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Color Prefix and Color Class Numbers

Color Prefix Numbers | Color Class Numbers

COLOR PREFIX NUMBERS

The following codes incorporate the breed, color and sex of a cat registered by CFA, and used in the prefix section of a cat's registration number.

The registration number prefixes listed below are for males of that breed and color. The value of 1 is added to this code to identify a female of the same breed and color. For example: 1700 is a Blue Eyed White Maine Coon Male, 1701 is a Blue Eyed White Maine Coon Female.

NOTE: Color Prefixes marked ** are no longer issued. They are included here for informational purposes only.


0820 **   MAINE COON
1700       MAINE COON          BLUE-EYED WHITE
1702       MAINE COON          GOLD-EYED WHITE
1704       MAINE COON          ODD-EYED WHITE
1706       MAINE COON          BLUE
1708       MAINE COON          BLACK
1710       MAINE COON          RED
1712       MAINE COON          CREAM CAMEO TABBY
1714       MAINE COON          CREAM
1716       MAINE COON          VAN BROWN TABBY-WHITE
1718       MAINE COON          DILUTE CALICO
1720       MAINE COON          BLUE-CREAM-WHITE
1722       MAINE COON          SMOKE-WHITE
1724       MAINE COON          SMOKE TORTIE
1726       MAINE COON          BLUE-CREAM SMOKE
1728       MAINE COON          VAN BROWN PTCH TBY-WHT
1730       MAINE COON          CHINCHILLA SILVER
1732       MAINE COON          SHADED SILVER
1734       MAINE COON          BLACK SMOKE
1736       MAINE COON          SILVER TABBY
1738       MAINE COON          BLUE SMOKE
1740       MAINE COON          RED TABBY
1742       MAINE COON          GREEN-EYED WHITE
1744       MAINE COON          BROWN TABBY
1746       MAINE COON          TORTOISESHELL
1748       MAINE COON          CALICO
1750       MAINE COON          BLUE-CREAM
1752       MAINE COON          BLUE TABBY
1754       MAINE COON          CREAM TABBY
1756       MAINE COON          BLUE-SILVER TABBY
1758 **  MAINE COON          PATCHED TABBY-WHITE
1760       MAINE COON          SHELL CAMEO
1762       MAINE COON          SHADED CAMEO
1764       MAINE COON          CAMEO RED SMOKE
1766       MAINE COON          CAMEO TABBY
1768       MAINE COON          BROWN PTCHD TBY-WHITE
1770       MAINE COON          BLUE CHINCHILLA
1772       MAINE COON          BLUE SHADED
1776       MAINE COON          BLUE-SILVER PTCHD TBY
1778       MAINE COON          BROWN TABBY-WHITE
1780       MAINE COON          VAN BI-COLOR
1782 **  MAINE COON          VAN TABBY-WHITE
1784       MAINE COON          SILVER PATCHED TABBY
1786       MAINE COON          BROWN PATCHED TABBY
1788       MAINE COON          BLUE PATCHED TABBY
1790       MAINE COON          BI-COLOR
1792 **  MAINE COON          TABBY-WHITE
1794       MAINE COON          TORTOISESHELL-WHITE
1796       MAINE COON          OMCC
1798       MAINE COON          AOV
9700       MAINE COON          VAN BLUE PTCHD TBY-WHT
9702       MAINE COON          VAN BLUE-SLVR TBY-WHT
9704       MAINE COON          VAN BLUE-SLVR PTC T-WT
9706       MAINE COON          VAN BLUE TABBY-WHITE
9708       MAINE COON          VAN SILVER TABBY-WHITE
9710       MAINE COON          VAN RED TABBY-WHITE
9712       MAINE COON          VAN SILVER PTCH TBY-WT
9714       MAINE COON          VAN CREAM TABBY-WHITE
9716       MAINE COON          VAN CAMEO TABBY-WHITE
9718       MAINE COON          BLACK-WHITE
9736       MAINE COON          SILVER TABBY-WHITE
9740       MAINE COON          RED TABBY-WHITE
9752       MAINE COON          BLUE TABBY-WHITE
9754       MAINE COON          CREAM TABBY-WHITE
9756       MAINE COON          BLUE-SILVER TBY-WHITE
9758       MAINE COON          CREAM SILVER TABBY-WHT
9760       MAINE COON          CREAM SILVER TABBY
9766       MAINE COON          CAMEO TABBY-WHITE
9776       MAINE COON          BLUE-SLVR PTCH TBY-WHT
9784       MAINE COON          SILVER PATCHED TBY-WHT
9788       MAINE COON          BLUE PATCHED TBY-WHITE


COLOR CLASS NUMBERS

Effective 2008-2009 Show Season
Colors Male Female
Solid Colors
(White, Black, Blue, Red, or Cream)
1700 1701
Brown Tabby
(Classic, Mackerel)
1744 1745
Brown Patched Tabby
(Classic, Mackerel)
--- 1787
Silver Tabby
(Classic, Mackerel, Patched)
1736 1737
Silver Patched Tabby
(classic, mackerel)
--- 1785
Red Tabby
(Classic, mackerel)
1740 1741

All Other Tabby Colors
(Blue, Blue-Silver [Classic, Mackerel, Patched],
Cream, Cameo, Cream-Silver [Classic, Mackerel])

9792 9793
Brown Tabby & White (including Vans)
(Classic, Mackerel)
1778 1779
Brown Patched Tabby & White (including Vans)
(Classic, Mackerel)
--- 1769
Silver Tabby & White
(Classic, Mackerel, Patched)
9736 9737
Silver Patched Tabby & White
(Classic, Mackerel)
--- 9785
Red Tabby & White
(Classic, Mackerel)
9740 9741
All Other Tabby & White Colors (including Vans)
(Blue, Blue-Silver [Classic, Mackerel, Patched],
Red, Cream, Cameo, Cream-Silver [Classic, Mackerel])
1758 1759
Bi-Color
(Black & White, Blue & White, Red & White,
Cream & White)
1790 1791
Parti-Color
(Tortoiseshell, Blue-Cream)
--- 1747
Parti-Color & White
(Calico [including Vans], Dilute Calico [including
Vans], Tortoiseshell & White, Blue-Cream
& White)
--- 1795
Shaded & Smoke
(Chinchilla Silver, Shaded Silver, Chinchilla
Blue Silver, Shaded Blue Silver, Shell Cameo,
Shaded Cameo, Shell Cream, Shaded Cream,
Shell Tortoiseshell, Shaded Tortoiseshell,
Shell Blue-Cream, Shaded Blue-Cream, Black
Smoke, Blue smoke, Cameo Smoke, Cream
Smoke, Tortie Smoke, Blue-Cream Smoke)
1730 1731

Shaded/Smoke & White (including Vans)
(Note: any tortie & white colors or blue-cream & white colors will not have the van pattern. Chinchilla Silver & White, Shaded Silver &
White, Chinchilla Blue Silver & White, Shaded
Blue Silver & White, Shell Cameo & White, Shaded Cameo & White, Shell Cream & White, Shaded Cream & White, Shell Tortoiseshell & White, Shaded Tortoiseshell & White, Shell Calico, Shaded Calico, Shell Blue-Cream & White, Shaded Blue-Cream & White, Shell Dilute Calico, Shaded Dilute Calico, Black Smoke & White, Blue Smoke & White, Cameo Smoke & White, Cream Smoke & White, Tortie Smoke & White, Blue-Cream Smoke & White, Calico Smoke, Dilute CalicoSmoke)

1774 1775
OMCC (Other Maine Coon Colors)
(Any other color with the exception of those showing hybridization
resulting in the colors chocolate, lavender, the himalayan
pattern; the unpatterned agouti on the body [i.e., Abyssiniantype
ticked tabby] or these combinations with white.)

1796 1797
AOV 1798 1799

 

 
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