Persian fur colors

 Persian fur colors

The last episode was about Persians, but they have so many fur colors that I couldn’t even say them in the last episode! So, here is an episode on Persian coat colors!

There are pure white Persians, which means they are only white and no other color on their fur. 

There are silver and golden division Persians, which means that there is a dominant gene in the Persian’s fur that makes the bottom part of the hair silver, and the tip golden. Their coat is very fragile, and you must brush it gently, and give your Persian baths routinely. Silver and golden division Persians have black “mascara” lines that outline the eyes, lips, and nose.

Also, there are chinchilla silver and shaded silver Persians. Both colors have pure white chests and bellies. But, there are some differences between the two colors. For the chinchilla silver, the head, back, legs, and tail are softly tipped in black. It creates a lovely shiny silver coat for chinchilla silver Persians. Shaded silver Persians are a little different because shaded silver Persian fur is tipped with more black, and there is a mantle of black shades on the coat. So, these cat breeds are similar, but they have some differences!

There are chinchilla golden Persians, too. Unlike the chinchilla silver, chinchilla golden Persians have cream chests and bellies, not pure white. They have golden shading, not silver, but they also have some tabby markings. That is why most breeders prefer to use chinchilla silver to chinchilla golden. But, these golden felines still are beautiful, even if those tabby markings get in the way of the golden shading!

There are Shell Cameo(Red Chinchilla) Shell Cream (Cream Chinchilla), Shell Tortoiseshell, and Shell Blue-Cream. They are like the Chinchilla Silver because they have a layer of color under a gleaming pure white undercoat.

And, there are Shaded Cameo(red shaded), Shaded Cream, Shaded Tortoiseshell, and Shaded Blue-Cream. They are similar to the Shaded Silver, but with different colors.

And there are Black Smoke, Blue Smoke, Cream Smoke, Red Smoke, Tortoiseshell Smoke, and Blue-Cream Smoke Persians.

There are also (get ready) brown, blue, cream, lilac, cameo, cream cameo, silver, blue silver, brown patched, blue patched, chocolate patched, lilac patched, silver patched, and blue patched tabby Persians.

And, there are(so many colors) Tortoiseshell, Chocolate Tortoiseshell, Lilac Cream, Blue Cream, Calico and Bicolor Division, Dilute Calico, Chocolate Calico, Lilac Calico, Bicolor, Smoke and White, Shaded and White, Tabby and White, and Himalayan Division.

There are also black Persians, blue Persians, red Persians, and cream-colored Persians. Persians sure have a lot of different looks to show off!

So, that is all the Persian coat colors! You get a large range to choose from if you are getting a Persian! Good luck on choosing!

I don’t know this cat’s breed, but I think that she/he is a Tortoiseshell Persian.