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I always found this funny as well. We say ginger cats (chats roux) in French too!

But doesn't roux/rouge just mean "red"?

"Ginger" doesn't mean "red", except for hair color. And that's the interesting part.

Roux is just for hair colour in French. Not the same as rouge.

Ah, thanks, my bad not looking it up, I was feeling so sure I'd know that!