LaPerm coat colors and patterns
All colors, by four of five registries' own rules, with one named exception we scope to its market: ACF in Australia excludes amber. Both coat lengths carry identical color rules in every registry that splits them. One low-stakes footnote our research leaves visible: TICA's marketing copy names a 'Karpati' pattern that its own downloadable standard does not carry. The distinctive feature is texture, not color: curls from soft waves to ringlets, longest in the ruff and tail. And TICA notes the LaPerm alone among the rex breeds keeps long, flexible (not brittle) whiskers.
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The color palette
Black tortie and white (a club favorite)
Red tabby in curls
Seal point
Blue-cream
The LaPerm in color
Royalty-free photos (Wikimedia Commons), full credits on the breed profile.
What the standard says
All colors, by four of five registries' own rules, with one named exception we scope to its market: ACF in Australia excludes amber. Both coat lengths carry identical color rules in every registry that splits them. One low-stakes footnote our research leaves visible: TICA's marketing copy names a 'Karpati' pattern that its own downloadable standard does not carry. The distinctive feature is texture, not color: curls from soft waves to ringlets, longest in the ruff and tail. And TICA notes the LaPerm alone among the rex breeds keeps long, flexible (not brittle) whiskers.
