I've googled this and seen that there is a condition affecting ginger/pale cats called lentigo.

My elderly ginger cat has had these off and on for years but recently developed a couple on his mouth that haven't gone away. He's not bothered if I touch them and is still being his ordinary self.

Does anyone else have this problem with a ginger cat? I will get him to the vet this week just for a check up.

Sounds like lentigo. If it is that it's common and harmless.

In my experience, if the cat is asking for food and looks OK for its age, then it's probably OK.

Take your cat to the vet if you're worried though.

Yes, my ginger boy has these, on his nose and lips. It's the ginger cat equivalent of red heads having freckles.

Incidentally, I took a high res pic of my cat's nose, and the main spot is a perfect heart shape.

Fizzbin thank you for replying, does your ginger also get the orangey "sleep" in his eyes next to his nose?

Thank you Arni for your reply also, I tend to agree with you.

Sometimes he gets 'sleep', not so often these days.

Since starting this thread, the two black marks on his lips have disappeared