Silver (Ii)
Your cat will be a silver tabby, shaded or tipped if they are a tabby, and will be a smoke if they’re a solid. They carry the non-silver gene.
Smokes will display lighter, desaturated undersides, affecting the chest and belly. It may also affect parts of the face, sides, legs and tail, or create a "ghost tabby" patterning.
Silver tabbies will look like regular tabbies, and have full color on the stripes, but with the undercoat lightened and desaturated. Silver shaded and shell cats have wideband in addition to silver; they may also have ticked tabby but this is not required.
Silver (II)
Your cat will be a silver tabby, shaded or shell if they are a tabby, and will be a smoke if they’re a solid.
Non-wideband, carries wideband (Wbwb)
Your cat carries the wideband gene, but doesn’t express it.
Non-wideband, carries extreme wideband (Wbwb+)
Your cat carries the extreme wideband gene, but doesn’t express it.
Wideband (wbwb)
Your cat expresses the wideband gene. If the cat is a tabby, they will most likely be a golden tabby. Golden tabbies will have a dark gold/yellowy undercoat, with darker stripes.
Widebanding will not act on solid cats or on red/cream/apricot cats.
Wideband will turn silver tabby into silver shaded.
Partial extreme wideband (wbwb+)
Your cat expresses the wideband gene. If the cat is a tabby, they will most likely be a golden shaded. Golden shaded cats will have a golden undercoat, with faded markings and pale undersides. The base color will mostly show on the tail, back, and head.
Widebanding will not act on solid cats or on red/cream/apricot cats.
Partial extreme wideband will turn silver tabby into silver shaded or silver shell.
Extreme wideband (wb+wb+)
Your cat expresses the extreme wideband gene. If the cat is a tabby, they will most likely be a golden shell. Golden shells are a bright gold/orange color, with the undersides of the coat being very pale, almost white. Markings will be extremely faded, with the base color only showing on the tail-tip.
Widebanding will not act on solid cats or on red/cream/apricot cats.
Extreme wideband will turn silver tabby into silver shell.
Non-sunshine, carries sunshine (WbwbSIB)
Your cat carries the sunshine gene, but doesn’t express it.
Non-sunshine, carries extreme sunshine (WbwbeSIB)
Your cat carries the extreme sunshine gene, but doesn’t express it.
Sunshine (wbSIBwbSIB)
Your cat expresses the sunshine gene, giving them an almost amber look. Cats will have a orange/reddish coat, with the base color showing through on the tail-tip and face, as well as possibly the legs. Cats who are heterozygous for agouti (Aa) will be slightly darker, with the base color also showing through on the back. When present with the silver gene, it makes your cat bimetallic. Bimetallic cats will have a pale tabby coat, with cream-colored undersides. Sunshine will not act on solid cats or on red/cream/apricot cats.
Partial extreme sunshine (wbSIBwbeSIB)
Your cat expresses the sunshine gene, giving them an almost amber look. They will have an intermediate appearance between normal and extreme sunshine.
Extreme sunshine (wbeSIBwbeSIB)
Your cat expresses the extreme sunshine gene. These cats will look very similar to regular sunshines, with a brighter coat and less of the base color showing through. Sunshine will not act on solid cats or on red/cream/apricot cats. When present with the silver gene, it makes your cat bimetallic.
Wideband, carries sunshine (wbwbSIB)
Your cat expresses the wideband gene, and carries the sunshine gene. If the cat is a tabby, they will most likely be a golden tabby. Golden tabbies will have a dark gold/yellowy undercoat, with darker stripes.
Widebanding will not act on solid cats or on red/cream/apricot cats.
Wideband will turn silver tabby into silver shaded.
Wideband, carries extreme sunshine (wbwbeSIB)
Your cat expresses the wideband gene, and carries the extreme sunshine gene. If the cat is a tabby, they will most likely be a golden tabby. Golden tabbies will have a dark gold/yellowy undercoat, with darker stripes.
Widebanding will not act on solid cats or on red/cream/apricot cats.
Wideband will turn silver tabby into silver shaded.
Extreme wideband, carries sunshine (wb+wbSIB)
Your cat expresses the extreme wideband gene, and carries the sunshine gene. If the cat is a tabby, they will most likely be a golden shell. Golden shells are a bright gold/orange color, with the undersides of the coat being very pale, almost white. Markings will be extremely faded, with the base color only showing through on the tail-tip.
Widebanding will not act on solid cats or on red/cream/apricot cats.
Extreme wideband will turn silver tabby into silver shell.
Extreme wideband, carries extreme sunshine (wb+wbeSIB)
Your cat expresses the extreme wideband gene, and carries the extreme sunshine gene. If the cat is a tabby, they will most likely be a golden shell. Golden shells are a bright gold/orange color, with the undersides of the coat being very pale, almost white. Markings will be extremely faded, with the base color only showing through on the tail-tip.
Widebanding will not act on solid cats or on red/cream/apricot cats.
Extreme wideband will turn silver tabby into silver shell.
Non-amber, carries amber (Ee)
Your cat carries the amber gene.
Amber (ee)
Your cat is amber. Changes black-based cats to appear amber. Black-based tabbies will look similar to red tabbies, with the base color showing through on the tail-tip, as well as possibly on the ears, face and tail. Non-agouti ambers (aa) will have a golden undercoat, with stripes remaining as the base color, and have that same color on the nose bridge. Amber will not visibly express on red-based cats.
Non-russet, carries russet (Eer)
Your cat carries the russet gene.
Russet (erer)
Your cat is russet. Changes black-based cats to have a yellowy/golden-brown color, like that of russet potatoes. Russet will cause solid (aa) cats to appear as tabbies. Russet will not visibly express on red-based cats.
Amber-russet (eer)
Your cat is amber-russet. They will appear as either amber or russet.
Non-carnelian, carries carnelian (Eec)
Your cat carries the carnelian gene. Silver tabbies that carry this gene will have a silver ground color, cream-colored undersides, and a reddish hue to the stripes on their neck and sides. Golden (wideband) cats that carry this gene will have a golden ground color, with a reddish hue to the stripes on their neck and sides. All other colors will not express this gene.
Due to a temporary ruling, silver/golden carnelian carriers are not required to express this gene.
Carnelian (ecec)
Your cat is carnelian. Changes black-based tabbies to have a bright red tabby coat, with light undersides and a dark tail-tip. Non-agouti carnelians (aa) will have a dark orange tabby coat, with low contrast. Carnelian will not visibly express on red-based cats.
Amber-carnelian (eec)
Your cat is amber-carnelian. They will appear as either amber or carnelian.
Russet-carnelian (erec)
Your cat is russet-carnelian. They will appear as either russet or carnelian.
Non-pointed, carries colorpoint (Ccs)
Your cat carries the colorpoint gene.
Non-pointed, carries sepia (Ccb)
Your cat carries the sepia gene.
Non-pointed, carries mocha (Ccm)
Your cat carries the mocha gene.
Colorpoint (cscs)
Your cat is colorpointed. They will have a white or ivory-colored body, with their regular coloration showing through on the ears, face, legs and tail. They may also have some darker coloration showing through on a "saddle" on the back.
Colorpoint, carries albino (csca or csc)
Your cat is colorpointed and carries albinism. They will have a white or ivory-colored body, with their regular coloration showing through on the ears, face, legs and tail. They may also have some darker coloration showing through on a "saddle" on the back.
Mink (cscb)
Your cat is mink. Their ears, face, legs and tail will be their regular color. Their body will be a lightened version of their regular color, though they may have a darker "saddle" of color on their back. The contrast between the lightened and regular color will be medium to high.
Sepia (cbcb)
Your cat is sepia. Their ears, face, legs and tail will be their regular color. The rest of their body will be a bit lighter, though they may have a darker "saddle" of color on their back. The contrast between the lightened and regular color will be very low.
Sepia, carries albino (cbca or cbc)
Your cat is sepia and carries albinism. Your cat is sepia. Their ears, face, legs and tail will be their regular color. The rest of their body will be a bit lighter, though they may have a darker "saddle" of color on their back. The contrast between the lightened and regular color will be very low.
Mocha (cmcm)
Your cat is mocha. Mocha will make the cat's base color lighter and warmer; this color will show on the ears, face, legs and tail. Their body will be a lighter, semi-pale version of this color. Black cats will be lightened to a warm mocha color, and chocolate to a light brown; cinnamon and the dilute series colors will be less drastically changed.
Burmocha (cbcm)
Your cat is burmocha. They will look very similar to a sepia cat, but may be slightly warmer and lighter in coloration.
Siamocha (cscm)
Your cat is siamocha. They will look similar to a colorpoint cat, but may be lighter and a bit warmer in coloration.
Mocha, carries albino (cmca or cmc)
Your cat is mocha and carries albinism. Black mochas will be a warm, saturated, semi-pale brown color, with darker coloration showing through on the ears, face, legs and tail, as well as a possibly on a "saddle" on the back.
Non-albino, carries blue-eyed albino (Cca)
Your cat carries the blue-eyed albino gene.
Non-albino, carries pink-eyed albino (Cc)
Your cat carries the pink-eyed albino gene.
Blue-eyed albino (caca)
Your cat has a complete lack of pigment, and blue eyes.
Lavender-eyed albino (cac)
Your cat has a complete lack of pigment, and lavender eyes.
Pink-eyed albino (cc)
Your cat has a complete lack of pigment, and pink eyes.
Karpati carrying non-karpati (Kk)
Your cat has a pattern that makes their ears, legs, belly, tail, and face pale in varying degrees. Karpatis can have pale coloration on very few areas of the body or have the pale coloration cover them almost entirely, as long as the ears have that pale coloration. Karpati is a dominant gene somewhat similar to colorpoint in that it’s temperature sensitive.
Karpati (KK)
Your cat has a pattern that makes their ears, legs, belly, tail, and face pale in varying degrees. Karpatis can have pale coloration on very few areas of the body or have the pale coloration cover them almost entirely, as long as the ears have that pale coloration. Karpati is a dominant gene somewhat similar to colorpoint in that it’s temperature sensitive.
Non-white carrying white gloving (wwg)
Your cat has no white spotting, but carries the gloving gene.
Non-white carrying salmiak (wwsal)
Your cat has no white spotting, but carries the salmiak gene.
Non-white carrying gloving and salmiak (wgwsal)
Your cat has no white spotting, but carries the gloving and salmiak genes.
Low white spotting (wsw)
Your cat has white spotting covering 0-50% of the body. White spotting will cover all other markings. Cats with low white must have at least a bit of visible white. A tuxedo pattern would be an example of low white.
Low white spotting (wswg)
Your cat has white spotting covering 0-50% of the body, and carries the gloving gene.
Low white spotting (wswsal)
Your cat has white spotting covering 0-50% of the body, and carries the salmiak gene.
White gloving (wgwg)
Your cat has mitted white paws. On the back paws, the white may also go up to the hocks. Note that mitted cats will have white on ONLY these areas, and will lack it on any other area of the body.
Salmiak (wsalwsal)
Your cat has the salmiak white pattern. They will have a white blaze, and usually have a patch of self color at the nose. They also will have a white neck and chest, a white tail-tip, and uneven, patchy white markings on the legs. They may have a white belly. Their back will have a roan white pattern, with less roaning around the shoulders. They may have prominent white dapples in the roan.
High white spotting (wsws)
Your cat has white spotting covering 50-100% of the body. White spotting will cover all other markings. A van pattern would be an example of high white.
Dominant white (Wdw)
Your cat is dominant white. They are completely white, and no markings will be shown on their coat. Carries non-white.
Dominant white (Wdws or Wdwg or Wdwsal)
Your cat is dominant white. They are completely white, and no markings will be shown on their coat. Carries white spotting, white gloving, or salmiak respectively.
Dominant white (WdWd)
Your cat is dominant white. They are completely white, and no markings will be shown on their coat.
