of Points in addition to the General Type Standard.
Usual (63)
Overall Impression:
A rich golden brown made up of an apricot base coat
ticked with black.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts, Facial Markings, Top & Tip of
Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
Black.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Rich apricot -
Colour
should be as rich as possible.
Nose Leather:
Tile red.
Paw Pads:
Black or brown.
Sorrel (63a)
Overall Impression:
A rich copper
colour
made up of an apricot base coat ticked with cinnamon.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts, Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts
& Heels:
Cinnamon.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Rich apricot.
Nose Leather:
Pink.
Paw Pads:
Pink.
Chocolate (63b)
Overall Impression:
A rich, warm
chestnut brown made up of an apricot base coat ticked with dark
chocolate.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts, Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts
& Heels:
Dark
chocolate.
Chest, Belly,
Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Rich
apricot.
Nose Leather:
Pinkish chocolate.
Paw Pads: Chocolate or rosy, pinkish
chocolate.
Blue (63c) Dilute of Usual
Overall Impression:
A soft blue consisting of a warm oatmeal or
mushroom base coat ticked with any shade
of blue.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
Blue.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Warm mushroom.
Nose Leather:
Mauvish
blue.
Paw Pads:
Mauvish blue.
Lilac (63d)
Dilute of Chocolate
Overall Impression:
A warm dove grey made up of an oatmeal or
mushroom undercoat ticked with lilac.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
Lilac.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Mushroom.
Nose Leather:
Mauvish
pink.
Paw Pads:
Mauvish pink.
Fawn (63e)
Dilute of Sorrel
Overall Impression:
A warm powdery fawn made up of a pale
oatmeal or mushroom undercoat ticked with fawn.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
Fawn.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Pale mushroom.
Nose Leather:
Pink.
Paw Pads:
Mauvish
pink.
Red (63f)
Overall Impression:
A warm, glowing red made up of pale red
clearly ticked with a deeper tone of red.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
Bright red.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
A paler shade of red.
Nose Leather:
Bright pink.
Paw Pads:
Bright pink.
Note:
Freckles may occur on nose, lips, eyelids, ears and paw pads. Slight
freckling should not be
penalised.
Withhold Certificates or First Prizes in Kitten Open Classes for
(additional to General Type Standard):
Absence of contrast sufficient to obscure ticking.
Cream (63g)
Dilute of Red
Overall Impression:
A soft, warm, powdery effect made up of a
pale cream clearly ticked with a rich cream.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
Rich cream.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
A paler shade of cream.
Nose Leather:
Creamy pink.
Paw Pads:
Flesh pink.
Note:
Freckles may occur on nose, lips, eyelids, ears and paw pads. Slight
freckling should not be
penalised.
Withhold Certificates or First Prizes in Kitten Open Classes for
(additional to General Type Standard):
Absence of contrast sufficient to obscure ticking.
Colour distribution is random and immaterial though a solid foot is not permissible. Ticking, ear tips and tufts, facial markings, top and tip of tail, toe tufts and heels to be a mingling of the standard ticking colour and that determined by the sex-linked gene. Chest, belly, under tail, inside of legs and breeches to be a mingling of the standard base coat colour and that determined by the sex-linked gene. Presence or absence of a blaze is immaterial.
Usual
Tortie
(63t)
Overall Impression:
A mixture of rich, golden brown ticked with
black and reddish apricot ticked with red.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
A mingling of black and bright red.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
A mingling of apricot and red.
Nose Leather:
Red and/or pink
Paw Pads:
Black and/or pink
Withhold Certificates or First Prizes in Kitten Open Classes for
(additional to General Type
Standard):
Grey roots extending over a large area of the body. (Seasonal grey roots
during change of coat in kittens and young adults should not be penalised).
Sorrel
Tortie
(63at)
Overall Impression:
A mixture of lustrous copper ticked with
cinnamon and reddish apricot ticked with red.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
A mingling of cinnamon and bright red.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
A mingling of apricot and red.
Nose Leather:
Pink and/or red.
Paw Pads:
Pink and/or red.
Chocolate
Tortie
(63bt)
Overall Impression:
A mixture of rich, warm chestnut brown
ticked with dark chocolate and reddish apricot ticked with red.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
A mingling of dark chocolate and bright red.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
A mingling of apricot and red.
Nose Leather:
Chocolate and/or red or rosy, pinkish chocolate and/or red.
Paw Pads:
Chocolate and/or red or rosy, pinkish chocolate and/or red.
Blue
Tortie
(63ct)
Overall Impression:
A mixture of soft, warm blue ticked with a
deeper blue-grey and pale cream ticked with a rich cream.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
A mingling of blue and rich cream.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
A mingling of warm mushroom and pale cream.
Nose Leather:
Mauvish
blue and/or pink.
Paw Pads:
Mauvish
blue and/or pink.
Lilac
Tortie
(63dt)
Overall Impression:
A mixture of warm, dove grey ticked with a
deeper dove grey and pale cream ticked with a rich cream.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
A mingling of lilac and rich cream.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
A mingling of mushroom and pale cream.
Nose Leather:
Mauvish
pink and/or pink.
Paw Pads:
Mauvish
pink and/or pink.
Fawn
Tortie
(63et)
Overall Impression:
A mixture of warm, powdery fawn ticked with
a deeper fawn and pale cream ticked with a rich cream.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
A mingling of warm fawn and rich cream.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
A mingling of pale mushroom and pale cream.
Nose Leather:
Mauvish
pink and/or pink.
Paw Pads:
Mauvish
pink and/or pink.
The base hair of all this group should be silvery white giving an overall lustrous, silvery sheen. Ticking, ear tips and tufts, facial markings, top and tip of tail, toe tufts and heels to be the same colour as in the appropriate non-silver variety. Chest, belly, under tail, inside of legs and breeches to be silvery white.
Usual Silver (63s)
Overall Impression:
A clear silver ticked with black.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
Black.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Silvery white.
Nose Leather:
Brick red.
Paw Pads:
Black or brown.
Sorrel Silver (63as)
Overall Impression:
A soft, silvery peach ticked with cinnamon.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
Cinnamon.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Silvery white.
Nose Leather:
Pink.
Paw Pads:
Pink.
Chocolate Silver (63bs)
Overall Impression:
A cool, silvery brown ticked with dark
chocolate.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
Dark chocolate.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Silvery white.
Nose Leather:
Chocolate or rosy, pinkish chocolate.
Paw Pads:
Chocolate or rosy, pinkish chocolate.
Blue Silver (63cs)
Overall Impression:
A glacial, silvery blue ticked with darker
blue.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
Blue.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Silvery white.
Nose Leather:
Mauvish
blue.
Paw Pads:
Mauvish
blue.
Note:
The base coat MUST be silvery white.
Lilac Silver (63ds)
Overall Impression:
A frosty, silvery dove grey ticked with
lilac.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
Lilac.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Silvery white.
Nose Leather:
Mauvish
pink.
Paw Pads:
Mauvish
pink.
Fawn
Silver (63es)
Overall Impression:
A cool, silvery fawn ticked with a darker
fawn.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
Fawn.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Silvery white.
Nose Leather:
Pink.
Paw Pads:
Mauvish
pink.
Red Silver (63fs)
Overall Impression:
A clear, silvery red ticked with red.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
Red.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Silvery white.
Nose Leather:
Bright pink.
Paw Pads:
Bright pink.
Note:
Freckles may occur on nose, lips, eyelids, ears and paw pads. Slight
freckling should not be penalised.
Cream Silver (63gs)
Overall Impression:
A powdery, silvery cream ticked with rich
cream.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
Rich cream.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Silvery white.
Nose Leather:
Creamy pink.
Paw Pads:
Flesh pink.
Note:
Freckles may occur on nose, lips, eyelids, ears and paw pads. Slight
freckling should not be penalised.
As for the Silver Somalis except that the silvery white base hair should have two colours of ticking: the standard colour and that expressing the sex-linked gene. The distribution of these two colours is immaterial but a solid foot is not permissible.
Usual
Tortie
Silver (63ts)
Overall Impression:
A mixture of clear silver ticked with black
and silvery red ticked with red.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
A mingling of black and red.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Silvery white.
Nose Leather:
Red and/or pink.
Paw Pads:
Black and/or pink.
Sorrel
Tortie
Silver (63ats)
Overall Impression:
A mixture of cool, silvery peach ticked with
cinnamon and silvery red ticked with red.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
A mingling of cinnamon and red.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Silvery white.
Nose Leather:
Red and/or pink.
Paw Pads:
Red and/or pink.
Chocolate
Tortie
Silver (63bts)
Overall Impression:
A mixture of cool, silvery brown ticked with
dark chocolate and silvery red ticked with red.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
A mingling of dark chocolate and red.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Silvery white.
Nose Leather:
Pinkish chocolate and/or pink.
Paw Pads:
Pinkish chocolate and/or pink.
Blue
Tortie
Silver (63cts)
Overall Impression:
A mixture of glacial silvery blue ticked
with blue and powdery, silvery cream ticked with rich cream.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
A mingling of blue and rich cream.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Silvery white.
Nose Leather:
Mauvish
blue and/or pink.
Paw Pads:
Mauvish
blue and/or pink.
Lilac
Tortie
Silver (63dts)
Overall Impression:
A mixture of frosty, silvery dove grey
ticked with lilac and powdery, silvery cream ticked with rich cream.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
A mingling of lilac and rich cream.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Silvery white.
Nose Leather:
Mauvish
pink and/or pink.
Paw Pads:
Mauvish
pink and/or pink.
Fawn
Tortie
Silver (63ets)
Overall Impression:
A mixture of cool, silvery fawn ticked with a darker fawn and powdery,
silvery cream ticked with rich cream.
Ticking, Ear Tips & Tufts,
Facial Markings, Top & Tip of Tail, Toe Tufts & Heels:
A mingling of warm fawn and rich cream.
Chest, Belly, Under Tail, Inside of Legs & Breeches:
Silvery white.
Nose Leather:
Mauvish
pink and/or pink.
Paw Pads:
Mauvish
pink and/or pink.
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