Thread: Blue vs silver

Well the difference in blue and silver may seem quite minor, but actually blue is a dilute brown, and silver is a base colour, so blue silver, would be blue with silvery undercoat, black silver is black with silver base coat, blue [tabby] would be grey with darker grey and often a brownish or cream tinge, as it is 'dilute' brown. To have silver in the coat at least one parent MUST show silver, to be blue BOTH parents must carry dilute, but not necessarily BE dilute, confused now? LOL
Silver tortie tabby is a recognised colour, but in different registries can be called, silver patch tabby, black silver tortie tabby, silver torbie, to name just a few, in FIFe reigistry the symbol for silver tortie is fs followed by 09 if with white then 23 or 22 to denote whether mackerel or blotched tabby [classic] Some registries also accept a little white under the chin in red tabbies as 'normal' others will register as 'with white' but if it is an obvious white locket, then yes, he is with white. There are several sites that explain the genetics of colour, but it can be hard going if you are not studying it for a reason, such as a breeeder would ;-)) it takes time, but it does all fall into place eventually