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Agouti Group
 
Chestnut
   The body and tail are to be a rich chestnut shade, with black ticking, over an intermediate orange band and a slate under color. Ears are to be laced black. Eye circles and underside of tail are to be white. Belly is to be white with slate blue under color. Eyes are brown.
 
Chinchilla
   The color is to be alternating bands of medium slate and pearl with black tipped guard hairs. Ears are to be laced with black. Eye circles are to be well defined, narrow, and light pearl in color. Underside of tail and belly is to be white, with the top of the tail interspersed with white hairs. Eyes are brown or blue-gray.
 
Lynx
   This color is to be an orange shot silver. Intermediate color is to be bright orange, clearly defined over white under color. Tips of the fur are to be silver. Belly, eye circles, nostrils, inside of ears, and underside of jowls are to be white. Chest color is to match the flanks. Crisp orange color is to show through the tipped silver. Eyes are blue gray.
 
Opal
   The body and the top of the tail are to be a rich shade of blue. The intermediate color is to be a fawn band alternating with shades of blue, with a pale blue undercolor. The eye circles, jowls, and nostrils should be fawn. The belly should be white over a pale blue undercolor. Eyes are blue-gray.
 
Squirrel
   The color is to be alternating bands of blue and pearl, with blue tipped guard hairs. Ears are to be laced with blue. Eye circles are to be well defined, narrow, and light pearl in color. Underside of tail is to be white, with the top of the tail blue interspersed with white hairs. Eyes are blue-gray.
 
Self Group
 
Black
   The color is to be a rich black, with a slate undercolor. Eyes are brown.
 
Blue
   The color is to be a clear, uniform, medium shade of blue throughout, with slate undercolor permissible. Eyes are blue-gray.
 
Blue Eyed White (BEW)
   The color is to be as pure white as possible. Eyes are blue.
 
Chocolate
   The color is to be a rich, dark chocolate, extending down the hair shaft to dove-gray under color. Eyes are brown.
 
Lilac
   The color is to be a pink, dove-gray from the tip of the fur to the skin. Eyes are blue-gray.
 
Ruby Eyed White (REW)
   The color is to be as pure white as possible. Eyes have a ruby red pupil and a pink iris.
 
Pointed White
   The color is to be white with black points on the tail, nose, ears and feet. Eyes are pink.
 
Shaded Group
 
Sable Point
   The color is to be a rich sepia brown on the nose, ears, feet, and tail. Marking color is to shade rapidly to a rich, creamy body color. Some slightly darker shading is permissible on the saddle but very undesirable. Entire body is to be a creamy color, with as little shading as possible. Under color is to be light cream or white. Eyes are brown.
 
Siamese Sable
   The color is to be a rich sepia on the ears, face, back, outside of legs, and upper side of tail. The saddle color is to shade off to a paler sepia on flanks, underside of tail, belly, and inside of legs. Dark face color is to shade from eyes and jaws to blend with the chest and flanks. The darker color on the back is to extend from the head to the tail and the chest color is to be the same as the flanks. The undercolor is to match the surface color as closely as possible. All color blending is to be gradual in both dark and paler colors. Eyes are brown.
 
Siamese Smoke Pearl
   The color is to be smoke color on the ears, face, back, outside of legs, and upper side of tail. The saddle color is to shade off to a pear gray-beige on flanks, chest, underside of tail, belly, and inside of legs. Dark face color is to shade off from the jaws to blend with the chest and flanks. The undercolor is to match the surface color as closely as possible. All blending of color is to be gradual in both the dark and paler colors. Eyes are blue-gray.
 
Tortoise Shell
   The color is to be a bright, rich, clean, orange saddle blending to a blue-black shading on the rump, flanks, haunches, and belly. Nose, ears, feet, and tail are to be bluish-black. Top color is to extend well down the hair shaft to a bluish-white under color. Eyes are brown.
 
Blue Tortoise Shell
   The color will be a fawn or straw color with blue shading on the the rump, flanks, haunches and belly. There will be a blue mask, ears, feet and tail. Eyes are blue-gray
 
Wide Band Group
 
Fawn
   The Color is to be a rich, golden straw colored saddle, shading lighter down the flanks. The color is to run well down the hair shaft to an off-white undercolor. Eye circles, nostrils, belly, inside of ears, underside of jowls, and bottom of tail are to be white. Eyes are brown.
 
Orange
   The color is to be a bright orange saddle, shading lighter down the flanks. The color is to run well down the hair shaft to an off-white undercolor. Eye circles, nostrils, belly, inside of ears, underside of jowls and bottom of tail are to be white. Eyes are brown.
 
 

From ARBA Standard of Perfection 2001-2005