Color Descriptions
from the Lionhead Working Standard
It is important when judging color on the Lionhead to remember that the wool of the mane may soften or diffuse color in the mane area of the coat.
Black:
The surface color is to be rich, jet black over the entire
animal and extending well down the hair shaft. The undercolor is
tobe a dark slate-blue.
Eyes-- Brown.
Faults: Fault animal for having faded color, scattered white hairs, or a light undercolor.
Chestnut Agouti:
The surface color on the top sides of the body is to be a light
brown, ticked with black. The intermediate band is
to be a well-defined orange over a dark slate-blue undercolor.
The chest is to be a light brown over a dark slate-blue
undercolor. The undercolor of the belly is to be slate blue. The
belly surface color is white. The top of the tail is to be
black, sparsely ticked with light brown, over a dark slate-blue
undercolor. The nape of the neck is to be orange, with ears
laced in black.
Eyes- brown.
Faults: Animals that are too light in the color of the intermediary band or undercolor or are to light or dark in surface color.
Fawn:
(Included on the THIRD CERTIFICATE (Bob Whitman) in place of
Siamese Sable)
The surface color is to be a rich, golden straw colored saddle,
shading lighter down the flanks. Color is to run well down the
hair shaft
to an off -white under color. Eye circles, nostrils, belly,
inside of ears, underside of jowls and bottom of tail are to be
white.
Eyes - Brown
Faults: Fault animals that have blotches, streaks or smut on the body, head ears or feet. Scattered white hairs
REW:
Color is to be a pure white and uniform throughout.
Eyes-- Pink.
Sable Point:
(Included on the SECOND CERTIFICATE (Gail Gibbons) in place of
Black)
Color on the nose, ears, feet legs and tail is to be a rich
sepia brown color. The marking color is to shade rapidly to a
brown body
color. The entire upper body is to be creamy brown color, with a
lighter almost white undercolor. A slightly deeper body color
may occur along the saddle but is not desirable. The ideal is an
animal whose surface color is light enough to give good contrast
with
the point color.
Eyes - Brown
Faults: Blotchy surface color on body: markings too light to
provide good contrast with the body.
Siamese Sable:
The surface color is to be a rich sepia brown on the head, ears,
back, outside of legs, and top of the tail. The
surface color will fade to a lighter sepia on the sides, chest,
belly, inside of legs, and underside of the tail. Dark face
color is to fade from the eyes to the jaws and all blending of
color is to be gradual and free from blotched or streaks. The
undercolor will be slightly lighter than the surface color.
Eyes-- brown.
Faults:. Fault animals that have streaks, blotched, or poor
color blending. Scattered white hairs, or lack of darker color
in the loin
area is a fault.
Tortoise:
The surface of the body is to be a rusty orange color on the
loin, blending with a gray-black on the sides, rump, belly,
head, feet and tail. The color is to extend well down the hair
shaft to an off-white undercolor.
Eyes-- Brown.
Faults: Stray white hairs; underside of tail light in color.
Blue:
(Included on the FOURTH CERTIFICATE (Theresa Mueller) in place
of REW):
The surface color is to be dark blue
over the entire animal, extending well down the hair shaft with a
lighter blue undercolor.
Eyes Blue-Gray
Faults: Fault animals for having faded color, scattered white
hairs or light under color
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Black/DJ's Bailey Bear/owned by Diane R.
Tortoise/Sousa's Cassanova Bear/owned by Jordann B.
Sable Point/Cimmaron Winter Mist/owned by Suzan R.
Chestnut/Bastet's Moka/owned by Dawn G.
Fawn/Nala/owned by Kim C.
REW/Prideland's Kilmajao/owned by Gail G.
Siamese Sable/Bastet's Starbuck/owned by Dawn G.
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