Les couleurs du chat Persan - Persian colours
Persian cats come in a variety of colours :
The most popular :
In dulite :
-Cream
Ceylenia Des laines Blanches Female Cream Persian
-Blue
Verchatché Des Laines Blanches Male blue Persian
-Lilac (no photo)
In solid :
-Red
Shalimar Des Laines Blanches Female Red and White Persian
-Black
Calimero Des Laines Blanches Male Black Persian
- Chocolate (no photo)
To the more subtle colours meaning those derived from the basic colours
Le patron Tabby - Tabby repartition
The Tabby
Meaning cats with a more or less defined striped coat and an M shaped marking on their foreheads.
There are three types of tabby :
Mackerel : striped
V'ananas Story de Lanleya Blue mackerel Silver Tabby and white male
Blotched : the cat has butterfly shaped markings on its flancs
No Comment Armageddon Male Brown blotched Tabby
Spotted : the cat has a spotted coat
Addict Dakini Blue Spotted Tabby and White Female
Tabby : Les Fumés et Silver- Tabby : the Smoke and the Silver
A nuance of the tabby : the smoke or the silver
The silver : the cat is one colour and the base of the coat is silver-white
The smoke : the cat's coat has a smokey colour. The coat is similar to the silver, a silvery colour, but on a longer length
Smokes are, generally speaking, more common in winter
Le chat Persan Particolore - Bicolour Persian's Pattern
Bicolour persians also exist
I The Pattern
Bicolour : meaning white and one or two other colours
We will now go into more detail with regards to the bicolour persian's pattern as it is my favourite type.
The bicolour persian's allele "S" determines the amount of white in its coat
The cat is considered bicoloured or tricoloured if the amount of white in its coat represents no more than 75% of its pattern
Papillon Male Bicolour cream and white Persian
The cat is considered a Harlequin when it has more than 75% of white in its coat
Addagio male blue Harlequin Persian
And finally the cat is considered to be Van if the colour is limited to its tail or top of head, one or two other markings being tolerated in general
Darjeeling et Dionysos Des Laines Blanches
Blue (male) and cream (female) van kittens
Les subtilités du Particolore - The various nuances of the bicolour Persian
These are the basic facts to know about bicolour persians.
But once you know these, you need to know how to recognise the various nuances.
Here is a table indicating all the possible outcomes of marriages of different types of persians
This is only to give you an idea as Papillon, a bicolour male, coupled with a unicolour female has yielded unicolours (Ceylenia cream) and Harelquins (Addagio blue). This shows that a cat can appear to be bicolour but genetically be harlequin
One thing is sure, a unicolour bred with another unicolour will never give you a bicolour kitten
However don't be surprised to get a bicolour or a harlequin out of a marriage of two Vans. This will show you that one of your two progenitors is genetically bicolour. (instead of Van)
If you only get bicolour kittens from a progenitor it means that your cat is genetically Van and all its kittens will be bicolour
This is Fully's case.
Les subtilités du Persan Particolore - Various nuances bicolour Persian
II The allocation of the markings
In my opinion this is a matter of personal taste. The most important thing in my opinion being that the cat's coat be aesthetically pleasing.
What I hate above all are when the markings are all on the cat's face. We cannot control the allocation of the cat's markings but if your progenitors have well distributed markings then you will have high chances of getting aesthetically pleasing markings on the kittens.
There is the V shaped mask
Addagio Des Laines Blanches
The Cap
Dalai Lama Des Laines Blanches
Asymetric markings
Dionysos des Laines Blanches