BREEDING THE COLORS: (Recreated from Van Cat Chat #10)

Below are all possible colors obtained from mating the different Turkish Van colors together (note: these are the colors in the van pattern, always on a white body). There are several caveats to remember in breeding Turkish Vans:

• When breeding dense colors together (i.e. red, black) you will not get a dilute (cream, blue) unless both parents carry the dilute gene.
• There cannot be a black/blue offspring unless one of the parents has black/blue in the pattern.
• To have a tabbied offspring, only one parent needs to be tabbied.
• A Solid to solid breeding will only produce solid offspring.
• A majority of red and cream cats are tabbied.

 Abbreviations: Bl = black, Br= brown; TICA color definition are used. In CFA definition a torbie is called a patched tabby.

Sire Color Þ Color          Kitten Sex Dam Color ß	Black/Brown Tabby	Blue/Blue tabby	Red/Red Tabby	Cream/Cream Tabby
Male Black/Brown Tabby Female	Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby   Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby	Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby   Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby	Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby   Tortie/Torbie Bluecream/ Blue torbie	Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby   Tortie/Torbie Bluecream/ Blue torbie
Male   Blue/Bl Tabby female	Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby   Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby	Blue/Bl Tabby     Blue/Bl Tabby	Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby   Tortie/Torbie Bluecream/ Blue torbie	Blue/Bl Tabby     Bluecream/ Blue torbie
male   Red/Red Tabby female	Red/Red Tabby Cream/Cream Tabby   Tortie/Torbie Blue Cream/ Blue Torbie	Red/Red Tabby Cream/Cream Tabby   Tortie/Torbie Bluecream/ Blue torbie	Red/Red Tabby Cream/Cream Tabby   Red/Red Tabby Cream/Cream Tabby	Red/Red Tabby Cream/Cream Tabby   Red/Red Tabby Cream/Cream Tabby
male   Cream/Cream Tabby female	Red/Red Tabby Cream/Cream Tabby   Tortie/Torbie Bluecream/ Blue torbie	Cream/Cream Tabby     Bluecream/ Blue torbie	Red/Red Tabby Cream/Cream Tabby   Red/Red Tabby Cream/Cream Tabby	Cream/Cream Tabby     Cream/Cream Tabby
male Tortie/Torbie       female	Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby Red/Red Tabby Cream/Cream Tabby   Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby Tortie/Torbie Bluecream/ Blue torbie	Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby Red/Red Tabby Cream/Cream Tabby   Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby Tortie/Torbie Bluecream/ Blue torbie	Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby Red/Red Tabby Cream/Cream Tabby   Red/Red Tabby Cream/Cream Tabby Tortie/Torbie Bluecream/ Blue torbie	Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby Red/Red Tabby Cream/Cream Tabby   Red/Red Tabby Cream/Cream Tabby Tortie/Torbie Bluecream/ Blue torbie
male Blue cream/Blue Torbie   female	Red/Red Tabby Cream/Cream Tabby Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby   Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby Tortie/Torbie Bluecream/ Blue torbie	Cream/Cream Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby       Blue/Bl Tabby Bluecream/ Blue torbie	Red/Red Tabby Cream/Cream Tabby Black/Br Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby   Blue/Bl Tabby Tortie/Torbie Bluecream/ Blue torbie	Cream/Cream Tabby Blue/Bl Tabby       Cream/Cream Tabby Bluecream/ Blue torbie

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