GENETICS OF COAT COLOUR INHERITANCE
RED SERIES
| Black Black carrying dilute Blue Red Red carrying dilute Cream |  Choose Colour of Sire | Black Black carrying dilute Blue Seal Tortie Seal Tortie carrying dilute Blue Tortie Red Red carrying dilute Cream | Choose Colour of Dam |
Males Symbol ~ denotes “carrying”
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Females
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Phaeomelanin (Red) masks eumelanin so that a Red cat carrying Chocolate (BbDDO) has same phenotype as a Red cat which is Chocolate (bbDDO). See examples below.
RED WITH CHOCOLATE (Example 1) BbO Red carrying Chocolate
 | Red Male BbDdO~dilute&Choc | X |  | Lilac Female bbddoo | = |
| Males | |||||
 BbDdo Black~dilute&Choc |  Bbddo Blue~Chocolate |  bbDdo Chocolate~dilute |  bbddo Lilac | ||
| Females | |||||
 BbDdOo SealTortie~dilute&Chocolate |  BbddOo BlueTortie~Chocolate |  bbDdOo ChocolateTortie~dilute |  bbddOo LilacTortie |
RED WITH CHOCOLATE (Example 2) bbO Red/Chocolate
| Red Male BbDdO~dilute&Choc | X | | Lilac Female bbddoo | = |
| Male bbDdo Chocolate~dilute | Male bbddo Lilac | Female bbDdOo ChocolateTortie~dilute | Female bbddOo Lilac Tortie |
