Vlop

Varieties

VELVETEEN LOP COLOR GUIDE

AGOUTI GROUP

A hair shaft that has three or more bands of color with a definite break between each color. Usually dark slate at the base, with two or more alternating light or dark bands of color, which is further interspersed with contrasting guard hairs. The head, feet, and ears usually have ticking. Eye circles, belly, under jaws, underside of tail, and triangle are much lighter (may be white in some cases) and do not carry ticking.

AMBER

Surface color of the body is to be an evenly distributed rich reddish chestnut brown that is lightly tipped with chocolate. The intermediate band color is to be golden orange clearly defined over a band of dove gray undercolor. Width of the intermediate band and the width of the undercolor band should be equal. Surface color of the belly is to be white to creamy tan, clearly defined over dove gray undercolor. The chest, head, outside of ears, and upper side of tail is to match the body surface color. Ears are to be laced in chocolate. Eye circles, nostrils, and jowls are to be white to creamy tan. Surface color on the underside of the tail is to match the surface color of the belly. Toenails are to be dark. Eyes – Brown Faults – Surface color that is too light, too dark, uneven, or gray in appearance; barred feet; indistinct ring color; cut severely for failure to show dove gray undercolor on the belly

CHINCHILLA

(Black, Blue, Chocolate, Lilac, Sable or Smoke Pearl basic colors.) Surface color of the body is to be an evenly distributed blend of the base color and pearl that is lightly tipped with the base color. The intermediate band color is to be pearl clearly defined over a band of undercolor matching the basic color. Width of the intermediate band and the width of the undercolor band should be equal. Surface color of the belly is to be pearl, clearly defined over undercolor matching the basic color. The chest, head, outside of ears, and upper side of tail are to match the body surface color. Ears are to be laced in the basic color. Eye circles, nostrils and jowls are to be pearl. Surface color on the underside of the tail is to match surface color of the belly. Toenails must show pigment and are to correspond to the basic color. Eyes – Blue=gray or brown. Faults. – Surface color that is too light, too dark, uneven, or brownish in appearance; indistinct ring color; cloudy or smoky ring color; surface color having a salt and pepper appearance; cut severely for failure to show undercolor on the belly. Disqualification from Competition: Absence of ring color on top or sides of the body.

CASTOR

Surface color of the body is to be an evenly distributed rich reddish chestnut brown that is lightly tipped with black. The intermediate band color is to be rich rufus red clearly defined over a band of slate=blue undercoor. Width of the intermediate band and the width of the undercolor band should be equal. Surface color of the belly is to be white to creamy tan, clearly defined over slate=blue undercolor. The chest, head, outside of ears, and upper side of tail is to match the body surface color. Ears are to be laced in black. Eye circles, nostrils, and jowls are to be white to creamy tan. Surface color on the underside of the tail is to match the surface color of the belly. Toenails are to be dark. Eyes – Brown Faults – Surface color that is too light, too dark, uneven, or gray in appearance; barred feet; indistinct ring color; cut severely for failure to show slate=blue undercolor on the belly.

LYNX

Surface color of the body is to be an evenly distributed bright fawn that is lightly tipped with lilac. The intermediate color is to be bright fawn clearly defined over a band of white undercolor. Widty of the intermediate band and the width of the undercolor band should be equal. Surface color of the belly is to be white to creamy tan, clearly defined over dove gray undercolor. The chest, head, outside of ears and upper side of tail is to match the body surface color. Ears are to be laced in lilac. Eye circles, nostrils, and jowls are to be white to creamy tan. Surface color on the underside of the tail is to match the surface color of the belly. Toenails to have pigmentation. Eyes – Blue=gray. Faults – Surface color that is too light, too dark, uneven, or blue in appearance; barred feet; indistinct ring color; cut severely for failure to show dove=gray undercolor on the belly. Disqualification from Competition: Blue undercolor

===OPAL=== The surface color of the top and sides of the body is to be a rich medium blue. The intermediate color is a golden fawn clearly defined over a slate=blue undercolor. The upper side of the tail is to be blue, sparsely ticked with fawn, over a slate blue undercolor. The eye circles, the jowls, the insides of the ears, and the underside of the tail are to be white to creamy tan colored. The surface color of the belly is to be white to creamy tan over a slate=blue undercolor.

SABLE

Color is to be a dark sepia brown on the head, ears, feet, le gs, back, and tail Color is to shade to a lighter brown color on the flanks, underside of the tail, and the belly. Dark face color is to shade off from the eyes to the jaws and blend with the chest and flanks. The darker color on the back is to extend from the head to the tail, with the chest color to match the flank surface color as closely as possible. All blending of color is to be gradual in both dark and paler colors. Eyes – Brown. Faults – Blotches, streaks, or clean breaks in color shadings; stray white hairs; lack of deeper color in the saddle.

SABLE POINT

Color is to be a rich sepia brown on the nose, ears, feet, legs, and tail. Marking color is to shade rapidly to a rich cream body color. The entire body is to be a creamy color, with white undercolor. Some slightly darker shading is permissible on the saddle, but highly undesirable. Body surface color is to be lighter than the point color to give the proper contrast. Eyes – Brown Faults – Blotchy color on the body; markings too light, so as to lose the marked contrast between the dark marking color and the rich creamy body color.

===SEAL=== Color is to be a rich dark sepia (almost black) saddle, shading to slightly paler flanks, chest, and belly. Color is to go well down the hair shaft, with undercolor to match shadings throughout. Saddle is to extend from the nape of the neck to the tail. Eyes – Brown Faults – Rusty tinge Disqualification from Competition – Too dark to show a contrasting of shadings.

SMOKE PEARL

Head, ears, tail, feet, legs, and saddle are to be smoke color, shading to a pearl gray on the chest, flanks and belly. Surface color is to carry well down the hair shaft. Upper side of the tail is to match saddle color. Underside of the tail is to match belly color. Eyes – Blue=gray Faults – Blotches or streaks, stray white hairs.

TORTOISE

– (Black, Blue, Chocolate or Lilac shading colors.)  Black and Chocolate color is to have a clean bright orange on the saddle.  Blue and Lilac color is to have fawn on the saddle, with all varieties blending into a shading of darker color over the lower rump and haunches.  The top color is to carry down and blend into a dark cream undercolor next to the skin.  Top of the tail is to match body color.  Underside of the tail is to match shadings as near as possible.  Shading on the head is darkest at the whisker bed, blending into a lighter shade along the jaw line, and darkening again at the ear base, blending up the ears to match body color.  Eyes – Black and Chocolate to be Brown.  Blue and Lilac to be Blue=gray.

Faults – Stray white hairs; smut or ticking in the orange; lack of bold shadings; underside of tail light in color. Disqualification from Competition – White belly or white tail.

TICKED GROUP

Ticked animals are to have guard hairs throughout the coat, either solid or tipped, with a color distinct from the undercolor or surface color. FROSTED PEARL – (Black, Blue, Chocolate or Lilac ticking color. Surface color is to be composed of ticked guard hairs over a pearl to white undercolor. The ticked hairs should be uniformly distributed over the entire animal with the exception of eye circles, underside of the tail, belly inside the legs and nape of the neck where white surface color is allowed. The ears may be frosted more heavily than the body. Juniors are permitted to have a lighter distribution of ticking as color develops with age. Eyes – Brown or Blue=gray. Faults – Uneven distribution of ticking.

SILVER/SILVER FOX

(Black, Blue, Brown or Fawn basic colors.) The basic surface color is to be evenly silvered over the entire body with white or white=tipped hairs. Silvering is to be distinct, sharp, bright, and evenly distributed throughout. Evenness of silvering is desired. Eyes – Black, Brown and Fawn to be Brown, Blue to be Blue=gray.

STEEL

(Gold or Silver Tipping)(Black, Blue, Chocolate, Lilac, Sable or Smoke Pearl basic color.) The entire body is to be of the basic color description, with color running as deep as possible. Coat is to be interspersed with a moderate amount of either gold or silver tipping, as is appropriate for the variety. The ticking is to form a uniform steel color over the entire body without intermediate gold or silver banding. Underside of the tail and belly are to match body color as closely as possible, but lighter color is permissible. Eyes – Black, Chocolate and Sable to be Brown. Blue, Lilac and Smoke Pearl to be Blue=gray. Faults – Stray white hairs; brassy, brownish or yellowish tint; body color too dark due to insufficient gold or silver tipping; solid color patches without ticking; white belly color; slight ring color on the lower part of the body.

WIDE BAND GROUP

Wide band animals show the same basic coloration over the body, head, ears, tail, and feet. They may show a lighter coloration on eye circles, inside of ears, underside of tail, jowls, and belly