Coat: Sunshine Silver

General

Sunshine silver, also known as bimetallic, is a relatively new colour currently only found in Siberians. Unlike typical silver cats, sunshine silver cats show a golden colour around the face, chest, and legs. This is possible because the golden colour is caused by CORIN, also known as sunshine, rather than the wide-band effects that create typical golden tabbies. Normal gold and silver cannot appear together because silver is created by the inhibitor gene suppressing the warm pigment that makes a wide-band cat look golden, but CORIN works differently. This allows silver and gold to appear together.

CORIN is also recognised in British Shorthairs, British Longhairs, and Kurilian Bobtails, but none of them recognise sunshine silver. A unique variant has also been found in Bengals, originating from Asian Leopard Cats.

Pattern

Sunshine silver follows the normal Tabby guidelines for the overall pattern, but with a section of silver tabby and a section of golden tabby. A cat may present with the maximum golden tabby, the minimum golden tabby, or anywhere in-between.

If light markings are present, they should use the golden tabby options.

Minimum:

The minimum golden tabby required includes: jowls, chin, snout, bottom of cheeks, throat, chest, underbelly.

Maximum:

The maximum golden tabby required includes: jowls, chin, snout, cheeks, around the eyes, throat, chest, underbelly, underside of tail, paws, front legs up to and including the shoulder, back legs up to but not including the knee

Tabby

Black:
Silver area: with stripes
Golden area: with stripes
The striping on the legs (excluding the paws) may be
The base colour may not be darker than the silver base colour.

Blue:
Silver area: with stripes
Golden area: with stripes
The striping on the legs (excluding the paws) may be (matching the silver area).
The base colour may not be darker than the silver base colour.

Torbie

Torbies use the above colours with the Torbie guidelines. Only the silver area changes, using a combination from the golden area to represent red.

The red base colour may not be lighter than the golden base colour.

Colourpoint

Colourpoints use an above combination with the Colourpoint guidelines.

The body colour is . It may be white or transparent striped.

Any combination with stripes may have stripes instead.

Nose

The nose is always