Basic Abyssinian Colours

Abyssinian Colours

Below is a table giving all the basic colours for the Abyssinian breed, including their respective numbers and a brief description of each. Although Abyssinians come in a much wider variety of colours than the few I have listed here, not all of these are as yet fully accredited at shows.

Currently we are breeding Usual/Ruddy, Blue and Sorrel, though hope that one day we will also be able to breed Fawn, Chocolate and Lilac – however these things it’ll take time!

Abyssinian Colour Table
Colour	GCCF No.	General Appearance	Base Hair	Ticking Colour	Nose Leather	Paw Pads
USUAL (Ruddy) Championship	23	A warm and rich sienna brown ticked with black	Orange/brown or apricot	Black	Brick red	Black
SORREL Championship	23a	A warm lustrous copper ticked with chocolate	Bright apricot	Chocolate	Pink	Pink
BLUE (dilute of Usual) Championship	23c	A soft and warm shade of blue ticked with deeper blue-grey	Pinkish mushroom	Deep Blue/grey	Dark pink	Mauvish blue
CHOCOLATE Championship	23b	A rich copper brown ticked with dark chocolate - much like Sorrel, but darker	Rich apricot	Dark chocolate	Pinkish chocolate	Chocolate
LILAC (dilute of chocolate) Championship	23d	A warm and slightly pink shade of dove/grey ticked with deeper dove/grey	Pinkish cream	Dove/grey with a hint of pink	Mauvish pink	Mauvish pink
FAWN (dilute of Sorrel) Championship	23e	A soft, warm fawn ticked with deeper fawn - very subtle	Pale Fawn/cream	Darker Fawn	Pink	Pink