Chat color
Fauve
A light yellowish tan: fawn Pugs, Boxers and Great Danes; in cats the pale dilute of cinnamon; fawn rabbits, cavies and Indian Runner ducks.
100 Chat breeds list Fauve. It is in a club standard for 89 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 3 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Fauve
| Breed | CFA | FIFE | GCCF | TICA | WCF | ACFA | CCA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abyssin | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Bobtail | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailTruffe | Standard (“pale fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American BobtailCoussinets | Standard (“pale fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Curl | Standard | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Shorthair | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Wirehair | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Angora turc | Standard | Non reconnu (“fawn”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Aphrodite Giant | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard | No ruling |
| Asian | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AsianCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian semi-longhair | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian semi-longhairCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australian Mist | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australian MistTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Balinais | Standard (“Fawn Point”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn Point”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BalinaisCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bobtail des Kouriles | No ruling | Non reconnu (“fawn”) | Non reconnu (“fawn”) | Standard | Non reconnu (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bobtail du MĂ©kong | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bobtail japonais | Standard | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Brazilian Shorthair | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Longhair | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn / Light fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British LonghairCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Shorthair | Alternative (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn / Light fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British ShorthairCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Burmese | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Burmilla | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BurmillaCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish Rex | Standard | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cymric | Standard | Standard | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon Rex | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexTruffe | Standard (“pale fawn / fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon RexCoussinets | Standard (“pale fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Donskoy | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| DonskoyPeau et écailles | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic Shorthair | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Foldex | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) |
| Highlander | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Himalayen | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Javanais | Standard (“Fawn Point”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPerm | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lykoi | Standard | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Maine Coon | Standard | Non reconnu (“fawn”) | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“fawn”) | Non reconnu (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Manx | Standard | Standard | Non reconnu (“fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Munchkin | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Napoléon | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norvégien | Éliminatoire (“fawn”) | Non reconnu (“fawn”) | Non reconnu (“Fawn”) | Standard | Non reconnu (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ocicat | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil court | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Oriental Fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil courtTruffe | Standard (“pale fawn / fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil courtCoussinets | Standard (“pale fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil long | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil longTruffe | Standard (“pale fawn / fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental à poil longCoussinets | Standard (“pale fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental bicolore | Standard (“Fawn Point and White”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn & White”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental bicoloreTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental bicoloreCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persan (moderne) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persan (traditionnel) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Peterbald | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| PeterbaldPeau et écailles | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragamuffin | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragdoll | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rex allemand | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | Non reconnu (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sacré de Birmanie | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish Fold | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldTruffe | Standard (“pale fawn / fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish FoldCoussinets | Standard (“pale fawn / fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk Rex | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexTruffe | Standard (“pale fawn / fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk RexCoussinets | Standard (“pale fawn / fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamois (moderne) | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn Point”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamois (moderne)Truffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siamois (moderne)Coussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sibérien (Sibérien des forêts, Neva Masquerade [variété colorpoint]) | Standard | Non reconnu (“fawn”) | Non reconnu (“Fawn”) | Éliminatoire (“fawn”) | Non reconnu (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Snowshoe | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn Point”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SnowshoeTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SnowshoeCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Somali | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxPeau et écailles | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxTruffe | Standard (“pale fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxCoussinets | Standard (“pale fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Thaï | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | Standard (“Fawn Point”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tonkinois | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkinoisTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TonkinoisCoussinets | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pinkish fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Van turc | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | Standard | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bengal | Alternative (“Fawn Tabby”) | No ruling | Non reconnu (“Fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Fauve is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | GCCF | WCF |
|---|---|---|
| European Shorthair | No ruling | Non reconnu (“fawn”) |
| Toyger | Non reconnu (“fawn”) | No ruling |
| BambinoPeau et Ă©cailles | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chantilly-Tiffany | No ruling | No ruling |
| DwelfPeau et Ă©cailles | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kinkalow | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lambkin | No ruling | No ruling |
| Levkoy ukrainienPeau et Ă©cailles | No ruling | No ruling |
| Minskin | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ojos Azules | No ruling | No ruling |