Below we take a closer look at each of them. The lynx point pattern is much like the point, except that the darker spots of color on the cat’s extremities are lined with clear, dark stripes. Possible point colors: seal, blue, flame, cream, tortie (black, red, cream), blue cream. The smoke effect can be seen in cats of various colors. The points are unbrindled and consist of a cat’s mask, ears, legs, feet, and tail. The face of such a cat may have a brilliant effect. On top of that, this effect can make the base color of the coat paler and colder. In short-haired cats, the smoke effect is almost invisible, while in long-haired cats, it is much more noticeable. The smoke color of the cat can only be solid, and any manifestation of a pattern or spots of fully pigmented fur is considered a color defect. Whether they show their tabby pattern or not depends on whether the cat has. This effect means that fur has a certain color, whereas the hair root remains unpainted. When it comes to cat colors and coat patterns, here’s a mind-blowing fact: All cats are tabbies. On top of that, the smoke effect is more noticeable if the cat is homozygous for the inhibitor gene (I/I). A silver cat agouti will have A / – I / -, and a smoky cat will have a / a I / – If the cat is I/i or I/I, it can be either silver or smoky. Allele I for inhibitors is dominant compared to allele i for non-inhibitor.įor example, a cat with i/i is neither smoky nor silver. How does the silver gene work in cats? This gene suppresses the production of pigment in non-agouti cats, and in agouti cats, this gene suppresses the production of red pigment. Smoke and silver are caused by the inhibitor gene I. There are several different types of tabby patterns, and tabbies come in colors ranging from grey to brown to orange. What is a smoke cat? What is a silver cat? Are they different? The answers to these questions are found in genetics. Sometimes in colorpoint cats, it is difficult to identify both silver and smoke cat colors, since the color on the muzzle has blurred boundaries. What is silver and smoke cat? Silver or smoke is not the color of the coat but an additional effect on the coat, which can be combined either with a basic solid color (cream, blue, white, black, brown, etc.) or a special pattern (striped, tortoiseshell, bicolor, spot color).įor example, a cat can be a blue smoky point or a chocolate silver tabby.
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