Colour's And Patterns

Devon Rex comes in all colour's and patterns that you see in other breeds. We have gathered information about the most common coat colour's and patterns seen in Australia.

Solid Colour

The entire coat is one colour from head to tail. All patterned and variant colour's come from these solid colour's. They include, Black, White, Red, Blue, Cream, Lilac & Chocolate.

Tabby Pattern

Any of the solid colour's (except white) can come in a tabby pattern. Most common Tabby patterns are:

Mackerel Tabby
'M' marking on forehead. Narrow pencil like lines, stripes running down the sides in a vertical pattern. Dark colour on spine lines running from shoulders to tail. Tail has rings and legs have bracelets. All stripes are unbroken and even throughout.

Classic Tabby
'M' marking on forehead. Has a 'bulls eye' on each side of body, with a swirl of colour surrounded by very bold, wide bands of the same colour. (No lines going down the sides). Leg bracelets and tail rings. Several unbroken necklaces on neck and upper chest.

(photo- brown spotted tabby & white)

Spotted Tabby
'M' marking on forehead. A dorsal stripe runs the length of the body to tip of tail. Markings on body are spots, round or oval shape. Spots must be distinct and should not run together. Underside of body will have 'vest buttons'. Legs and tail are barred

Tortoiseshell or Tortie

This is a mosaic pattern of colour. Torbie colour's are:
Black & Red, Chocolate & Red, Blue & Cream, Lilac & Cream. Torbie pattern can come in traditional, pointed and mink varieties.

(photo- Black smoke Tortie)

Colour Point or Si-Rex

In the pointed pattern the 'points' of the cat are darker than the body colour (usually being a white or cream colour), like a Siamese. The top and back of head like a mask on the face, legs and tail are coloured. All pointed cats must have Blue eyes. Solid colour points are:
Seal point, Blue point, Red point, Chocolate point, Lilac point, cream point. All these point colour's also come in Tortie and Tabby point.

(photo- Seal point)

(photo- Cream point)

Mink or Masked

The mink colour is similar to a colour point, but the body is coloured a lighter shade than the points. These include: Brown mink, Blue mink, Chocolate mink, Lilac mink.
The eye colour of a mink ranges from washed out Aqua, Green-Blue to Blue-Green.

(photo- Lilac Mink)

(photo- Chocolate Minks)

Smoke

The smoke cat appears to have solid colour until the cat moves and the hairs are parted, revealing a white undercoat. All smokes come in solid and Torbie colour's.

(photo- Black Smoke)

Bi-Colour

A bi-colour is any solid or tabby colour and white.

(photo- Black Bi Colour)