The Bombay breed is exclusively black. All-black fur pigmentation is slightly more prevalent in male cats than female cats. Their high melanin pigment content causes most black cats to have yellow (golden) eyes (irises).
Any cat whose fur is a single color, including black, is known as a “solid” or “self”. A “solid black” cat may be coal black, grayish black, or brownish black
In addition to the Bombay, the Cat Fanciers' Association allows solid black as a color option in 21 other breeds. The color description for those breeds is:
- Black: dense coal black, sound from roots to tip of fur. Free from any tinge of rust on the tips. Nose leather: black. Paw pads: black or brown.
The exceptions are:
- Oriental – Ebony: dense coal black. Free from any tinge of rust on tips or smoke undercoat. Nose leather: black. Paw pads: black or brown.
- Sphynx – Black: black. One level tone from nose to tip of tail. Nose leather: black. Paw pads: black or brown.
- Ragamuffin – Although black is not specifically mentioned, the standard allows for “any color, with or without white”, so technically speaking, an all-black Ragamuffin would be allowed under the breed standard
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The following are examples of the cat breeds can be black coloured
American Bobtail,American Shorthair,British Shorthair, Bombay, Chantilly-Tiffany, Cornish Rex, Devon Rex, Japanese Bobtail, Maine Coon, Persian ,Selkirk Rex
Black Cat Names
8Ball
Addams
Alien
Ape
Asphalt
Aye Aye
Bagheera
baki – black in Hausa
Bellows
Black
Black Bear
Black Hole
Black Magic
Blackball
Blackberry
Blackboard
Blackie
Blackjack
Blackmagik
Blacktop
Braille
Burned
Carbon
Cave
Caviar
Charcoal
Cloudy
Coal
Coal Mine
Coffee
Cricket
Crow
Cynge
Dank
Dank
Dark Star
Darkness
Darky
Death
Demon
Deth
Devil
Dim
Dingy
Domino
Doom
dubh – black in Irish
Dusky
Ebon
Ebony
Eclipse
EightBall
Expresso
fekete – black in hungarian
Figaro
Gloomy
Grape
Grim
Guinness
Hematite
hitam – black in Indonesian
Ink
InkJet
InkSpot
Inky
itim – black in Filipino
Jet
Layla
Licorice
Lucifer
madow – black in Somali
Magic Marker
Melanite
Mickey
Midnight
Mora
Murky
Mushroom
musta – black in finnish
Mute
Nigel
Night
Night Time
Nightshade
Noir
Obsidian
Olive
Onyx
Oreo
Panda
pango – black in Maori
Pepper
Phantom
Pit
Plum
Preto – black in portuguese
Prune
Raven
Reaper
Sabel
Sable
Salem
Satan
schwarz – black in german
Scratchy
Shades
Shadow
Shadowy
Shady
Shoe Polish
Silhouette
Slate
Slick
Sloe
Smoke
Smokey
Somber
Sombre
Sooty
Soy Sauce
Spade
Spook
Spooky
Squid
Stain
Starless
Storm
Swart – black in afrikaans
Swarthy
svart – black in norwegian
Svartur – black in Icelandic
Tar
Tattoo
Truffle
Vader
Velcro
Velvet
Vlad
Void
Voodoo
wakuda – black in Chichewa
Warlock
Witch
Witchcraft
Witchy
Youkai
zwart – black in dutch
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