Orange is a term used to describe red Maine Coons with a bright, vibrant coat, a color often referred to as ginger. However, orange tabby Maine Coons are not particularly rare. Like solid red Maine Coons, solid orange Maine Coons are extremely rare. You can tell a solid black and black smoke Maine Coon apart by examining their roots. Many Maine Coon patterns contain black or a diluted version of black, and there is also a tuxedo Maine Coon with black and white fur. Whilst solid black Maine Coons are quite rare, black smokes are more common. The next photo shows Harry, our red classic tabby Maine Coon, when he was 17 months old. Red girls are rare than red boys as statistically they only make up 20% of the red Maine Coon population. In general red Maine Coons are not rare, only those with a solid coat are. Solid white Maine Coons are also quite rare, followed by solid cream. Many cats that appear to be solid black are in fact black smoke as their coats are paler at the roots. If a cat has just one color in its coat, it is referred to as having a solid coat.Ĭombinations of two or more of these colors give rise to a variety of Maine Coon patterns classed as either:Īfter solid red, the solid black Maine Coon is quite a rare cat. Red, blue, and cream coats can vary from very pale to very dark shades. He also has faint tabby markings around his legs, and the dominant tabby M marking on his forehead.įive basic colors make up the various patterns of Maine Coon cats.
Though his fur is shades of red, he’s not classed as a solid red as he has a smoke coat where his fur is paler at the roots. The cat in the photo below is my red smoke Maine Coon, Fred. However, Maine Coons are classed as solid red if they have slightly different shades of red fur but do not have white or any other color fur. In fact, if you apply the rule for solid coats, solid red Maine Coons are so rare that they probably don’t exist at all. It is very unlikely that you’ll ever see a red Maine Coon without a smoke or faint tabby pattern. There is more than one shade of fur that falls into the red category, varying from very pale gold to very dark ginger. A rare solid red Maine Coon What is a solid red Maine Coon?Ī cat is said to have a solid red color coat if each strand of fur is one color from root to tip and all of its fur is this same color with no visible pattern at all.
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