YOU could be mistaken for thinking that somebody has been playing around with make-up.

    But Venus the cat is actually real, despite her striking appearance.

    The 5-year-old tabby has taken the Internet by storm thanks to her unique face, which is black on one side and orange on the other.

    Her eyes are different, too — her black side has a yellow one while her orange side has a blue one.

    Venus boasts 913,000 likes on her Facebook page, is featured in dozens of YouTube videos and even has her own website selling Venus-related merchandise.

    She has also appeared in National Geographic magazine and starred on numerous U.S. TV shows.

    In a brief interview on her website, Venus addressed speculation she is a fake.

    She said, “I’m 100 percent natural. No makeup at all. Not even eyeliner.

    “In the salon where I get my pedicures done Photoshop and spray paint aren’t even allowed.”

    Venus’s owners Christina and Chris got her from a dairy farm in North Carolina in 2009, where she was a stray.

    They fell in love with her at first sight because she looked like a mixture of their other two cats, an orange tabby and a black tuxedo.

    They brought Venus to the home they share with their three children in Florida, and were astonished that the line down her face was so distinct.

    Christina and Chris, who declined to give their surnames, have said that people have accused them of dying Venus’ fur — but the reality is that their pet was “born this way.”

    The couple have now turned Venus into an inspiration to millions of people to celebrate diversity — in the cat and human world.(SD-Agencies)