Colour distribution
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Solid/Non Agouti aa C- oY/oo
aa C- OY/OO |
denotes an uniformly coloured coat. Every single hair is evenly coloured from the root to the tip and
has no pattern (ghost tabby). |
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Tortieshell /Tortie aa C- Oo |
denotes an uneven, but harmonious distribution of black and red patches
or their dilute variety - chocolate/light red,
cinnamon/cream, blue/cream- over the entire body, including the extremities.
Large or small patches (few hairs) are clearly separated from
each other.
A blaze in the face is desirable. |
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Bicolour Ss oY/oo |
denotes Solid and Tabby with piebald white spotting (minimum
1/3, maximum 1/2 white). Coloured and white areas are
harmoniously distributed.
A white blaze is desirable. |
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Tricolour
Ss Oo |
denotes Tortie and Torbie with piebald white spotting (minimum
1/3, maximum 1/2 white). Coloured and white areas are
harmoniously distributed.
A white blaze is desirable. |
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Harlequin Ss oy/oo/Oy/OO/Oo |
denotes Bi - or Tricolour with 5/6 piebald white spotting.
Coloured patches on the body (3-5) and the head, tail
coloured.
The belly s white. |
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Van SS oy/oo/Oy/OO/Oo |
denotes Tortie and Torbie with extremely high piebald white
spotting.
Coloured patch(es) on the head - ideally the colour is between
the ears. The tail is with colour.
The remaining parts of the head, the ears, the back, the
belly and the legs are white. |
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Mitted |
White even gloves on the front paws, white boots on the
hind legs reaching to the joint. White on the chin, which
continues to a white chest without interruption, white
belly. |
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with white S- |
Any amount of white. The pattern does not correspond to any
pattern above. |
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Chinchilla, Shell A- I- Wb-
A- ii Wb- |
denotes agouti cats with an extremely high amount of silver (about 7/8 of
the entire hair length). The undercoat, chin, ear
furnishing, belly, chest, the inner side of the legs and the under side of
the tail are silvery white.
The face, ears, back, flanks, the upper side of the tail and the
outer side of the legs have a silvery white root of the hair
and are evenly and lightly tipped with colour (about 1/8 of
the entire hair length).
Any markings (ghost markings) are undesirable.
The plantar side of the feet is white. |
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Shaded A- I- Wb-
A- ii Wb- |
denotes agouti cats with high amount of silver (about 2/3 of
the entire hair length). The undercoat, chin, ear
furnishing, belly, chest, the inner side of the legs and the under side of
the tail are silvery white.
The face, ears, back, flanks, the upper side of the tail and the
outer side of the legs have a silvery white root of the hair
and are evenly tipped with colour (about 1/3 of
the entire hair length).
Broken rings on the legs are tolerated.
The nose and the eyes are rimmed with the colour of the
tipping; the paw pads are coloured with the colour of the
tipping. A coloured plantar side of the feet is desired. |
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Smoke aa I- |
denotes Solid and Tortie with a silvery white root of the
hairs
(about 1/3 of the entire hair length). Ear furnishing, belly
and the under side of the tail are silvery white; the hair
tips are evenly tipped with colour (about 2/3 of the entire
hair length).
In repose the cat appears solid, when moving the
silvery white roots of the hairs are visible. |
Pointed / point factor
Points = Siamese pointscscs |
denotes evenly coloured points:
- A rhomboid shaped mask covers the entire face,
including the whisker pads and the chin, the mask is
connected to the ears by traces of colour.
- Ears
- Legs
- Tail
- testicles in males
The back, flanks and the belly (body colour) are
glacial-white to ivory in the various colour varieties; there
is a clear contrast between the body colour and the point
colour.
Darkening of the body colour and development of so called
flank patches may be tolerated in older cats.
No patches coloured in the colour of the points on the
under parts of the body (belly patches). The eye colour is
an intense blue. |
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Burmese pointed Burmese points / Burmese-factor
cbcb |
The points are:
- in the face (mask), on the ears, legs and tail
- The points have the same colour as the body colour.
- The contrast between the points and the body colour is weak.
- The under parts of the body are slightly lighter than the back
and the legs.
Colours with Burmese points are frequently called Sepia. |
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Tonkinese pointed Tonkinese points
cscb |
The points are:
- in the face (mask), on the ears, legs and tail
- The points have the same colour as the body colour, but their
colour is more intense than that of the body and they fade gentle
into the body colour.
- The transition to the slightly lighter under parts of the body
is gentle and almost not noticeable.
The eye colour is aquamarine, a distinct characteristic feature
for Tonkinese points.
Colours with Tonkinese points are called Mink. |
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A- can be: AA or Aa |
C- can be: CC or Ccs or Ccb |
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I- can be: II or Ii |
S- can be: SS or Ss |
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Wb- can be: WbWb or Wbwb |
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In pointed cats the colour black is called seal, in cats with
Burmese points the colour black is called brown. |
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