General
Parsing understood as indicator
Below the inputs, you may see this icon .
This icon is next to the text that shows how we have understood what you typed into the box above it..
This shows up when the way we have understood your input may be different than how you typed it.
If what you type in is not a valid color, we will find the closest match.
For example, "gss111" will find the closest match, "gs 11".
Scope
This color calculator is specifically for calculating Maine Coon cat colors.
Coat colors with color point, chocolate, and cinnamon are not supported.
We parse eye color, poly, and coat length, but do not use them for calculations (yet).
Quick Note on Genetics
Dominant: silver and gold are dominant traits; only one of the parents need to have silver/gold for their children to have silver/gold.
Recessive: dilute colors are recessive traits; both parents need to show/carry dilute colors for their children to have a dilute color child. Because dilution is a gene, it may not be visible in the parents. Dilute is also referred to as the lightening gene.
Validation (errors)
Special characters: not allowed. Do not use characters like "% $ # @ ! * ( ) ~ ? ."
Valid characters: Please only use "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", numbers "0123456789", and optionally spaces/dashes (" "/"-").
Order: EMS codes should be in ascending order (lowest to highest).
Color Codes
White
White is a masking color.
Any color can be hidden under white, so kittens of almost any color may appear.
If you know the white cat's parents, you can predict the color of the kittens. Try using the parent colors in place of white to see the results.
Coat Colors
| Color | Dilution | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| n (black) | a (blue) | Blue is the dilution of black |
| d (red) | e (cream) | Cream is the dilution of red |
| f (black tortie) | g (blue tortie) | Blue tortie is the dilution of black tortie |
| w (white) | White is a masking gene |
Silver and Gold
Gold is also known as apricot banding.
Silver is sometimes referred to as white banding.
In red/cream, it is called Cameo.
- For all other colors (without tabby), it is called Smoke or Smoky.
| Base Color | With Silver | With Gold |
|---|---|---|
| n (black) | ns (black smoke) | ny (black gold) |
| a (blue) | as (blue smoke) | ay (blue gold) |
| d (red/orange) | ds (red smoke) | dy (red gold) |
| e (cream) | es (cream smoke) | ey (cream gold) |
| f (black tortie) | fs (black smoke tortie) | fy (black gold tortie) |
| g (blue tortie) | gs (blue smoke tortie) | gy (blue gold tortie) |
With White
| Code | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Van | ⅛ color; up to ⅞ white on head and tail only |
| 02 | Harlequin | ⅙ color; ⅚ white |
| 03 | Bicolor | ⅓ to ½ white |
| 09 | Other | Up to ¼ white anywhere |
Patterns
| Code | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Shaded | ⅔ silver ⅓ tipped |
| 12 | Shell | ⅞ silver ⅛ tipped chinchilla |
| 21 | Unspecified Tabby | Use when the markings cannot be specified or when the markings are unknown |
| 22 | Classic Tabby | aka Blotched Tabby & Marbled Tabby |
| 23 | Mackerel Tabby | aka Striped Tabby |
| 24 | Spotted Tabby | aka Rosetted Tabby |
| 25 | Ticked Tabby | aka Tipped Tabby |
Eye Colors
| Code | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | Blue eyed | |
| 62 | Green eyed | |
| 63 | Odd eyed | One blue; one green/yellow/orange |
| 64 | Green eyed | |
| 65 | Golden eyed | Between yellow and gold |
Polydactyl
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 90 | No Poly |
| 91 | Poly Front |
| 92 | Poly Back |
| 93 | Poly Both |
| 94 | Poly Unspecified |
Breed
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| MCO | Maine Coon Non-Poly |
| Short for Poly; use MCP instead | |
| MCP | Maine Coon Polydactyl |
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