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OCICATS of AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

Ocicat Colours

How many colours in the Ocicat wardrobe?

The Ocicat looks stunning in all of its 12 colors! The spotted colours are -

	Chocolate
	Cinnamon
	Tawny
	Blue
	Lavender and
	Fawn

These colours are also repeated with a silver background -

	Chocolate silver
	Cinnamon silver
	Tawny or ebony silver
	Blue silver
	Lavender silver and
	Fawn silver

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

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.

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