standard | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Curl | Standard | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | Standard (“black tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American CurlCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Shorthair | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American ShorthairCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Wirehair | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American WirehairCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Angora turc | No ruling | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | Standard (“black tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Angora turcCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Aphrodite Giant | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Aphrodite GiantCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AsianTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AsianCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown / dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian semi-longhair | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian semi-longhairTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian semi-longhairCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown / dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australian MistCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bengal | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | Standard (“Brown (Black) Tabby”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BengalYeux | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BengalCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown with rosy undertones”) | Standard (“dark brown with rosy undertone / sable brown”) | Standard (“brown with rosy undertones”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Blanc russe, noir russe, tabby russeTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brun foncé”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Blanc russe, noir russe, tabby russeCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“brun foncé”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bobtail des Kouriles | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“black tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bobtail japonais | Standard | Standard (“Brown Tabby/Patterned”) | Standard (“black tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BombayCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Longhair | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“black tabby”) | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Shorthair | Standard | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | Standard (“black tabby”) | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling |
| British ShorthairTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmeseTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“Brown / Light warm brown”) | Standard (“rich brown”) | Standard (“rich brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmeseCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Burmilla | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown / dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chausie | Standard (“Brown Ticked Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown ticked tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish Rex | Standard | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | Standard (“black tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish RexTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish RexCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cymric | Standard | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| CymricCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon Rex | Standard | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | Standard (“black tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Donskoy | Standard | No ruling | Standard (“black tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| DonskoyPeau et Ă©cailles | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| European Shorthair | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic Shorthair | Standard | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | Standard (“black tabby”) | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic ShorthairCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Foldex | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard |
| FoldexTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown with pinkish tinge”) |
| FoldexCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown with pinkish tinge”) |
| Havana BrownTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“brown with a rosy flush”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Highlander | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kanaani | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“seal”) | No ruling |
| Khao ManeeYeux | No ruling | Standard (“shades of brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“shades of brown”) | No ruling |
| LaPerm | No ruling | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | Standard (“black tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPermCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lykoi | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Maine Coon | Standard | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | Standard (“black tabby”) | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Maine CoonTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black or brown desirable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Maine CoonCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Manx | No ruling | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ManxCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mau arabe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling |
| Mau égyptien | Standard (“Bronze”) | Standard (“Bronze”) | Standard (“Bronze”) | Standard (“Bronze”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mau égyptienCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norvégien | Standard | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | Standard (“black tabby”) | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| NorvégienTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown/charcoal-black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark to light brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| NorvégienCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black or brown desirable”) | No ruling | Standard (“solid brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ocicat | Standard | Standard (“Tawny”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Tawny”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| OcicatCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil court | No ruling | Standard (“Ebony Tabby”) | Standard (“black tabby”) | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil courtTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown or pinkish brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil courtCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Solid brown or solid pinkish brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil long | No ruling | Standard (“Ebony Tabby”) | Standard (“black tabby”) | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil longTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown or pinkish brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil longCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental bicolore | No ruling | Standard (“Ebony Tabby”) | Standard (“black tabby”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental bicoloreTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental bicoloreCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persan (moderne) | No ruling | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | Standard (“black tabby”) | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persan (moderne)Truffe | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persan (moderne)Coussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persan (traditionnel)Coussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling |
| Peterbald | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| PeterbaldPeau et Ă©cailles | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pixie-bob | Standard (“Brown Spotted Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown Spotted Tabby”) | Standard (“Brown spotted tabby”) | No ruling | Standard (“Brown Spotted Tabby”) |
| Pixie-bobYeux | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pixie-bobCoussinets | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“brun-noir”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Ragamuffin | No ruling | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rex allemand | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Savannah | Standard (“Brown (Black) Spotted Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish Fold | No ruling | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk Rex | No ruling | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | Standard (“black tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Serengeti | Standard (“Brown spotted tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sibérien (Sibérien des forêts, Neva Masquerade [variété colorpoint]) | Standard | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | Standard (“black tabby”) | Standard (“Brown Tabbies”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sibérien (Sibérien des forêts, Neva Masquerade [variété colorpoint])Truffe | No ruling | Standard (“black or brown 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 or brown desirable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SingapuraCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“rosy brown”) | Standard (“rosy brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sokoké | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black tabby”) | Standard (“Sokoke”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SokokéCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Somali | Standard (“ruddy”) | Standard (“Ruddy”) | Standard (“Ruddy”) | Standard (“Usual”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SomaliCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“black or dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxPeau et écailles | No ruling | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkinoisTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkinoisCoussinets | No ruling | Standard (“medium to dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Toyger | Standard (“Brown Mackerel Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“noir”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Van turc | Standard | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | Standard (“black tabby”) | Standard (“Brown Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Marron is disqualified or not accepted
Color changes
How Marron can appear or change over an animal's life.
Marronchanges toCopal
Pelage · Avec l'âge · from 0 to 52 weeks
Noirchanges toMarron
Pelage · Avec l'état corporel · can change back
Noirchanges toMarron
Pelage · Au soleil · can change back
Noirchanges toMarron
Pelage · Progressif