Devon Rex Colors: The Registries Wrote a Blank Cheque
TICA says all, CFA says any genetically possible color, GCCF scores color at zero points. Why the Devon Rex palette is wide open, and what is actually judged instead.
Published August 21, 2026 3 min read
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Most breed color pages are lists of what is allowed. This breed's five registry documents agree on something rarer: essentially everything is. 's standard states its colors in one word: "All." accepts "any genetically possible color and pattern." 's Standard of Points goes furthest of any registry document we have read on this site: color carries NO points at all in judging. admits "all colours and patterns." And Australia's allows all colors with exactly ONE named exception, amber (the same single exclusion its Munchkin standard carries). Among every breed researched on this site so far, only the Munchkin matches this openness.
What gets judged instead: the coat itself
If color scores nothing, what does? Texture. The wave, the coverage and the condition of the rexed coat carry the points. The standards are specific that BALDNESS or bare patches are judged as a coat-texture fault at and , never as a color problem. A reader searching "Devon Rex colors" because their cat has thin patches is really asking a coat question. The answer lives in the breed's KRT71 coat genetics on the profile, not in any color rule.
The eye-color footnote
states no eye-color disqualification at all for this breed. and both disqualify blue or odd eyes, but only on a cat that is not white, , or pointed, where those eyes belong genetically. In practice: eye color follows coat genetics, and no registry polices it beyond that.
The palette in practice
Solids (white through black), every dilute, and calico mosaics, tabby in all its patterns, bicolours, smoke and shaded coats, and the pointed series (yes, a colourpoint Devon Rex is legal everywhere we read): the palette is the whole feline deck expressed on a wavy coat.
One US breeder's own estimate puts it at "about 1,900 different colors and patterns." That is a breeder's arithmetic, and we pass it on as such, since no registry counts. And no registry publishes a rarity ranking of Devon Rex colors: we checked all five documents directly. Where the internet says a color is "rare," ask for the source; our black Devon Rex page takes the biggest such claim apart.
Color and money
No named cattery in any of our four markets with an explicit color policy charges by color. Two US catteries and one Australian cattery state FLAT prices in their own words. The Australian one explicitly declines premiums for blue eyes, points, lilac, cinnamon or white. That is the opposite of the color-tiered rate cards we found on Bengal and Persian: the price page carries the details.
Five registries on one card
| Registry | Its color rule, in its own register |
|---|---|
| COLORS: All | |
| Any genetically possible color and pattern | |
| Color carries NO points in judging (the most permissive statement we have read) | |
| All colors and patterns | |
| All colors allowed, ONE named exception: amber |
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Frequently asked questions
What colors do Devon Rex cats come in?
Effectively all of them: TICA says "All," CFA "any genetically possible color and pattern," GCCF scores color at zero points, CCA-AFC admits everything, and ACF names one single exclusion (amber). Solids, torties, tabbies, bicolours, smokes and points all show legally.
Are any Devon Rex colors rare?
No registry publishes a rarity ranking: we checked all five documents. The most-searched "rare" claim (black and white) is contradicted by CFA's own show results.
Do Devon Rex colors affect price?
Not at any named cattery we read with a stated color policy: flat pricing in the US and Australia, in the breeders' own words.
Why does my Devon Rex have bare patches?
That is a coat-texture question, not a color one: thin coverage is judged as a texture fault and traces to the breed's KRT71 coat genetics. A sudden coat CHANGE, though, is a vet question.
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Medical information applies to every reader. Prices, legal duties and common practice do not: unless stated otherwise, they are given for the United States, and they differ in the UK, Canada and Australia, and often between states or provinces. Check with your own vet and your own local authority.
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