Rat Colourings & Markings
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Rat Colours
Agouti – range of browns and reds mixed into the fur.
Albino – all white, pink-eyed.
Amber – anywhere between pale brown to cream.
Beige – deeper brown than amber.
Black – very deep black with no sign of other colours.
Blue – pale silvery sheen.
Blue agouti- silvery blue with other colours mixed into the fur.
Burmese – rich, soft brown with no other colour traces.
Burmese Agouti – light brown to sandy colour
Champagne – very light cream
Chinchilla – deep grey with paler nose
Chocolate – sleek, rich brown
Chocolate Agouti – chestnut brown
Cinnamon – anywhere between soft cream to reddish cream.
Cinnamon Pearl – soft cream with white base fur
Dark blue – very deep, greyish blue.
Dove – silver with flecks of white fur
Fawn – all over cream to reddish.
Lilac – white with brownish purple hood.
Lilac Agouti – predominantly brown, white nose.
Mink – mostly brown, very dark
Pearl – white/silvery coat with a variety of other colours.
Platinum – predominantly striking white.
Powder blue – lighter than standard blue
Russian blue – very deep grey
Russian silver – striking silver blue.
Russian topaz – cream/white fur with silver flecks.
Silver – white with silvery tint.
Standard blue – rich blue-grey.
Rat Markings
Banded husky – more of a stripe affect along spine compared with normal husky, usually symmetrical.
Bare-backed – white body, coloured head.
Berkshire –black body with white belly and white socks
Blaze – stripe of white from tip of the nose to forehead.
Cap Stripe – coloured face with matching stripe along the spine.
Capped – coloured face
Dalmatian - spotted
Double patched – colour spots above ears.
English Irish - white triangle on underside of neck.
Hooded – coloured head with stripe along the spine.
Husky – similar to Berkshire but one colour is less dominant.
Irish – smaller triangle on underside of the neck compared with English Irish.
Masked – coloured face, extends behind the ears.
Self – single, solid colour