Cat Color Genetics

This page is a great example showing the difference between chocolate and seal:  http://www.chocolatecats.com/chocolate-point-himalayans.htm
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Feline Genetics
 

1. Two longhair parents cannot produce a shorthair kitten.  
2. Two classic tabby parents cannot produce a mackerel, spotted, or ticked tabby kitten. A ticked tabby must have a ticked tabby parent. A mackerel or spotted tabby must have a mackerel, spotted, or ticked tabby parent. 
3. The dilute gene must be present in both the sire and dam's pedigree in order to produce a dilute offspring.  
4. The chocolate or lilac gene must be present in both the sire and dam's pedigree in order to produce chocolate or lilac offspring.
5. A white cat must have a white parent. 

1. To get a colorpointed kitten, both parents must be carrying the colorpointed gene (even if they do not appear colorpointed themselves). 
    

Links to color and genetics: 
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Berkley College Basic Genetics as revealed by cats
http://ib.berkeley.edu/courses/ib162/Week3a.htm
Euro Cat Fancy Cat Genetics
http://www.eurocatfancy.de/en1/nav/cat-genetics/index.html
PawPeds  The Paw Academy Genetics
http://www.pawpeds.com/pawacademy/genetics/genetics/
The International Cat Association guide to genetics and colors
http://www.tica.org/public/colors.php
Cat Fanciers Association guide to genetics and colors
http://www.cfainc.org/Breeders/CatColorsGenetics/BasicFelineGenetics.aspx
and http://www.cfainc.org/Breeders/CatColorsGenetics/PointedColorChart.asp
Feline Genetics Primer and feline genetics software
http://www.tenset.co.uk/catgen/indexus.html
Genetic and hereditary Conditions
http://www.dr-addie.com/Conditions.htm
MESSYBEAST CATS COLOURS, CONFORMATION & FUR
http://messybeast.com/colours-conformation-index.htm
Feline Husbandry
​http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/CCAH/health_information/feline_husbandry.cfm
Cinnamon Colors
​http://www.stuben-tiger.de/Cinn-engl-Farben-Index.htm