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Mink

General

Mink is a pattern related to colourpoint and burmese. It is the middle ground between the two: minks have less contrast than a colourpoint, and more contrast than a Burmese; and they have teal or aqua eyes rather than clear blue like colourpoints. Mink was originally accepted in the Tonkinese, and is now accepted in many other breeds.

The Point Pattern

All minks follow the same pattern, which is as follows:

  • Tail: Point coloured. The ball closest to the body may be the colour of the body
  • Muzzle/mask:
    • Minimum point colour: Jowls, snout. White spotting may cover and hide parts or all of the mask
    • Maximum point colour: Chin, jowls, snout, cheeks, with blaze or patch between the eyes to complete the mask. White spotting may cover and hide parts or all of the mask
  • Ears: Always point coloured
  • Feet:
    • Minimum point colour: Forelegs up to but not including the wrist, hind legs up to but not including the hock. White spotting may cover and hide parts of the point pattern on the legs
    • Maximum point colour: Forelegs up to and including the elbow, hind legs up to but not including the full knee. Paintballz may be placed on the knees to get a gradual effect. The exception is if the knee is placed very high on the file - the point colour should not appear to continue from the legs up on the main body. White spotting may cover and hide parts of the point pattern on the legs

Eye colour - Allowed eyecolours for all minks are

Nose colour - Matches surrounding colour

Mink Colours

In all cases, the first colour is the base colour and the second colour is the point colour.

Black (natural/seal) mink
with points
with points

Chocolate (champagne) mink
with points

Cinnamon mink
with points

Blue mink
with points
with points

Lilac (platinum) mink
with points
with points

Fawn mink
with points

Red mink
with points

Cream mink
with points
with points

Tortie Mink

Tortie mink is accepted in breeds that come in both mink and tortoiseshell. No visible point pattern is required, however it is preferred and more realistic that the point pattern is visible; in particular, the black-based point colour is often obviously lighter on the body in real-life minks. Refer to the tortie doc for information on the tortie pattern and its rules

When a point pattern is present, either both red-based and black-based areas can use a permitted body colour for their colour of mink, or only the black-based areas can, with the red-based area the same colour on the points and the body. The red-based area on the body can also be bleached to .
For instance, a black (natural/seal) tortie mink cat with a and tortie pattern on the points can use:

  • and in a tortie pattern on the body
  • or or and in a tortie pattern on the body
  • or or and in a tortie pattern on the body

Whatever combinations used, the black-based colour on the body must not be darker than the black-based colour on the points, and the red-based colour on the body must not be darker than the red based colour on the points

The colours below illustrate the colours allowed on the tortie pattern on the points - the tortie pattern on the body follows the rules detailed above, depending on the colour of the cat

Black (natural/seal) tortie mink
with

Chocolate (champagne) tortie mink
with

Cinnamon tortie mink
with

Blue tortie mink
with

Lilac (platinum) tortie mink
with

Fawn tortie mink
with

Tabby Mink

Tabby mink is accepted in breeds that come in both mink and tabby. A mink tabby has tabby points and tabby on the body, but body is paler. The tabby pattern, on both the points and the body, follows the pattern outlined in the tabby doc.

Regular (non-inhibited) tabbies

Each tabby colour below is split into allowed base/striping combinations on the points, and then the allowed combinations on the body depending on the base colour of the tabby on the points

Black (natural/seal) tabby mink

Points
with striping

Body
If 100 swatch base used for tabby on the points If 120 swatch base used for tabby on the points If brown swatch base used for tabby on the points
Transparent striped 100 swatch
100 swatch with 90 swatch brown swatch striping
40 swatch with 100 swatch striping 		Transparent striped 120 swatch
120 swatch with 90 swatch brown swatch striping
40 swatch with 120 swatch striping 		Transparent striped 40 swatch 100 swatch 120 swatch brown swatch
120 swatch 100 swatch with brown swatch striping
40 swatch with 120 swatch 100 swatch brown swatch striping

Chocolate (champagne) tabby mink

Points
with striping

Body
If 100 swatch base used for tabby on the points If 120 swatch base used for tabby on the points
Transparent striped 100 swatch 40 swatch
40 swatch with 100 swatch striping 		Transparent striped 120 swatch 40 swatch
40 swatch with 120 swatch striping

Cinnamon tabby mink

Points
with striping
with striping

Body
If 40 swatch base used for tabby on the points If 100 swatch base used for tabby on the points
Transparent striped 40 swatch
40 swatch with 100 swatch striping
(only if striping on points is not 100 swatch) 		Transparent striped 100 swatch 40 swatch
40 swatch with 100 swatch striping

Red tabby mink

Points
with striping
with striping
Light with dark striping

Body
If 40 swatch base used for tabby on the points If 60 swatch base used for tabby on the points
Transparent striped 40 swatch
40 swatch with 100 swatch striping 		Transparent striped 40 swatch 60 swatch

Blue tabby mink

Points
with striping
with striping
Light with dark striping
Light with dark striping

Body
If 120 swatch base used for tabby on the points If 20 swatch base used for tabby on the points If 110 swatch base used for tabby on the points
Transparent striped 120 swatch 40 swatch silver swatch
40 swatch with 120 swatch striping 		Transparent striped 20 swatch 120 swatch 40 swatch silver swatch
40 swatch with 120 swatch 20 swatch striping
silver swatch with 20 swatch striping 		Transparent striped 110 swatch 20 swatch 120 swatch 40 swatch silver swatch
40 swatch with 120 swatch 20 swatch 110 swatch striping
silver swatch with 20 swatch 110 swatch striping

Lilac (platinum) tabby mink

Points
with striping
with striping
Light with dark striping
Light with dark striping

Body
If 120 swatch base used for tabby on the points If 20 swatch base used for tabby on the points If lilac swatch base used for tabby on the points
Transparent striped 120 40 lilac ivory
40 with 120 lilac striping
ivory with 40 120 lilac striping 		Transparent striped 20 120 40 lilac ivory
40 with 120 20 lilac striping
lilac with 20 striping
ivory with 20 40 120 lilac striping 		Transparent striped 40 lilac ivory
40 with lilac striping
ivory with lilac 40 striping

Fawn tabby mink

Points
with striping
with striping
Light with dark striping

Body
If 120 swatch base used for tabby on the points If lilac swatch base used for tabby on the points If 40 swatch base used for tabby on the points
Transparent striped 120 40 lilac ivory
40 with 120 lilac striping
ivory with 40 120 lilac striping 		Transparent striped 40 lilac ivory
40 with lilac striping
ivory with 40 lilac striping 		Transparent striped 40 ivory
ivory with 40 striping

Cream tabby mink

Points
with striping
with striping
Light with dark striping
Light with dark striping

Body
If 40 swatch base used for tabby on the points If ivory swatch base used for tabby on the points
Transparent striped 40 ivory
ivory with 40 striping 		Transparent striped ivory

Silver Tabby Mink

Follows the combinations outlayed in the tabby doc on the points. The following colours/combinations are allowed on the body:

Black/Chocolate/Blue/Lilac silver tabby mink
Transparent striped
with striping

Cinnamon/Red/Fawn/Cream silver tabby mink
Transparent striped
with striping

Golden Tabby Mink

Follows the combinations outlayed in the tabby doc on the points. The following colours/combinations are allowed on the body:

Black/Chocolate/Cinnamon/Blue/Lilac/Fawn golden tabby mink
Transparent striped
with striping

Red/Cream golden tabby mink
If tabby base on points is :

  • Transparent striped
  • with striping
If tabby base on points is :
  • Transparent striped

Torbie Mink

Torbie mink is accepted where standards accept mink, tabby and tortoiseshell. Refer to the torbie doc for information on the torbie pattern.

Torbie minks combine black-based tabby mink patterns with red-based tabby mink patterns. Follow the list below when combining the tabby patterns above for both the point and body colours. For example, a black (seal/natural) torbie mink that combines with striping and with on the points may combine either transparent striped , with striping or with striping, with transparent striped or with striping on the body.

Regular Torbie Mink

  • Black Torbie Mink - Brown Tabby Mink & Red Tabby Mink
  • Chocolate Torbie Mink - Chocolate Tabby Mink & Red Tabby Mink
  • Cinnamon Torbie Mink - Cinnamon Tabby Mink & Red Tabby Mink
  • Blue Torbie Mink - Blue Tabby Mink & Cream Tabby Mink
  • Lilac Torbie Mink - Lilac Tabby Mink & Cream Tabby Mink
  • Fawn Torbie Mink - Fawn Tabby Mink & Cream Tabby Mink

Silver Torbie Mink

  • Black Silver Torbie Mink - Black Silver Tabby Mink & Red Silver Tabby Mink
  • Chocolate Silver Torbie Mink - Chocolate Silver Tabby Mink & Red Silver Tabby Mink
  • Cinnamon Silver Torbie Mink - Cinnamon Silver Tabby Mink & Red Silver Tabby Mink
  • Blue Silver Torbie Mink - Blue Silver Tabby Mink & Cream Silver Tabby Mink
  • Lilac Silver Torbie Mink - Lilac Silver Tabby Mink & Cream Silver Tabby Mink
  • Fawn Silver Torbie Mink - Fawn Silver Tabby Mink & Cream Silver Tabby Mink

Golden Torbie Mink

  • Black Golden Torbie Mink - Black Golden Tabby Mink & Red Golden Tabby Mink
  • Chocolate Golden Torbie Mink - Chocolate Golden Tabby Mink & Red Golden Tabby Mink
  • Cinnamon Golden Torbie Mink - Cinnamon Golden Tabby Mink & Red Golden Tabby Mink
  • Blue Golden Torbie Mink - Blue Golden Tabby Mink & Cream Golden Tabby Mink
  • Lilac Golden Torbie Mink - Lilac Golden Tabby Mink & Cream Golden Tabby Mink
  • Fawn Golden Torbie Mink - Fawn Golden Tabby Mink & Cream Golden Tabby Mink

Smoke Mink

As for above combinations, but using smoke furfiles. A darker furfile is used on the points, and a lighter on the body.

Examples

Below is a gallery of mink catz in combination with various patterns. Many more combinations than these are acceptable, this is just to provide some visual guidance to the text above.

A black (natural/seal) mink with white in the bicolour pattern A black (natural/seal) tortie mink with white in the tuxedo pattern A black (natural/seal) torbie mink with white in the tuxedo pattern
A blue torbie mink with white in the bicolour pattern A platinum (lilac) tortie mink with white in the bicolour pattern A platinum (lilac) tortie mink with white in the mitted pattern