Colours |
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| To see the detailed descriptions, you can click on the terms | |
| Distribution | distribution of colours |
| Markings | tabby pattern: tabby blotched, mackerel, spotted, ticked, marbled |
| Remarks | remarks to specific colours |
| Solid | uniformly coloured |
| Tortie (tortieshell) | colour with red/cream |
| Bicolour 2) | solid colour and white |
| Tricolour 2) | tortie and white |
| Smoke | colour with silver |
| Smoke and white 2) | Smoke Bicolour/Tricolour Smoke Harlequin Smoke Van Smoke with white |
| Tabby | tabby colours |
| Tabby and white 2) | Tabby Bicolour/Tricolour Tabby Harlequin Tabby Van Tabby with white |
| Silver Tabby,
Shaded, Shell (Chinchilla) |
Silver blotched/mackerel/spotted Silver Shaded Silver Shell (Chinchilla) |
| Silver Tabby,
Shaded, Shell (Chinchilla) and white 2) |
Silver Tabby Bicolour/Tricolour Silver Tabby Harlequin Silver Tabby Van Silver Tabby with white |
| Golden Tabby,
Shaded, Shell (Chinchilla) Golden and white 2) |
Golden blotched/mackerel/spotted Golden Shaded Golden Shell (Chinchilla) Golden Tabby
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| Pointed 1) | Points: colour only in the face, the ears, the legs, the paws and the tail The body is off-white, very slightly shaded in the colour of the points |
| Pointed and white 1) 2) | Pointed Bicolour/Tricolour Pointed Harlequin Pointed Van Pointed with white |
| Smokepoint 1) | Points and body colour have a silver-white ground. |
| Smokepoint and white 1) 2) | Smokepoint Bicolor/Tricolour Smokeoint Harlequin Smokepoint Van Smokepoint with white |
| Tabbypoint 1) | The points have stripes, the tabby pattern cannot be determined. |
| Tabbypoint and white 1) 2) | Tabbypoint Bicolour/Tricolour Tabbypoint Harlequin Tabbypoint Van Tabbypoint with white |
| Silver Tabbypoint 1) | Points and body colour have a silver-white ground. The points have stripes, the tabby pattern cannot be determined. |
| Silver Tabbypoint and white 1) 2) | Silver Tabbypoint Bicolour/Tricolour Silver Tabbypoint Harlequin Silver Tabbypoint Van Silver Tabbypoint with white |
| Ticked Tabby (Abyssinian colours) | Ticked Tabby Silver Ticked Tabby |
| Genetic model for the colours | |
| 1) Points | Only the Siamese-points are described up to now. |
| 2) Mitted | The description of this pattern is not yet included. |