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Chinchilla
(Shell), Tipped (Shorthair Tipped), Shaded &
Smoke Color Group
Chinchilla
(shell) is the lightest tipping; hair tip is colored
and hair shaft is silver, giving a
sparkling appearance. Shaded is next degree; color
extends further along the hair shaft,
darkest on the back to create a mantle of shading.
Smoke is heaviest tipping; undercoat color is
reduced to a small band near the hair root, the
cat appears to be solid with pale ruff/frill until
the coat is parted or the cat is in motion. In the
golden series, the undercoat is gold rather than
white. The terms "chinchilla" and
"shell" are mostly used for longhairs
(Persians), in shorthairs this is called tipped.
 Silver series: White undercoat with color tips.
Golden series: Gold undercoat with color tips
Shell:
Chinchilla tipping
Cameo:
red (a term sometimes used in longhairs with red on a silver undercoat)
Cream Cameo: cream (dilute of Red/Cameo)
Silver Tabby: Colored markings on silvered/ivory ground color e.g. Red-Silver (Cameo) Tabby which is red on ivory.
Tortie Chinchilla/Shell Tortie/Silver Tortie:
Pale undercoat tipped in tortie combination of colors.
Shaded Tortie/Tortoiseshell Shaded Silver:
Pale undercoat tipped/shaded with tortie combination of colors (e.g. black red and cream). Tipping ranges from shell (chinchilla) to shaded.
Smoke Tortoiseshell/Tortie Smoke:
Pale undercoat smoked with tortie combination of colors. Undercoat only visible when cat is in motion.
Silver Patched Tabby: Colored markings on silvered ground color interspersed with patches or red and/or cream (or other tortie combinations).
Golden Patched Tabby:
Colored markings on golden ground color interspersed with patches or red and/or cream (or other tortie combinations).
The
first chinchillas/shaded silvers/smokes were
longhairs which had black tipping or shading.
Black on silver gives:
Chinchilla:
aka Silver/Silver Chinchilla/Tipped (called Burmilla in Asian group of cats)
Shaded Silver:
blue/green eyes, darker than Chinchilla
Masked Silver:
shaded silver with dark face/paws
Pewter/Pewter Tipped:
orange-eyed Shaded Silver
Silver Tabby: black tabby markings on silver background
Black Smoke: looks solid black until you part the fur which is pale near the roots
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