Cats
is silver, giving a sparkling appearance. Shaded is the next degree - the colour extends further
along the hair shaft, darkest on the back (where fur is longer) to create a mantle of shading.
Smoke is the heaviest tipping - the undercoat colour is reduced to a small band near the hair
root so that the cat appears to be solid colour with a pale ruff until the coat is parted and you
can see the silver roots. In goldens, the effect is similar except that the hair shaft is gold rather
than white. These cats are still self colours, but the colour distribution has been modified!
There is another effect known as silver-tipping; this is the sparkling silver tips to the
otherwise black fur of Chausies. It is an effect inherited from Jungle Cats (F chaus) and is
seen in purebred melanistic Jungle Cats. Affected cats are self coloured, but with a modifier
which is new to domestic cat genetics.
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