# Do cats know what color they are?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cats-know-what-color-they-are/143370>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 17, 2002, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cats-know-what-color-they-are/143370 "2002-12-17T18:22:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cats-know-what-color-they-are/143370/21 "2002-12-19T00:48:11Z")

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My Siamese DEFINATELY knows she’s Siamese. The condescending look in her eye tells me so. This whole thread brings to mind an Eddie Izzard bit about what would have happened if Pavlov had a cat instead.

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Day One: Rang bell, cat F&^\*ed off. Oh, dear. Day Two: Rang bell, cat answered door. Day Three: Rang bell. Cat said he’d eaten earlier. Cheeky Bugger. Day Four: Went to ring bell, but cat had stolen batteries. Final Day, Day Five. Went to ring bell with new batteries, but cat put his paw on bell so it only made a _THUNK_ noise. Then cat rang his own bell! I ate food.

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**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cats-know-what-color-they-are/143370/22 "2002-12-19T00:49:16Z")

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::grumblegrumbleCodinggrumble:: (mods? help a Swiddle out…)

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