{"id":1146,"date":"2020-08-20T09:58:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T09:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalsa2z.com\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2020-08-20T09:58:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T09:58:53","slug":"what-is-the-rarest-eye-color-in-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalsa2z.com\/what-is-the-rarest-eye-color-in-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the rarest eye color in cats?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cats have always fascinated humans \u2013 but if there\u2019s one thing that truly catches our eyes, it\u2019s the cat\u2019s eyes.&nbsp; There\u2019s just so hypnotizing about them.&nbsp; They\u2019re so big, expressive and colorful.&nbsp; Today let\u2019s learn about what makes them so colorful and which type of cat eye color is the rarest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalsa2z.com\/what-is-the-rarest-eye-color-in-cats\/#Why_so_colorful\" title=\"Why so colorful?\">Why so colorful?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalsa2z.com\/what-is-the-rarest-eye-color-in-cats\/#Melanin_levels_what_color\" title=\"Melanin levels = what color\">Melanin levels = what color<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalsa2z.com\/what-is-the-rarest-eye-color-in-cats\/#Multicolored_eyes\" title=\"Multicolored eyes\">Multicolored eyes<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalsa2z.com\/what-is-the-rarest-eye-color-in-cats\/#Common_questions_about_cat_eyes\" title=\"Common questions about cat eyes\">Common questions about cat eyes<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalsa2z.com\/what-is-the-rarest-eye-color-in-cats\/#Is_every_white_cat_with_blue_eyes_albino\" title=\"Is every white cat with blue eyes albino?\">Is every white cat with blue eyes albino?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalsa2z.com\/what-is-the-rarest-eye-color-in-cats\/#Are_there_health_problems_linked_to_cat_eye_colors\" title=\"Are there health problems linked to cat eye colors?\">Are there health problems linked to cat eye colors?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalsa2z.com\/what-is-the-rarest-eye-color-in-cats\/#Why_do_cat_eyes_glow_in_the_dark\" title=\"Why do cat eyes glow in the dark?\">Why do cat eyes glow in the dark?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalsa2z.com\/what-is-the-rarest-eye-color-in-cats\/#%F0%9F%98%BB_Video_What_do_you_call_a_cat_with_two_different_colored_eyes\" title=\"&#x1f63b; Video: What do you call a cat with two different colored eyes?\">&#x1f63b; Video: What do you call a cat with two different colored eyes?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalsa2z.com\/what-is-the-rarest-eye-color-in-cats\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_so_colorful\"><\/span><strong>Why so colorful?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like with any animal, genetics plays a role in what the color of the cat\u2019s eyes is. The genes determine how high the level of melanin is in the pigment of a cat\u2019s eyes, skin, and fur.\u00a0 The higher the level of melanin, the darker their fur and eyes are \u2013 but it doesn\u2019t mean that dark cats have dark eyes always or that lighter cats will always have lighter eyes. Melanin affects a cat\u2019s fur and eye color differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cats are born with their eyes closed.\u00a0 After a few weeks, their eyes will start to open revealing blue eyes \u2013 but this eye color is not always permanent. This is because kittens need a bit more time until the melanocyte cells in their eyes start to function normally.\u00a0 As they grow older, their colors could start to change.\u00a0 Their true eye colors will be revealed around the 4<sup>th<\/sup> month of their life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been observed that the most common eye color among feral cats is hazel.&nbsp; Domestic cat eyes range between yellow, copper, orange, green and blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Melanin_levels_what_color\"><\/span><strong>Melanin levels = what color<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Cats with no melanin present in their irises will keep their blue eyes.&nbsp; More often than not, cats who have white fur have blue eyes \u2013 although this is not mutually exclusive.&nbsp; It must be noted that usually, cats who have blue eyes are deaf on the side that has the blue eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Green-eyed cats have very little melanin in their eyes. There are some cat breeds that are known for their piercing emerald eyes: The Chinchilla Persian, Tonkinese, Egyptian Mau, and Russian Blues \u2013 although cats who don\u2019t belong to these breeds could also have green eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The eye color most people would think of when they think of cat eyes are Yellow or Orange.&nbsp; These cats have high levels of melanin in their eyes.&nbsp; This is probably the most common eye color for cats.&nbsp; Most depictions of black cats have glowing yellow eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Multicolored_eyes\"><\/span><strong>Multicolored eyes<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For some cats, one eye color is not enough. There are some who have a different eye color on each of their eyes.\u00a0 Cats who have two different colored eyeballs have heterochromia. This happens when the cat\u2019s genes block the distribution of melanin to one of their irises. Cats can have heterochromia naturally or through illness, injury, or as a medication side effect. Odd eyed cats are usually white.\u00a0 They\u2019ll probably have one blue eye and the other would be more colorful.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The breeds who are more prone to having heterochromia are Persians, Sphinxes, Oriental Shorthairs, Turkish Vans, Turkish Angoras and Japanese bobtails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dichromatic eyed cats have two colors in one eye.&nbsp; It would look as if their irises were cut in half with one side being one color and the other a different color.&nbsp; Cats with multiple eye colors are very rare \u2013 but the rarest are cats who have Dichromatic eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[crp]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Common_questions_about_cat_eyes\"><\/span><strong>Common questions about cat eyes<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_every_white_cat_with_blue_eyes_albino\"><\/span><strong>Is every white cat with blue eyes albino?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes it can be really hard to distinguish white cats from albino cats.&nbsp; Albinism is a condition where an animal has no melanin in their bodies.&nbsp; Albino cats always have white fur and blue eyes \u2013 but so can normal white cats. &nbsp;&nbsp;The biggest difference you\u2019ll find between a white cat with blue eyes and an albino cat is how blue their eyes are.&nbsp; Albino cats will have very pale blue eyes, or very rarely, pink.&nbsp; If your white cat has bright blue eyes, they\u2019re not albino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_there_health_problems_linked_to_cat_eye_colors\"><\/span><strong>Are there health problems linked to cat eye colors?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue-eyed cats are often deaf on the side that has the blue eye \u2013 however this is not always the case.&nbsp; Albino cats with pale blue eyes, or even pink eyes, usually have a vision problem and have sunburns quickly because they are very sensitive to light.&nbsp; If your cat abnormally changes eye color, on one eye or both, could be caused by diabetes, high blood pressure, eye trauma, tumor, infection or a viral disease like FIV.&nbsp; In this case, please take your cat to the vet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_cat_eyes_glow_in_the_dark\"><\/span><strong>Why do cat eyes glow in the dark?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Some animals like dogs, deer, and cats look like they have glowing eyes when they\u2019re I the dark.\u00a0 What their eyes are actually doing is they\u2019re reflecting light through their eyes \u2013 like how the moon reflects the sun\u2019s light.\u00a0 This is how cats can see so well in the dark. Their eyes have twice the chance of using the information in the light as humans do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%F0%9F%98%BB_Video_What_do_you_call_a_cat_with_two_different_colored_eyes\"><\/span>&#x1f63b; Video: What do you call a cat with two different colored eyes?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PHWt3HOWplg\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Every cat is special \u2013 especially with them having those big colorful eyes.&nbsp; Some cats have special rare sets of peepers.&nbsp; The rarest type having multiple colors in one set, either one color per eye, or two in one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/animalsa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/What-is-the-rarest-eye-color-in-cats-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1149\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cats have always fascinated humans \u2013 but if there\u2019s one thing that truly catches our eyes, it\u2019s the cat\u2019s eyes.&nbsp; There\u2019s just so hypnotizing about them.&nbsp; They\u2019re so big, expressive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is the rarest eye color in cats? 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