Cats
"washes out" the original colour to something paler. This is also called maltesing since the it
was first identified in black cats and blue cats - Maltese is term for blue-grey and some of the
eary blue cats imported into Britain were known as Maltese cats.
A secondary type of dilution is called the dilute modifier. It only affects already diluted
colours. Since it gave rise to the colour "caramel". I have referred to it here as "caramelising"
purely to avoid confusing the layperson. Textbooks always refer to it as the dilute modifier.
ORIGINAL COLOUR DILUTE VERSION CARAMELISED VERSION OF
THE DILUTE VERSION (DILUTE
MODIFIER, DOUBLE DILUTION)
White N/A N/A
Black Blue Caramel (UK: Blue-based caramel)
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