Maines can be colored very differently, but genetically, like all other cats, the Maine Coon has only two colors: black and red. The remaining colors are variations on the theme of two natural colors, the result of the painstaking work of breeders. That is, if you have a red Maine Coon cat or a black Maine Coon solid cat, it means that you are the happy owner of a cat that carries the genetic code of the distant ancestors of the modern “raccoon” cat from Maine.
Any Maine Coon color is a combination of black and red pigments
However, for many novice Maine owners, the problem is the felinological terminology itself. What to do if you know only two cat colors, tabby and non-tabby, and your attention is offered to a black marbled or cream solid Maine Coon? Let's try to figure it out.
