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SILVER SHADED Maine Coon

black silver shaded
Since I personally like these colors very much, here is a page for shaded variations. Shaded is possible for all silver tabby or silver torbie (tortie tabby) colors, the term tabby is then replaced by shaded, so for example black silver tabby becomes black silver shaded or black silver torbie becomes black silver tortie shaded. Shaded/chinchilla therefore essentially means "tabby with a lot of silver."

red smoke white
Although nonagouti (smoke) also has a lighter silver color, it doesn't have a specific name for it. Nonagoutis with silver are always called smoke, regardless of how pale or dark the silver content is.

blue silver chinchilla white
Shaded (and chinchilla) refers to a silver content so high that the cat visually appears more white (silver). Shaded means approximately 1/3 of the hair tips are colored, while the bottom 2/3 of the hair is silver. When only about 1/8 of the hair tips are colored, it is referred to as chinchilla or shell.

black silver tortie chinchilla
Shaded cats should no longer have any recognizable markings. As kittens, the body may still show color and markings, but the face, or preferably the entire head, should be "white" (silver) without any markings. Chinchillas are alrealdy largely "white" (silver) on the body at birth.

dark black silver tabby / pale black silver tabby
Pale silver tabby cats often go through a phase in their youth where they look almost shaded. However, cats in this "chlorix phase" should not be confused with shaded cats. True shaded cats have a significantly lighter face than silver tabbies at birth.

dark black silver shaded / pale black silver shaded
Because shaded isn't caused by a single gene, the transitions between the colors are fluid. Even within a color designation, there are differences, from dark to pale shaded, dark to pale silver tabby. This sometimes makes it difficult to draw the line between pale silver tabby and dark shaded, or pale shaded and chinchilla.
red silver shaded

Silver cats don't always look the same, but can vary in color depending on age or season. Therefore, a cat may be slightly lighter or darker in adulthood than it was when color-coded as a kitten.

Initially, shaded cats were very rare, but now they are more common, even though most shaded cats come from the same lines, where extensive health care is rarely provided.