A new photo of Sian

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10. Such unique coloring she has.

She's so dark that her stripes only show up in the right lighting. I looked it up and it's called "ghost stripes." That's where the contrast between background and stripes is so minimal that the stripes are barely visible.

There is one breed where ghost "spots" are part of the official color list. It is Egyptian Mau. In Maus, that dark coloring is called "smoke." Smoke Maus are not accepted as show cats, but they are accepted for breeding.

Maus have a distinctive spotted pattern instead of stripes and come in a few colors, but the only show colors are silver or bronze. Here are 3 Maus - smoke, bronze, and silver.

(The bronze colored Maus closely resemble an ocicat, but genetically, they are not related.)

https://images.app.goo.gl/TjSFEysX2vhYcP2p6