I have noticed that when I have searched for kittens some of the blues look seal. I have my new kitten (Blue Lynx Bicolor) His tail and ears are grey but the shading on his face and back are tan. Shouldn't he be all grey or will the color change and get more grey as he ages? Could he have both colors on him? How do breeders determine what color they have? He's 12 weeks.
Thank you!
The saddles of bicolors are usually lighter than the points and there are levels of color within the points as well, particularly in kittens, since the points are developing. Photographs of colors are often misleading.
Hi... I'm not a breeder but I think the colour is determined by looking at the pointed parts... feet, ears nose, tail - since you have a bicolor kitten there's only the ears and tail for getting the colouring - since you say the tail and ears are grey he's a blue lynx! - seal would be a lot darker.
I'm not sure what colour defines 'tan' ... hope that helps anyway ...
To me at least, pointed and mitted blues look gray and are very cool-toned as far as their color. Blue bicolors sometimes look a lot more "tan" or warmer in comparison. I don't really know why or if i am just wrong. Atrus is a blue bicolor and while his ears and tail and darkest parts are gray, his saddle and lighter areas of non-white look more tan than lighter versions of the gray. He is also only about 15 months old.
Photos are terrible for color, I know, but here is some reference.
When Atrus was very small (12 weeks), his non-white areas (except for ears and tail) looked tan
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/C.../atrus.jpg
When he got older, his darker areas looked much more gray
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/C...CF1159.jpg
But his saddle now looks more tan than a light gray.
When I have young kittens I can tell best by the back of the ears and the tail color. The face (especially of the lynx) takes a bit longer to develop and is a bit harder to determine blue from seal. Photos taken in different light can give a false impression as well.
I think the pads are different too, they are black on seal point and I believe they are pink on blue points. Don't know if it applys to bi-colours and mitted.
marypr Wrote:I think the pads are different too, they are black on seal point and I believe they are pink on blue points. Don't know if it applys to bi-colours and mitted.
With a bicolour the pawpads should all be pink anyway so this wont help unfortunately. Also with the blue points they are a dark grey.
A colorpiont's pads will be the point color. If covered with white, as in a mitted or bicolor, the pads will be pink. For seal, blue, chocolate and lilac the only PIGMENT involved is black. The differences are how the pigment is distributed on the hair shaft. So, the colors are shades of gray, the color designations being the "impression" of color in certain light based on refraction and the effect of the skin color.
Teddy is a blue bi-color and his points are dark grey. His saddle is more of a beige/light brown color, so it sounds like you have a blue to me. Seals tend to be a dark brown, almost black in some cases.
Seal is black. It is just "activated" by cool temperature and therefore has variable density. The "best" seal should be black on the points. Often the nose is darkest.