Emmel Tonkinese

Colours and Coat Patterns

(Chocolate mink, Lilac solid and Seal colourpoint)

Tonkinese come in the four basic colours of Seal (Brown, Natural), Chocolate (Champagne), Blue and Lilac (Platinum). Because the first generation Tonkinese were a cross between the Siamese and the Burmese, when we mateMink to Mink we not only get the incomplete dominance of their coat genes to create the Mink pattern, but we can also get the Colourpoint (Siamese coat pattern) and the Solid (Burmese coate pattern).

The eye colour for each coat pattern is different as well. Colourpoints will have a blue eye colour, Minks will have the distinctive aqua-marine colour and Solids will have a yellowy-green colour

 

 Colourpoint

Mink

Solid
 Seal
   Dark brown points  Dark brown points  Dark brown points
   Light cream body, darkening with age. Coffee brown body colouring  Dark brown body colouring
   Blue eye colour  Aqua-marine eye colour  Yellow-green eye colour
       
 Blue
   Blue grey points  Blue grey points  Blue grey points
   Light cream body, darkening with age.  Light grey/blue body colouring  Dark grey/blue body colouring
   Blue eye colour  Aqua-marine eye colour  Yellow-green eye colour
       
 Chocolate
   Ruddy brown points  Ruddy brown points  Ruddy brown points
   Light cream body, darkening with age.  Light caramel body colouring  Darker caramel body colouring
   Blue eye colour  Aqua-marine eye colour  Yellow-green eye colour
       
 Lilac
   Mushroom-pink points  Mushroom-pink points  Mushroom-pink points
   Light cream body  Light cream body with a slight blue hue  Slightly darker blue/grey tone.
   Blue eye colour  Aqua-marine eye colour  Yellow-green eye colour

The kittens depicted were all bred here at Emmel Tonkinese, with the exception of the blue solid. We thank Starex Tonkinese for the use of this pic.

Below are pics of different colours with the 3 coat patterns. Important to note is that the colour darkens as the cat gets older, and can take 18 months - 2 years to develop fully.

 

Seal - Colourpoint, Solid and Mink

 

Lilac - Colourpoint, Solid and Mink

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