Remarks to colours
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Solid and Solid with White |
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All solid coloured and those with white may not display any
markings. Colour must be even, without any single white hairs
(without brindling). |
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Cream and Red |
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Cream or red cats, and the corresponding pointed cats, should not
have any pigmented spots on the nose leather. |
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Black, Chocolate, Blue |
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For Black / Chocolate / Blue it is true:
Kittens up to an age of 6 months have often a poor colour.
Their coat is grey, brindled with white hairs, or is rusty. The
breeders should not exclude these kittens, if they are otherwise
excellent in all other features, as they mature to become the best
adults in colour. |
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Smoke |
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For all Smoke-varieties it is true:
Kittens display often stripes, a grey undercoat or a reverse
contrast, which will usually disappear when maturing. |
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Silver |
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5a |
For all Silvers it is true:
Rufousing (brown or cream colouring) is considered as a fault. |
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5b |
In Chinchilla- (Shell-) and Shaded varieties solid coloured areas of
the tipping, covering the entire hair length, are considered as
fault, even the tipping is uneven. |
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Any amount of white |
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For the following breeds any amount of white is permitted in all
colour varieties (as listed in the standard):
- Cymric, Manx
- Maine Coon
- Norwegian Forest Cat
- Siberian cat
- Turkish Angora
- Cornish Rex
- Devon Rex
- Don Sphinx
- German Rex
- Japanese Bobtail
- Karelian Bobtail
- Kurilian Bobtail
- Selkirk Rex
- Sphinx
- Peterbald
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Gene combinations |
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The gene combinations given at the colours are made after the genetic
model of Robinson and do not reflect the genes, as they are located
and arranged in the chromosomes.
The genetic model for the tabby pattern, which is based here on 3
loci, is likely to changes, if there are newer research results. |
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