Generally, Ragdoll cats do not have pure black color. Ragdoll cats generally come in eight colors: seal, chocolate, cinnamon, red, blue, lavender, beige, and cream. The first four colors are ordinary colors, and the last four colors are caused by recessive genes. And the color is diluted.
The ninth one will also appear These eight colors are controlled by three genes: brown gene, red gene, and dilution gene. The brown gene controls the first three colors and produces eumelanin, but the color does not appear completely black, but the concentration of the colors is different. The concentration of these three colors gradually decreases, and the colors become lighter in sequence.
The darkest color is seal Color, this color is also the most common color among Ragdoll cats. It will turn into blue after a certain dilution. Since the dilution gene is a recessive gene, the probability of blue is much smaller than that of seal color, so blue Color will also be more expensive.
But even the same color has different shades. For example, seal color, some are close to pure black, but cannot be pure black. Some are darker brown, and blue has similar differences. Regardless of the color, the color will gradually deepen with age, so generally the color of small Ragdoll cats will appear lighter. The older the Ragdoll cat, the darker its color will be.
