The Somali comes in twenty-eight different colours:

● Usual — a rich golden brown made up of an apricot base, with the coat ticked with black.

● Sorrel — a rich copper colour made up of an apricot base coat ticked with cinnamon.

● Chocolate — a rich, warm chestnut brown made up of an apricot base coat ticked with dark chocolate.

● Blue — a soft blue consisting of a warm oatmeal or mushroom base coat ticked with any shade of blue.

● Lilac — a warm dove grey made up of an oatmeal or mushroom undercoat ticked with lilac.

● Fawn — a warm powdery fawn made up of a pale oatmeal or mushroom undercoat ticked with fawn.

● Red — a warm, glowing red made up of pale red clearly ticked with a deeper tone of red.

● Cream — a soft, warm, powdery effect made up of a pale cream clearly ticked with a rich cream.

The first six colours also come in the tortoiseshell pattern, where the colour distribution is random, and there are also silver versions of all colours, including the torties — something for everyone!

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