Here's my expert run-down of general cat personalities:

- Black cats - often more aloof or very one-person cats
- Orange Boys - super friendly, laid back and chill IF they were neutered at a young age. If they are left intact, they tend to develop into the typical territorial, agressive alley cat.
- Orange girls - more rare thab boys but most have similar personalities to the boys.
Callicos and Torties - 9 times out of 10 they are psycho in some way. They are best being single cats unless you get them REALLY young. (Trixie was raised by us from 10 days old and she is still a psycho bitch at times.)
- Tabbies in general have pretty chill personalities but they also have BIG personalities.

Those are the personality traits/colors that stand out to me.

Are cat colors akin to dog breeds somehow?

I think cat breeds are more akin to dog breeds.

Dog's temperaments do not depend on the color of their coat, and I find the whole concept ridiculous. Admittedly, I'm not too fluent in Cat, so perhaps their coat color relates more to their breed.

And certainly, some dog breeds come general in one color ("Golden" Retriever comes to mind). But that doesn't make their temperament dependent on their color. That's crazy talk.

My orange girl Nala is a scary ninja cat con fuego. She is also the smartest cat it's been my pleasure to know.

Within a breed, colors can make a world of difference. For example, Black Pug Girls are almost always Divas. Black Boys are very sweet. Black and White Frenchies are more hyper than fawn Frenchies. I've seen color make a difference in personality on many occasions. I don't know why that is, but it just is.

My experience is different that NAs. I've probably owned nine black cats over the years and they've shown the full range of personalities.

And at the shelter I wouldn't say I've seen behavior patterns consistent enough that I'd bother making predictions based on it.

I wouldn't be surprised if there is some level of correlation between color and personality but I suspect that is simply because there is correlation between color and breed.

But I'd be really surprised if objective observation found significant personality differences between different colored cats of the same breed or genetic makeup.

I've been wrong before though. I won't claim NA's expertise but I have interacted with probably 300 cats over the last 6 months so I'm not speaking entirely out of my ass.

ROTFLMAO

But it was a big 'Kumbaya' moment.

This quote actually probably fits the subject to a 'T'.



Alex~ what is this kitty disease? FIV? I think I've heard of it. What might happen?

Mousewife: I believe one of NA's cats had it, which is probably why/where you heard about it.

On a personal note, I think black cats are sleek and beautiful looking.