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Breed Info: Colors
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The coat of an Abyssinian has an iridescent quality reflecting warmth of color; its prominent ticking and its sleek, dense and resilient coat are prominent in its look. The Abyssinian pattern is described as a form of agouti ticking with even, dark-colored ticking contrasted with bands of light, which contributes to the translucent effect. A ticked coat is absent of tabby markings on the legs, underside and neck. White markings anywhere on the body, other than the chin, throat and nostrils do not meet breed standards for show.
Coat length should be medium, but long enough to accommodate four or six alternating bands of color. Most common colors are ruddy (usual), red (cinnamon), blue and fawn. Silver, lilac, chocolate silver, blue silver and fawn silver are also colors recognized depending on the cat association.
We presently have Abyssinians from both dilute and non-dilute ruddy and sorrel gene assemblies. At this time we do not carry the silver gene pool.
Color Descriptions:
RUDDY: In the ruddy (usual) each hair is banded with color. The hair has bands of lustrous black alternating with an intense rich brown. (Non-dilute)
RED (CINNAMON): The red (cinnamon) is either of a rich copper-red with chocolate brown ticking or have a flaming burnt orange color (Non-dilute)
BLUE: The blue is mixture of soft blue-gray with a deeper blue. The base hair and undercoat of the body and chest is an apricot sherbet or oatmeal color. (Dilute)
FAWN: A fawn is a mixture of pinkish beige and oatmeal. (Dilute)