GENETICS OF COAT COLOUR INHERITANCE
BASIC SOLIDS
| Black Black ~ dilute Black ~ Chocolate Black ~ dilute & Choc Blue Blue ~ Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate ~ dilute Lilac |  Choose Colour of Sire | Black Black ~ dilute Black ~ Chocolate Black ~ dilute & Choc Blue Blue ~ Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate ~ dilute Lilac | Choose Colour of Dam |
Males and Females Symbol ~ denotes “carrying”
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CINNAMON & FAWN
Cinnamon is the light phase of Chocolate (recessive) and inherited in the same manner. See examples below.
 BblDD Black~Cinnamon | X |  bblDD Chocolate~Cinnamon | = | BbDD Black~Chocolate BblDD Black~Cinnamon bblDD Chocolate~Cinnamon AND... |  blblDD Cinnamon |
 Bbldd Blue~Cinnamon | X |  bbldd Lilac~Cinnamon | = | Bbdd Blue~Chocolate Bbldd Blue~Cinnamon bbldd Lilac~Cinnamon AND... |  blbldd Fawn |
DOMINANT WHITE
Solid White is dominant and masks true colour. Genotype of White cat may be deduced from parentage or proved by test mating.
bbDDww Chocolate | X |  Homozygous White BBddWW (Blue) | = |  Heterozygous White BbDdWw (Black~dilute&Choc) | |
Heterozygous White bbDDWw (Chocolate) | X | Heterozygous White BBddWw (Blue) | = |  BbDdww Black | Homozygous White BbDdWW (Black~dilute&Choc) Heterozygous White BbDdWw (Black~dilute&Choc) |
