The beautiful and exuberant Persian cats are some one of the most coveted by feline lovers, not only for his appearance, but for his remarkable intelligence.
These animals originate from ancient Persia, currently the Islamic Republic of Iran, although the current examples were developed in England.
To talk about their appearance specifically, which is the reason why they are most liked, it is important to highlight that the colors of Persian cats are those that define the group to which they belong, there being a total of seven, and being recommended before choosing. one, know what the .
Solid Persian Cats
By solid colors we mean black, white, chocolate, blue, red, lilac and cream. The condition for them to be considered within this group, in addition to the tone, is that they do not present marks, spots or shadows along the coat.
Only the solid white Persian cat varies the color of its eyes between copper, blue and both colors, due to what is known as heterochromia, but all other felines to be considered in this group must have copper-colored eyes.
Silver and gold Persian cats
For this group, cats are defined not only by colors but by a certain pattern on the coat, and it is observed that the hair is colorless at the bottom, while it takes on a hue towards the tip of the strand.
According to the colored dimensions of each hair, an effect between icing or shading is generated on the animal, the latter being much heavier or denser.
It should be noted that they are subdivided into chinchilla silver, shadow silver, chinchilla gold and shadow gold. Likewise, all of them have green or bluish-green eyes.
Shaded and Smoked Persian Cats
They have an effect similar to that of the silver and gold Persians, as they also have a white undercoat and on this the specific color is visible, but what distinguishes them is that when they are in movement the fur opens and it seems that a shadow or smoke would cover them.
The colors of these Persian are chinchilla red, tortoise, chinchilla cream, cream blue, shaded cream, shaded red, shaded cream blue, shaded tortoise, smoked blue, smoked black, smoked red, smoked cream, smoked cream blue and smoked tortoise. Added to this is that his eyes are only copper.
Tabby Persian Cats
The only two brindle Persians accepted as a breed are the mackerel and the classic. Starting from there, we have that the classic tabbies have collar-type markings on the chest and neck, with rings on their legs and tails, swirls at the level of the cheeks, an M on their forehead and another considerable amount of lines and spots that They extend to the eyes, head, spine, shoulders, stomach and chest.
On the other hand, the mackerel tabby has the vast majority of the markings of the classic tabby. However, a herringbone-like pattern is seen in the spine area, as well as circles instead of lines on the sides and shoulders.
The colors that can be found in both classics and mackerel are red, brown, blue, cream, chocolate, lilac, reddish, reddish cream, silver, silvery blue, patched brown, patched blue, patched chocolate, patched lilac, patched silver and patched silver blue.
It should be noted that it is also known as a tabby and, although almost all specimens of this group have bright copper eyes, there are exceptions in silver tabbies, as sometimes they are born with green or hazel eyes.
Particolor Persian Cats
These Persian cats have bright copper eyes and some are usually the result of genetic crossing with specimens from other groups or subgroups, being classified in turn into the tortoise shell, chocolate tortoise shell, cream blue and cream lilac types.
Those with turtle shell are generally black with red spots, although there are also some with mixed reddish areas. These have a specific pattern and their predominant color is black, while in those with chocolate turtle shell, chocolate replaces the black, increasing the contrast with the red and causing the specimens to look much lighter.
In the case of the cream blue, they come from the Persian tortoise shell, but they are genetically altered cats at the color level, which is why the blue color predominates and the cream is somewhat more recessive, while the cream lilac is a feline. which originates from the Persian Himalaya, in which intermixed areas or some spots are observed, in both cases the tones are between cream and pink.
Two-color Persian and calico cats
As their name indicates, they are cats that have two colors throughout their fur. An essential condition is that white is present at least on the snout, chest, legs and underside. While the spots do not have a specific pattern and you should notice a white, inverted V located on the forehead.
Regarding colors, it must be said that all solid colors are included, as well as particolor, brindle and smoky, but the golden and silver Persians do not fall into this category or group.
Himalayan Persian Cat
It comes from the cross between the Siamese and the Persian, and has become the most popular of this breed of felines, since its coat can be seen in colors such as red, gray, chocolate, blue and lilac, shades that are only present in the face and extremities.
Additionally, it has shades that range from beige to white, and are distributed throughout its body. His eyes are always a light blue tone, with the pupil quite wide and dark.