Amber for Norwegian Forest Cats

We have a new EMS code to use from January 2005. The colour is Amber and Light amber, the code to use for these colours is t and it's a complement to the base colour.

A cat with the colour amber has black as base colour and a cat thas is light amber has blue as base colour.

Example of EMS codes:
Code Colour Colour group in FIFe  Colour group in IDP

NFO nt
NFO at 09
NFO ft
NFO gt
NFO nt 02 21
NFO at 22
NFO ft 03 23
NFO gt 24
NFO nts 09
NFO ats 22
NFO fts 24
NFO gts

Amber
Light amber with white
Amber tortie
Light amber tortie
Harlequin amber tabby
Light amber tabby blotched
Bicolour amber tortie tabby mackerel
Light amber tortie tabby spotted
Amber smoke and white
Light amber silver tabby blotched
Amber tortie silver tabby spotted
Light amber tortie smoke
Group 1
Group 2
Group 5
Group 5
Group 4
Group 3
Group 6
Group 5
Group 8
Group 7
Group 7
Group 7
Non agouti
Non agouti & white
Non agouti
Non agouti
Agouti & white
Agouti
Agouti & white
Agouti
Non agouti & white
Agouti
Agouti
Non agouti

Examples:

Amber spotted tabby,
NFO nt 24

FIFe colour group: NFO 3

Explanation of nt 24:
n = black
t = amber
24 = spotted tabby

Photo: Anita Östlund

Photo: Eva Flodin

Photo: Kristin Widmark

Photo: Kristin Widmark

Photo: Anita Östlund

Light amber spotted tabby,
NFO at 24

FIFe colour group: NFO 3

Explanation of at 24:
a = blue
t = amber
24 = spotted tabby

Photo: Kristin Widmark
Amber tabby blotched and white,
NFO nt 09 22

FIFe colour group: NFO 4

Explanation of nt 09 22:
n = black
t = amber
22 = blotched tabby
09 = any amount of white

The pictures below shows the same cat at the age of 8 days respectively 9 months old
Photo: Pia Hårdén

Photo: Pia Hårdén

Amber tabby spotted and white,
NFO nt 09 24

FIFe colour group: NFO 4

Explanation of nt 09 24:
n = black
t = amber
24 = spotted tabby
09 = any amount of white

Photo: Pia Hårdén

Photo: Pia Hårdén

Light amber tortie tabby mackerel and white,
NFO gt 09 23

FIFe colour group: NFO 6

Explanation of gt 09 23:
g = blue tortie
t = amber
23 = mackerel tabby
09 = any amount of white

The pictures below shows the same cat as a kitten, 10 weeks old respectively as an adult.
Photo: Pia Hårdén

Photo: Pia Hårdén

Photo: Pia Hårdén

Amber smoke,
NFO nts

FIFe colour group: NFO 7

Explanation for nts:
n = black
t = amber
s = silver

Young male
Photo: Kristin Widmark

Photo: Kristin Widmark

The same cat as an adult

Light amber tortie smoke,
NFO gts

FIFe colour group: NFO 7

Explanation for gts:
g = blue tortie
t = amber
s = silver

Photo: Kristin Widmark

Photo: Kristin Widmark

Light amber smoke and white,
NFO ats 09

FIFe colour group: NFO 8

Explanation for ats 09:
a = blue
t = amber
s = silver
09 = any amount of white

Photo: Greta Grönberg
Pictures of the same litter, 8 days respectively 7 weeks old. The colours are nt 24, nt 22 09 and nt 24 09.
Photo: Pia Hårdén Photo: Pia Hårdén