Bengal Colours

Bengal Colours

Brown Spotted Leopard
The Brown Spotted Bengal is the most common coloured Bengal available. The ground colour ranges from a rufus red through to a pale sandy colour.

The spots or rosettes should be horizontally aligned and be shaped like an arrowhead. Ideally the centres of the spots should be a paler shade than the outer edge, like that of a wild cat. Eye colour ranges from green, through yellow to gold.

The chin and underbelly should be pale cream to white, with black or brown spotting.

Brown Marbled
The Brown Marble Bengal has a swirling pattern which has a resemblance to marble.

The coat colour and eye colour is the same as the Brown Spotted.

The spotting pattern has been compared to that of the clouded leopard.

The Marble pattern is very intricate and no two are the same.

Snow Spotted

The Snow Spotted Bengal was introduced into the breed with the introduction of the pointed gene carried by domestic cats used.
This produces a cat with a cream background coat and chocolate to black spotting.

The eye colour ranges from blue through green to gold. These are the same eye colour gene that the Siamese, Tonkinese and Burmese have respectively.

The darker the eye colour, generally the darker the coat and spots will be.

Snow Marbled
The Snow Marble Bengal has the same swirling pattern as the Brown Marble.

The coat colour and eye colour is the same as the Snow Spotted.

Again the paler the eye colour, the paler the coat colour and pattern.

Other Coloured Bengals
Because of the various cats used in the background of Bengals, a variety of other coloured Bengals appear from time to time.
The most common of these is the Blue Spotted Bengal, which has a delicate peach coloured background with deep blue/grey spots.

Other colours include Lilac, Tortie, Cinnamon and Black.

These other coloured Bengals are not recognised by most cat associations. This may change in future as the breed continues to develop.

Bengals have gained enormous popularity in both the U.S. and Britain over the past ten years and arrived in Australia in 1995. The breed arrived in New Zealand in mid-1996 and have made a rapid rise in popularity since. They were approved for showing and breeding by the New Zealand Cat Fancy Inc in 1997 and have done extremely well on the show bench since that time.

Brown Spotted Leopard The Brown Spotted Bengal is the most common coloured Bengal available. The ground colour ranges from a rufus red through to a pale sandy colour. The spots or rosettes should be horizontally aligned and be shaped like an arrowhead. Ideally the centres of the spots should be a paler shade than the outer edge, like that of a wild cat. Eye colour ranges from green, through yellow to gold. The chin and underbelly should be pale cream to white, with black or brown spotting.

Brown Marbled The Brown Marble Bengal has a swirling pattern which has a resemblance to marble. The coat colour and eye colour is the same as the Brown Spotted. The spotting pattern has been compared to that of the clouded leopard. The Marble pattern is very intricate and no two are the same.

Snow Spotted The Snow Spotted Bengal was introduced into the breed with the introduction of the pointed gene carried by domestic cats used. This produces a cat with a cream background coat and chocolate to black spotting. The eye colour ranges from blue through green to gold. These are the same eye colour gene that the Siamese, Tonkinese and Burmese have respectively. The darker the eye colour, generally the darker the coat and spots will be.

Snow Marbled The Snow Marble Bengal has the same swirling pattern as the Brown Marble. The coat colour and eye colour is the same as the Snow Spotted. Again the paler the eye colour, the paler the coat colour and pattern.

Other Coloured Bengals Because of the various cats used in the background of Bengals, a variety of other coloured Bengals appear from time to time. The most common of these is the Blue Spotted Bengal, which has a delicate peach coloured background with deep blue/grey spots. Other colours include Lilac, Tortie, Cinnamon and Black. These other coloured Bengals are not recognised by most cat associations. This may change in future as the breed continues to develop.