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Agouti Colour Mutations | Self Colour Mutations | Colours Derived From Combining Mutations

By combining different colour mutations more colours can be created. These colours do not occur in the first generation mating but occur when the offspring are mated together.

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Agouti Colours

Beige The Beige has a dull ginger-beige hamster with red eyes, brown dorsal stripe and grey ears from the combination of Black Eyed Argente and Argente.

Blue Beige The Blue-Beige has a beige coat with a blue tint, grey undercolour, red eyes and grey ears from the combination of Black Eyed Argente, Argente and Opal.

Blue Fawn The Blue-Fawn has a soft-ginger coat with a blue tint, mid grey-blue undercolour and blue-grey dorsal stripe, ivory belly, red eyes and flesh ears from the combination of Argente and Opal.

Lilac Fawn The Lilac-Fawn has a light dull ginger coat with a blue cast, grey undercolour and blue-grey dorsal stripe, ivory belly, black eyes and grey ears from the combination of Black Eyed Argente and Opal.

Self Colours

Black Eyed/Pink Eyed White This is not truly a "self coloured hamster" as the white is produced by combining a colour with a diluting gene and the Platinum pattern gene. The coat is pure white but may have a few coloured hairs around the head. When a colour with black eyes is used the eyes are black and the ears are flesh but may have some dark spots. When red eyed colours are used the eyes are red and the ears flesh so the hamster has the appearance of an Albino.

Blue The Blue is a combination of Black and Opal. The coat is steel blue-grey to the roots on the back and belly. The eyes are black and ears are grey.

Champagne The Champagne has a light beige coat to the roots with red eyes and flesh ears from the combination of Black, Black Eyed Argente, Argente and Opal.

Chocolate The Chocolate is a combination of Black and Black Eyed Argente and has a dark chocolate brown coat to the roots on with black eyes and grey ears. The eyes are black and ears are grey.

Dark Beige The Dark Beige has a dark beige coat to the roots with red eyes and flesh ears from the combination of Black, Black Eyed Argente and Argente.

Dove The Dove has a dark dove grey-brown coat to the roots, with red eyes and pale ears from the combination of Argente and Black.

Lilac The Lilac has a soft lilac-grey coat to the roots with black eyes and grey ears from the combination of Black, Black Eyed Argente and Opal.

Red Eyed Lilac The Red Eye Lilac has a soft lilac-grey coat to the roots, red eyes and flesh ears from the combination of Black, Argente and Opal.

Other Colours

Dilute: This gene dilutes the coat colour of any colour with which is is combined and it is possible to produce Dilute Normals, Dilute Argente, etc. When combined with Platinum it produces the Black Eyed White or Pink Eyed White.