Rat Colors & Genetic Codes

Rattie Rascals Rattery
Port Orchard, WA
Est. 1998
(360) 876-0236 day - (360) 874-9085 evening
Rattie@boardmanweb.com
Owned and operated by
LeAnn & Beth Boardman

Basic Solid Colors Basic Agouti Colors

Black	aa	Agouti	A/-
Beige, ruby eyes	aa rr	Fawn, ruby eyes	A/- rr
Champagne, pink eyes	aa pp	Amber, pink eyes	A/- pp
Chocolate	aa bb	Cinnamon, chocolate based	A/- bb
Mink	aa mm	Cinnamon	A/- mm
Russian Blue	aa dd	Russian Blue Agouti	A/- dd
Slate Blue	aa gg	Blue Agouti	A/- gg
Albino	aa cc	Albino	A/- cc

Complex Solid Colors Complex Agouti Colors

Coffee	aa bb mm	Coffee Agouti	A/- bb mm
Buff	aa bb rr	Topaz	A/- bb rr
Champagne, pale	aa bb pp	Silver Fawn	A/- bb pp
Lavender / Sky blue	aa bb gg	Light Blue Agouti / Opal	A/- bb gg
Lavender, darker than Dove	aa bb dd	Classic Lynx	A/- bb dd
Blue Beige	aa dd rr	Russian blue Fawn	A/- dd rr
Blue Champagne	aa dd pp	No common name	A/- dd pp
Russian Silver	aa dd gg	Russian Silver Agouti	A/- dd gg
Dove	aa dd mm	No common name	A/- dd mm
Platinum	aa gg rr	Platinum Agouti / Blue Fawn	A/- gg rr
Silver (pink eye blue)	aa gg pp	Silver Agouti	A/- gg pp
Platinum	aa gg mm	Platinum Agouti / Blue Cinnamon	A/- gg mm
Havana / Ruby Eye Mocha	aa mm Rr	Havana Agouti	A/- mm Rr
Pearl	aa mm Pepe	Cinnamon Pearl	A/- mm Pepe
Lethal Pearl	PePe

Shaded Patterns

These patterns show on either non-agouti or agouti. These are Solid color rats; no white markings should be present.

Siamese:

aa c(h)/c(h) & A/- c(h)/c(h) = seal point for color points add: gg= blue dd=Russian, etc

Himalayan:

aa c(h)/c & A/- c(h)/c

Pink Eyed Whites (PEW)

PEW’s are not albino, but rather a result of too many dilutions being mixed together causing the rat to be washed out of all color.

aa dd gg mm / A/- dd gg mm; a add gg mm rr and others.

Other Modifiers

Lilac = li, changes mink to lilac Silvering = si/si Smoke = sm/sm

American Husky = S/s, dominate white spotting, causes fading of ticked colors
American Lynx = A/- rr S/

Marking Genetics

Basic Code Explaination

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