Ideally, the stripes will appear as broken spots. Penalize for broken mackerel or classic tabby pattern. Ground color is pale bluish ivory, markings are very deep blue affording good contrast. Warm overtones are desirable. Leather is blue or rose pink.
Leather is brick red.
Ground color is pale cream, markings are buff or cream intense enough to show good contrast, but within the dilute spectrum. Leather is dusty pink. Leather is black or brick red. In all colors green, gold, copper, blue or odd eyes are accepted. Bicolor and harlequin classes are divided to distinguish the amount of white carried by the individual cat.