The Solid Colours of the Ocicat
Chocolate spotted
Chocolate spots appear against a warm ivory ground color
Cinnamon spotted
Cinnamon spots appear against a warm ivory ground color
Compare the Chocolate Spotted and the Cinnamon Spotted Ocicats -
Cinnamon on the left, chocolate on the right
Tawny spotted
Black or dark brown spots on a ruddy or bronze ground color
Blue spotted
Blue spots on a pale blue or buff ground
Lavender (or lilac) spotted
Lavender spots on a pale buff or ivory ground
Fawn spotted
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Lavender spots on a pale buff or ivory ground
The Silver Colours of the Ocicat
Ebony or Black spotted silver
Black spots on a pale silver/white ground
Chocolate spotted silver
Chocolate spots on a silver/ white ground
Cinnamon spotted silver
Cinnamon spots on a silver/white ground
Lavender spotted silver
Lavender spots on a silver/white ground
Blue spotted silver
Blue spots on a silver/silver ground
And then there are the Classicats
"What are Classicats?" you may well ask. In Australia, the standard requires that all Ocicats
have spots. Consequently, when an Ocicat is born with classic tabby pattern, which appears marbled in the Ocicat, the kitten cannot be registered with any Australian registration body, nor be shown at any Australian cat shows as an Ocicat.
Until 2003, the standard in New Zealand also defined the Ocicat as a spotted cat.
However, to allow these beautifully marked classic tabby patterned Ocicats to be recognized as a breed, to be shown, to obtain challenge status,
etc. a proposal was forwarded to the Breeds Standards Council in New Zealand that a separate standard for the classic patterned Ocicat be adopted.
This proposal was accepted under the NZCF in 2003 and the breed standard for the Classicat
in New Zealand was born.
