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Cat colours and patterns
If your cat is pretty much solid black or gray, but the roots of the hairs are distinctly white, it is a "smoke." (It's normal for the roots on a solid cat to be grayish; true smokes, on the other hand, have definite white roots.) Smokes are the solid version of silver tabbies. These cats are very dramatic because when they move, the hair parts and the white undercoat can be seen. This gallery contains some examples of the different coat colours and patterns that are recognised by the FIFE.
For siberian cats: Race - Category II SIB – Siberian NEM – Neva Masquarade
Colour
# a = blue # b = chocolate # c = lilac # d = red # e = cream # f = black tortie # g = blue tortie # h = chocolate tortie # j = lilac tortie # n = black ( "n"proviene dal francese "noir" e significa nero). nei tabby viene anche definito brown, mentre nei colourpoint viene definito seal # o = cinnamon # p = fawn # q = cinnamon tortoiseshell # r = fawn tortoiseshell # s = silver # w = white # x = any unrecognized colour # y = golden
Disegno del Mantello: 01 - Van 02 - Arlecchino 03 - Bicoloure 04 - Mitted (solo Ragdoll) 05 - Snowshoe (solo Snowshoe) 09 - quantità non specificata di Bianco 11 - shaded 12 - shell 21 - disegno Tabby (tigrato) non specificato 22 - Blotched Tabby (alcuni club lo denominano " Classic tabby " 23 - Mackerel Tabby (alcuni club lo denominano " Tigré " ) 24 - Spotted Tabby 25 - Ticked Tabby 33 - Himalayan/colourpoint
Colour of the eyes: 61 - Blue eyes 62 – Orange eyes 63 – Eyes of the Different colour 64 – Green eyes 67 – Blue eyes of colourpoint
Brown Tabby
Brown tabbies are the most common color in Siberians and come in all kinds of shades; from very cold, dark almost gray brown to very warm, light, almost golden brown. Genetically they are all black tabbies, but the shades of brown can vary greatly. This is the color you will see the most in this breed in a variety of patterns: mackerel, spotted or classic.
Brown Tabby with White This is a color with great variety! Not only do we have very different shades of brown, from very dark to very light, we also have a great variety in the amount of white. A cat can be low white, with a white chest, some white on the face and paws, or high white where the majority of the cat is white with brown patches here and there. The white definitely add to the cuteness factor. You can only get kittens with white of one of the parents is with white.
Golden tabby The golden tabby is an extremely popular color. Many breeders charge exuberant amounts for them because they are in high demand. Golden tabbies are different than warm brown tabbies because their undercoat is peach colored, as where the undercoat of a brown tabby is gray. Goldens often are easily recognized by their pink nose and black eye liner. We actually do not know 100% sure where golden comes from and what it genetically actually is, but it appears to be a recessive gene as you can only get golden kittens if both parents carry golden and have golden cats in their ancestry
Black & white bi-color Black and white bi colors are solid and have no tabby pattern. They can either be lots of black with a little white, or vice versa, lots of white with a few black patches here and there. Solid is a recessive gene so you can only get these kittens if both parents carry the non-agouti gene and one of the parents is with white.
Black Smoke if your cat is pretty much solid black or gray, but the roots of the hairs are distinctly white, it is a "smoke." (It's normal for the roots on a solid cat to be grayish; true smokes, on the other hand, have definite white roots.) Smokes are the solid version of silver tabbies. These cats are very dramatic because when they move, the hair parts and the white undercoat can be seen.
Blue Tabbby and Blue Tabby with White The blue tabby and blue tabby with white is darker than silver and almost a powderpuff kind of blue as we call it. A blue coat is supposed to have patina on it, which is a beautiful orange glow. If you see that orange glow on a silver, it is consider tarnish or a "dirty silver". On a blue however, it is very desirable. Blue is a diluted color, it is a recessive gene so both parents have to carry the dilute gene in order to get blue kittens, and one of the parents has to be with white as well to get blue tabby with white kittens.
Silver tabby Silver tabbies also can have a great variety in shades. You can have a darker silver classic, or a very light, pale, silver shaded. The coat of a silver cat is in general not as dense and thick as any other color due to the fact that silver hair has less pigmentation in it. In general they feel softer than other colors. Silver is an inhibitor gene, which means one of the parents has to be a silver in order to get silver kittens.
Torbie and torbie with white Torbies are very flashy as all torbies have red in them. Sometimes the red is very prominent, sometimes it is nothing but a red toe on one foot, which makes the cat look very much like a brown tabby. Torbies, however, are tortoiseshells with a tabby pattern (tortie + tabby = torbie). In order to get a torbie, either the mother must be a torbie or red or the father must be a red. This is another very popular color in the siberian breed.
Patterns Siberian cats can have mackerel (striped), classic (blotched), spotted (the stripes on their sides are broken up into spots) or shaded tabby patterns (where the pattern is faded out- this can occur in goldens and silvers). All of these patterns will have the tabby "M" on their forehead, stripes on their legs and spots on their tummies. They can also be solid colours (i.e. no tabby pattern or rather their genetic pattern is hidden or masked by their solid colour) like black or blue. Solid colours combined with the silver gene result in "smokes". Siberians do also come in a pointed pattern like the Siamese or Birman markings- these cats will have a pale body and colour only on their faces and legs and tail. They also have blue eyes. These Siberians are nick named "Neva Masquerades". Here are some pictures of the mackerel, classic, spotted, smoke and shaded Siberians. Classics are rarer as they are genetically recessive. Shaded tabbies are also less common than the other patterns.
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