Turkish Van Colors

The different associations has some differences in the allowed colors of the Turkish Van cats. E.g. tabby is used for color description in CFA and TICA, but not in FIFe even though FIFe approved the tabby Van Cats.

On the list below you find a description of the following colors:

Eye color

Nose leather

Paw pads

Solid and White

Tabby and White

Parti-colors and White

Other colors

Eye Color:

Pink Paw pads.

Eye color on all coat colors: Amber, blue and odd-eyed. Eye color may fade with age.

Nose leather on all coat colors:

Pink

Paw pads on all coat colors:

Pink is preferable but color spot(s) on paw pads

acceptable due to the two colors in the pattern.

Solid and White colors:

Red: Ranging from warm red to deep auburn, but should be one level shade, sound to the roots.
Cream: One level shade of buff cream, sound be one level shade.
Black: Dense coal black, sound to the roots. Free of any thinge of rust on tips or smoke undercoat.
Blue: One level tone of blue, sound to the roots.

Left: Cream

and White Turkish Van.

Right: Black and White Turkish Van.

Tabby and White Colors:

Tabby markings are dense and clearly defined. How much of the tabby marking is seen is highly dependent on the size and placement of the head and body spots. A spot may be of a size that only ground color or only the tabby stripe is seen, thus there may not be enough color to determine whether the markings are classic or marckerel.

Red Tabby: Ground color creamy red. Tabby markings range from warm red to deep auburn.
Cream Tabby: Ground color very pale cream. Tabby markings of buff cream sufficiently darker than the ground color to afford good contrast but remaining within the dilute range.
Blue Tabby: Ground color pale bluish ivory. Tabby markings a deep blue affording a good contrast with ground color. Warm fawn or patina over the colored portions.

Austria's Nala with her C litter

Red tabby and White female with her kittens in the same color.

Parti-color and White Colors:

Tortoiseshell: (Black-tortie) Black and red patches with tabby markings allowed in the red portion.
Dilute Tortoiseshell: (Blue-tortie) Blue and cream patches with tabby markings allowed in the cream portion.

Left: Tortoiseshell also called tortie.

Right: Dilute Tortioseshell also called blue-tortie.

Following Parti-color and White is not allowed as a color in FIFe.

Brown Patched Tabby: (Torbie) Brown tabby description with patches of red or red tabby.
Blue Patched Tabby: (Delute Torbie) Blue tabby description with patches of cream or cream tabby.

Right: Brown Patched Tabby also called torbie.

Left: Blue Patched Tabby also called Delute Torbie.

Note: It is characteristic of the Turkish Van breed to carry tabby markings in the red/cream portions of the tortoiseshell colors.

Other Turkish Van Colors:

Van pattern only - any other color and white (silver tabby, smokes ect.) with the exception of those showing avidence of hybridization resulting from the Himalayan pattern (point restricted) and colors (chocolate, lilac ect.).

White only is not a color of the Turkish Van. Still it is accepted in TICA even though other major associations deny this color to be a part of the Turkish Van cats.