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Usual Somali
Photo: Alan Robinson
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| USUAL - a rich golden brown ticked with black. This colour gives a Somali a
slightly "wild" or "natural" look and is a great favourite. |
FAWN - a warm, powdery fawn, like vintage champagne. |
| SORREL - a rich apricot colour. A Sorrel Somali always looks bright and
cheerful and is a real tonic on a dull day! |
USUAL SILVER - silvery-white with black ticking. Very striking with the look of
an Arctic fox. |
| BLUE - a soft blue colour with a warm oatmeal underneath. A dignified, elegant
cat. |
SORREL SILVER - silvery-white with cinammon ticking. Peaches and cream. |
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| There are also Chocolates, Lilacs, Reds, Creams and more Silver
colours, as well as many Tortie and Tortie Silver colours - 28 Somali colours in all! |
| Some of the above colours are still rare and you
may have to be prepared to wait to find one. |
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Ticking is the essence of the Somali ........ What is
"ticking"?
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Look at a hair from a Somali coat and you will find that
it has bands of colour all along its length - at least 6 and possibly as many as 14.
These bands are made up of alternate lines of base coat (e.g. apricot in the Sorrel Somali)
and ticking colour (e.g. cinnamon in the Sorrel). Ticking is one of the things that helps to
give the Somali its unique look. |
Ear tips and tufts, eyeliner, top and tip of the tail,
toe tufts and heels are all the same colour as the ticking.
Ticking in a Somali is slow to develop. On a 12 week old kitten you may only be able to
see a tiny bit on the back of the neck and in some colours it is more difficult to see. |
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| Contact your Local Information Officer
(see the bottom of the Kittens for sale
page for details). They will be able to advise you of breeders you
could visit (always make an appointment first), and see
Somalis and their beautiful colours for yourself ! |
  
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