As a long-time cat fancier, I find it kind of silly to make distinctions based on “breed”. 90% of cat owners have a “domestic shorthair” a k a house cat/alley cat, with a few Maine Coons, Persians and Siamese cats thrown in for fun.
I have found that you can get a head start on many cats based on color:
Orange cats: confident, friendly but independent, good hunters, slightly above average smarts,
Tuxedo cats: Friendly, smart, manipulative, more talkative, attaches to both places and people, not especially good hunters.
Grey cats: Good hunters, mild, friendly but not needy.
Long-hair cats: Dim and lazy, likes attention.
Black cats: Can be a bit more skittish, not terrible aggressive, graceful, average friendliness one known.
Tabbies: Friendly, relaxed, above average smarts. Playful. Not very talkative (unless very food motivated).
This is all anecdotal. No science involved. Feel free to counter or confirm.
I had a Russian Blue that liked to fetch brown-paper rolled up into balls. Only brown/grocery bag paper. Excellent hunter as well.
I have an orange/white that, in her prime, would go hunting with me when I lived on the farm. Hunter in her own as well.
We also have a young Siamese mutt. His brother (found in the same box at a car wash) was orange. He likes to kill shrews and moles, and his best friend is a dog.
I had a colony of cats that were descended from a grey longhair, and a chocolate point longhair”Siamese.” Over the years, I dealt with dozens of kittens. Grey tuxedos differed somewhat from tuxedos, but a lot of what you say holds for my experience. Siamese were 1 in 4 early on, increasing as the likelihood of them becoming the father of succeeding litters. Blacks, whites(Siamese) greys were all in the mix. (Dominat:color : black, double recessive, white, blended, grey) Mixing things up, there was the tuxedo gene, and a longhair gene, thrown in, so rag dolls were a possibility. Most were probably “ domestic shorthairs” generally, but even littermates seemed to have varying behavioral traits , by color.
That is very good. Enjoyed your observations.
I would classify all of my cats as complete whackjobs. But they are super friendly and most will talk your ear off.
My oldest tells me when it’s time to eat and when I tell her “don’t yell at me” she really starts talking...
I have one that will run down the hall to get in front of me and flops over on her back to get some scratching on her belly
When I head out to the barn I will have several flop over when they see me as well.
And their all extremely lazy and wouldn’t catch a mouse if it was staked out in front of them.
They love Costco shopping days because of all the really cool boxes they get to play in when we get home.
I had two Maine Coon Cats - took them to a vet and asked about the one: “Can a cat be retarded?”
The one cat was ~ 6 years old at the time, but he still acted like a kitten.
The vet told me yes, and I should be thankful...
I miss that cat still...
All 3 have had such different personalities from each other
The previous 2 were females. Both lovely cats but each much more independent than the orange guy named George.
George is so layed back and gentile! He's never scratched me even though he will swat with closed paw. And lazy? I call him my lazy bum.
I think your take is fairly spot on.
My cat is worthless.
You didn’t mention white cats. My parents had a white cat that was possessed by satan.