Occasionally Butterflies
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Siamese Sable - Medium, very rich sepia on ears, face, back, outside of legs and upper side of tail, shading to a paler undercolour. Saddle colour shading to a paler colour on flanks and belly. The dark face colour to shade off from eyes to jowl to blend in with the chest and flanks. All blending to be gradual, avoiding any blotches or streaks and consisting of a soft and varied diffusion of sepia shadings. Eyes to have a distinct ruby glow. Brown eyes are a fault.
Dark - As medium but colour to be very rich dark sepia. Eyes may be dark brown.
Sealpoint - A rich dark sepia brown on ears, nose (mask) feet and tail. Body to be cream with sepia shadings which are gradual to avoid blotches or streaks. Eyes to have a distinct ruby glow. Brown eyes are a fault.
Siamese Smoke - Saddle to extend from nape to tail, to be smoke in colour, shading to pearl grey beige on the flanks, chest and belly. Head, ears, feet and upper side of tail to match saddle as near as possible. All shadings to be gradual to avaoid blotches or streaks. Undercolour to match surface colour as closely as possible following the various shadings throughout. Eyes to have a distinct ruby glow. Brown eyes a fault.
Blue Point - Smokey blue on ears, nose (mask) feet and tail. Cream body colour. Eyes to have a distinct ruby glow. Faults: Brown eyes. Too much colour on body.
Light - As medium but colour to be rich sepia.
Chocolate Tortoishell - Overall impression orange shading to dark chocolate 'points' and belly. Back: orange shading to chocolate tipped orange on the flanks, undercolour white.
Belly: chocolate. Undercolour orange and white. Smut, ears, feet and tail also chocolate.
Eyes brown , Nails light or dark horn.
Belly: chocolate. Undercolour orange and white. Smut, ears, feet and tail also chocolate.
Eyes brown , Nails light or dark horn.
Sallander - (IRON GREY - Chinchillated Sooty Fawn) - Light grey top colour to carry well down the shaft to white undercolour. Shadings as sootyfawn. Eyes hazel. Faults: Too dark top colour, light tails.
Beige - Dark chamois or light sandy colour, down to skin, faintly ticked with blue hairs. Hairs tinted ligther at the base, medium in the middle and darker at the tips. Blue shading on flanks, muzzle and edge of ears. Topside of hind legs beige, pads blue. Fore feet same as body. Tail beige on top, blue under. Belly beige with deeper blue shadings.
Otter - Colour Black, Blue, Chocolate or Lilac. Uniform colour to cover back and sides. The underbody or belly to be a creamy white and also underside of tail. A tan border to divide the white and colour on nostrils and under chin. A mixture of body colour and tan covers feet. Tan ticking to the chest, flanks and rump, extended ticking to be accepted as an added beauty and not a fault. Tan eye circles and nape of neck. The ears to be as body colour, bordered on outside with tan which covers inside of ears. Fault: A distinct lack of tan from proper parts.
