Unless we put the Persian cats into particular category it will be impossible to recognize them as in recent times they are coming with a blend of different color coats.
The Persian cat families have been further separated into groups according to the color of their coats to make it easy for people to distinguish them. For example you will find Silver Shadowed, Golden Shadowed, Cameo Shaded and also Red Persian cats.
Originally the Persian cats had white colored under coat with layers of various color tips on the coat hair which is called ticking. But now you can see completely new colors like blue cream due to cross breeding of these cats.
Similarly another color that has evolved for the Persian cat is red which now recognized is to be the color that occurs in ordinary cats unlike albino whites which are considered very rare. It is not a vivid screaming red, rather an almost orange or rather ginger color, which can vary. This means that the cat could either be all red or could have traces and hints of either white or brown ticking. Mostly however, red Persian cats tend to be completely red.
The lips and chin of the cat are the same color as that of the hair. Its paw pads and nose leather is a brick red color and unlike Silver Shaded and Chinchilla Persian cats whose eye color is either green or blue-green, the Red Persians eye color is of a bright copper color. But it does, like the other Persian cats, have the blackened rimmed eyes that give off an impression as though the cat is wearing eye makeup.
Most of the times the red color does not happen in isolation and is accompanied by patches of cream, white and cameo. The diversity of colors that occur on a Persian cat could be understood when you see a Smoked Tortoiseshell Persian which has a white under coat with prominent black tip intermingled with red and cream ticking too which gives an impression of a tortoiseshell.
It is absolutely enthralling to see this breed of Persian cat with various color patterns out of which some have cream ticking on the face or have a pure red face which is very popular.
The Tortoiseshell Persian cat is the only one along with the Red Persian cat category who are pedigree with copper colored eyes. Whereas the other families of the Persian breed, like for instance the Silver Shaded, Golden Shaded or Chinchilla have originally green or blue-green eye color.
The Red Persian cat tends to be fluffier as well, and has a large mane, but the same stubby legs and stocky physic along with the punched face and darkened rimmed eyes. Its chin and lips tend to be of the same color as its coat.
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