Non-Ticked Standards

At this time, the following shall be standardized for show:

American Blue
A deep, slate blue with a pale undercoat. A darker shade is preferred over lighter blues such as "sky" and "powder". Faults: Light in color, rusting or dullness.
Eye Color: Preferably black, though light coloration due to dilutions in the genes may provide dark ruby eye color.

Beige
A warm, medium tan, not too dark. Eyes dark ruby.
Fault- Color too light or too dark, uneven color.

Black
A deep, lustrous black down to the skin.
Eye Color: Black
Faults: Silvering (white hairs), rusting, dullness.

Black-Eyed White (BEW)
To be a clean snow-white rat.
Eye color: Black
Faults: any color on the body, yellow cast, odd-eyes.

Champagne
To be a very light, evenly-warm sand. Belly color to match top. Eyes pink.
Faults: Dark, dull, or grayish color

Dove
Color is to be a warm-toned dusty gray, with a subtle ticking or heathering effect on each hair and slightly darker guard hairs. Color should be even throughout, and consistent down to the skin. Belly color to match top color, feet to be light. Eyes to be dark Ruby to Black.

Havana
color is a rich, warm, light brown, near the color of milk chocolate. Eye color is mid ruby. Belly and foot color to match top.
Fault: Color too dark, or uneven color.

Mink
To be an even mid gray-brown, devoid of silvering, rusting or patches, and having a distinct blue sheen. Foot color to match top.Eyes black.

Pearl
To be the palest silver cream with each hair tipped with gray evenly over the whole animal. Belly fur to be a pale silver gray and foot color to match top. Eyes black.

Pink-Eyed White (PEW)
Pure snow white, clean with bright red eyes.
Faults: yellowing, staining, hint of color

Platinum
To be an even shade of pale blue gray. Foot color to match top. Eyes ruby.

Russian Blue
A dark gray-blue color commonly seen in Russian Blue cats. This color has a subtle ticked effect, also referred to as heathering. Color to be even throughout and dark down to the skin. Eye color: Black
Faults: Large amounts of white hairs (silvering), rusting.

Russian Silver
To be a pale, ice-like blue-gray with very apparent faint speckling or heathering. Eye Color: Black
Faults: Dullness, Ruby eyes, Yellow cast.

Silver
To be a very pale blue, with a cool and sparkling appearance, distinct from white upon close examination. Feet and ears to be very light, eyes pink.

**Merle
Merle rats may be shown in any recognized mink-based color. The unique feature is a pattern of dark spots distributed evenly over the entire lighter background color. The spots should be numerous and distinct and will be less prominent on a non-silvered background.

**Silvered
Any recognized color may be silvered, with the coat containing an equal number of silvered and non-silvered hairs, where as much length possible on each silvered hair should be white, giving the coat a characteristic sparkling appearance. Colored tips to be allowed. Foot color to match top. On agouti or cinnamon rats, belly color to be coordinated per those standards. For all other silvered rats, belly color to match top. Not to be confused with pearl or self rats.
Fault--Not enough silvering.

At this time, the following shall be provisional for show, and standardized when 10 have been shown in any sanctioned show:

Platinum Pearl
To be an even blue cream undercoat with each hair tipped with blue gray evenly over the whole animal. Belly fur to be a pale blue cream and foot color to match top. Eye color ruby.
Shown: 0/10

Russian Beige
Color to be an even, pale wheat, with subtle heathering of grey-blue, which lends the coat a shimmering cast throughout. Eyes: dark ruby.
Fault: White hair
Shown: 5/10