Cats
If it inherits chocolate + chocolate OR chocolate + cinnamon it will be chocolate.
If it inherits the dilution gene it will be lavender.
If it inherits the dilution gene AND the caramelising gene it will be taupe.
If it inherits cinnamon + cinnamon it will be cinnamon in colour.
If it inherits the dilution gene it will be fawn.
If it inherits the dilution gene AND the caramelising gene it will be a pink-brown..
Many early caramels were probably registered as fawns or lilacs, probably as poor quality
individuals. The colour differences are subtle enough that it may be necessary to check what
is in a cat's pedigree to work out the exact colour. To the rest of us, such cats are simply
"biscuit colour" and are no less attractive for it!
Red is a different gene to black, chocolate and cinnamon. It is a sex-linked gene which means
a female must inherit 2 copies of the red gene in order to show up as a red cat. A male only
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