MaineCoon have over 75 color and patterns according to CFA
The common color are:
Solid black, solid blue, solid red, solid cream
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We do have solid black cat breeding plan, it will be Naomi x Viktor
Because Naomi is black smoke, which is solid cat. And Viktor carries solid gene.
So their will be born black kittens
white color
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WHITE
Bred By: PATRICIA CLARY
Owned By: TERESA MCRAE
Actually white color is very interesting color for me, because the white color actually not exactly just a color, it is because of marker gene, which cover up underlying coloring.
At right now we don’t have white color MaineCoon breeding plan, but in 2024 which is next year, we will consider to import one white color MaineCoon
But we do have another choice, such us white-blue tabby, white-black silver tabby or bicolor black silver tabby.
Photo from: NAIOMaineCoonCattery past
Kittens
Black silver tabby, blue silver tabby, red silver tabby, cream silver tabby.
Photo from : NAIOMaineCoonCattery
Black Smoke , blue smoke, red smoke, high smoke
Photo from: NAIOMaineCoonCattery (black smoke)
photo from: YetiMaineCoonCattery (high smoke)
Smoke color MaineCoon are a solid cats, but because they carried the inhibitor gene so that it will suppresses the color in the hair shaft.
So it will be appear that the cats looks like black, because the tip of their hair are black, but have more lighter color near their bottom.
About high smoke color always been controversial, because usually wide-bond gene only effects on agouti gene, but in MaineCoon smoke color, it has wide-bond but doesn’t have agouti gene.
There is no association that can give a explain on this color
And how to divided high smoke color from shaded/ chinchilla?
Except from hair tip, we can see through their face and paws ring.
Because smoke is solid color, so there is no tabby rings on their paws or tail or body.
And usually high smoke will have some random dark pattern on their face.
We do have black smoke/high smoke color breeding plan, black smoke litter will from Naomi, and high smoke litter will see Rolex in the future.
Black silver shaded，black silver chinchilla, blue silver shaded, blue silver chinchilla, red shaded , red chinchilla
what is shaded is that:
Agouti gene (which is tabby cat) + inhibitor + wide bond.
Color code is : ns11
And we usually can see is 1/4 of hair length colored at tip
What is chinchilla(shell) is that:
Agouti gene( often ticked ) + inhibitor + wide bond( or super wide bond)
Color code is : ns12
We usually can see is 1/8 of hair length colored at tip
We will do shaded and chinchilla color MaineCoon breeding in Fall 2023, from Rolex
More detail breeding plan will be updated
Photo from: NAIOMaineCoonCattery Rolex (ns11)
Yeti MaineCoon Cattery Doice vita (ns12)
About MaineCoon’s pattern:
01 = Van
02 = Harlequin
03 = Bicolor
09 = Unspecified amount of white
11 = Shaded
12 = Shell
21 = Agouti (unspecified tabby pattern)
22 = blotched tabby (classic tabby)
23 = macharel tabby
24 = spotted tabby
25 = ticked tabby
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In the end
All the color and patterns are what makes MaineCoon is our loved MaineCoon
We will breed all the beautiful colors together to show the MaineCoon's beauty