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Manx coat colors and patterns

Not the open palette you might assume. Four of five registries (CFA, CCA-AFC, GCCF, ACF) name real exclusions, at minimum chocolate, lavender/lilac and the pointed pattern. TICA is the genuine outlier stating 'COLORS: All'. And the black-cat association is historically backwards: the two earliest period sources (Lane 1903, Barton 1908) describe the original Isle of Man stock as orange-dominated.

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The color palette

Orange tabby (the historic stock)

Brown tabby

Black

Blue

Tortoiseshell

White & bicolor

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The Manx in color

Ginger tabby Manx cat perched on a sofa back, short tail and full flank fur
Ginger tabby Manx cat perched on a sofa back, short tail and full flank fur
Tabby Manx cat in profile indoors, rounded rump showing the breed's naturally tailless rear
Tabby Manx cat in profile indoors, rounded rump showing the breed's naturally tailless rear
Grey Manx lying in grass, hindquarters showing no long tail
Grey Manx lying in grass, hindquarters showing no long tail
Vintage black and white photograph of a tabby Manx cat on a leash, tailless rump visible
Vintage black and white photograph of a tabby Manx cat on a leash, tailless rump visible
Cream Manx cat lying outdoors with eyes closed, relaxed on a garden table
Cream Manx cat lying outdoors with eyes closed, relaxed on a garden table

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What the standard says

Not the open palette you might assume. Four of five registries (CFA, CCA-AFC, GCCF, ACF) name real exclusions, at minimum chocolate, lavender/lilac and the pointed pattern. TICA is the genuine outlier stating 'COLORS: All'. And the black-cat association is historically backwards: the two earliest period sources (Lane 1903, Barton 1908) describe the original Isle of Man stock as orange-dominated.

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