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The Selfs
Black:
Lilac:
(pink-eyed black)
Blue:
Silver:
(pink-eyed blue)
Pink-eyed White:
Recessive Yellow (sooty):
Recessive Yellow:
Chocolate:
Champagne:
(pink-eyed Chocolate)
Black-eyed Cream:
Beige:
Dove:
(genetically both blue and chocolate)
Lavender:
(pink-eyed dove)
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Agoutis
All the agouti-based colors have different colors to each shaft of hair, this is called 'ticking'. An argente for
example has a blue-grayish base of the hair and the yellow/orange tip of the hair.
Agouti:
Argente:
(pink-eyed agouti)- This baby is also rex, satin and broken marked (white markings).
Opal:
(blue agouti)- looks very close to a standard blue, but the individual hairs are ticked
Lynx:
(Silver agouti)
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Other
Note: The gene that causes pink eyes affects the color of the coat. A pink-eyed black does not look black anymore
because the pink-eyed gene dilutes the color of the coat. In a similar manner, dilutes on the c-locus can and often do dilute
a color to a lighter version of itself. An example would be that a c-locus dilute can cause black to look like a very dark
brown. Often what is expected in a litter color-wise can be affected by c-locus dilutes.
Questions about this can be posted on the Forum or you may e-mail me about it.
The two dark brown looking babies are actually black with a c-locus dilute (probably extreme dilution):
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