196 domestic cats of various colors had no difference in personality traits based on color or pattern, according to the most comprehensive study on the subject, published in January 2023 issue of Applied Animal Behavior Science.

The study looked at 196 domestic cats in a U.S. shelter identified as black, blue (dilute black), brown, and sex-linked red or orange of striped or classic tabby pattern as well as solid, solid with white, and pointed, were evaluated for personality traits. The result was NO STATISTICAL DIFFERENCE based on color or pattern on the cats scores using the Interpersonal Adjective Survey, Revised (IAS-R) as an alternative to ASPCA’s Meet Your Match® Feline-ality™ behavioral test.

Read the study by Saethra Darling and James C. Ha of the University of Washington, Department of Psychology and published in the January 2023 issue of the journal Applied Animal Behavior Science.