Super. I love the expression. Occasionally a perfect title will really make a photo shine; that's the case here. It appears that the lighting created a yellow cast to the photo. Normally I find this quite objectionable; but in this cas it warms the photo immensely and strengthens is much.
I think this would look better in B&W since the colours are all a bit bland and add nothing to the photo. B&W would give more impact to the emotion of the cat and the textures.