SEAL RAGDOLLS
Genotype: BB, Bb, or Bb’
Seal - one parent passes the B gene to their kitten.
The Seal B gene is the dominant color. That means if your kitten has a B gene from one or both parents, they will have the appearance of Seal or a dark brown.
Genotypes: BB (Seal carrying Seal), Bb (Seal carrying Chocolate, Bb’ (Seal carrying Cinnamon).
Phenotype: Seal
CHOCOLATE RAGDOLLS
Genotype: bb OR bb’
Both parents pass the b gene or they pass a b and a b’ gene to their kitten
The Chocolate gene is the dominant color to cinnamon. That means if your kitten has a b gene from one or both parents and they have a b’ gene they will have the appearance of Chocolate or a lighter than seal brown color.
Genotypes: bb (Chocolate carrying chocolate), bb’(Chocolate carrying cinnamon)
Phenotype: Chocolate
CINNAMON RAGDOLLS
Genotype: b’b’
Both parents must pass the b’ gene to their kitten
The Cinnamon gene is the least dominant color. It is similar to being a “redhead”. That means if your kitten must have both Cinnamon genes passed from each parent to have the appearance of Cinnamon or the lightest brown color of Ragdoll.
Genotype: b’b’ (Homogenous most recessive color gene)
Phenotype: Cinnamon
DILUTE COLOR OF SEAL RAGDOLLS
Genotype: BB/dd OR Bb/dd OR Bb’/dad
Blue - Both parents pass the B gene AND they pass a b or a b’ gene PLUS BOTH parents pass along the dd (homogeneous recessive dilute gene) to their kitten
The Seal gene is the dominant color to Chocolate and Cinnamon. That means if your kitten has a B gene from one or both parents and they have a b and/or a b’ gene they will have the appearance of Seal. In order to be Blue, both parents need to pass along the dilute (d) gene necessary to become blue. The dilute gene from both parents soften the Seal color to a Blue.
Genotypes: BB/dd (homogeneous Seal gene & homogeneous recessive dilute gene), Bb//dd (Heterogeneous Seal carrying chocolate & homogeneous recessive dilute gene), Bb’(Heterogeneous Seal carrying cinnamon & homogeneous recessive dilute gene)
Phenotype: Blue
DILUTE COLOR OF CHOCOLATE RAGDOLLS
Genotype: bb/dd OR bb’/dd
Lilac - Both parents pass the b gene or they pass a b and a b’ gene PLUS BOTH parents pass along the dd (homogeneous recessive dilute gene) to their kitten
The Chocolate gene is the dominant color to cinnamon. That means if your kitten has a b gene from one or both parents and they have a b’ gene they will have the appearance of Chocolate or a lighter than seal brown color. The other gene necessary to become lilac is the for both parent to pass along the dilute gene to soften the chocolate color to a lilac.
Genotypes: bb/dd(Chocolate carrying chocolate & homogeneous recessive dilute gene), bb’/dd(Chocolate carrying cinnamon & homogeneous recessive dilute gene)
Phenotype: Lilac
DILUTE COLOR OF CINNAMON RAGDOLLS
Genotype: B’B’/dd
Fawn - BOTH parents pass the b’ gene & the d gene making this kitten one of the rarest colors because they are double homogeneous recessive (homogeneous recessive cinnamon & dilute gene).
The Cinnamon gene is the least dominant color. It is similar to being a “redhead”. That means if your kitten must have both Cinnamon genes passed from each parent to have the appearance of Cinnamon or the lightest brown color of Ragdoll. The other gene necessary to become Fawn is the for both parents to pass along the dilute gene to soften the Cinnamon color to a Fawn. Since you need 2 pairs of double recessive genes, that makes this color on of the rarest or more difficult to find, genetically.
Genotypes: b’b’/dd(homogeneous recessive for BOTH Cinnamon AND dilute gene)
Phenotype: Fawn