How Rare is Your Cat's Eye Colour? - Pembina Valley Humane Society

What colour are your cat’s eyes? There are many different cat eye colours, which is determined by the amount of melanin in their DNA, handed down form their mother and father. The colour or a cat’s eyes, like the colour of its coat, is often hereditary.Have you heard the old wives’ tale that feeding a cat fish causes its eye colour to change? Well, that’s false! Kittens always have blue eyes, but the adult colour develops at about six to seven weeks. By the age of twelve weeks, a cat’s final eye colour will be fully developed.The most common eye colour for cats is yellow/amber, followed by hazel eyes.Cats with blue eyes actually don’t have any melanin in their irises! Blue eyes are actually clear, but we see the blue colour due to light reflecting around the curved sides of their irises. Blue eyes are also more common in white cats.If your cat has orange eyes, there is a chance that it is a descendant of a breed developed by the British; they wanted an eye colour that could stand out i...