NAMING CONVENTIONS AND SYNONYMS FOR SILVER AND GOLDEN SERIES CATS
Full colour
Chinchilla = Silver/Silver Chinchilla = Tipped/Black Tipped (shorthair)
Shaded Silver (Black Shaded Silver)
Black Smoke
Silver Tabby (Black Silver Tabby)
Tortoiseshell Silver Tabby (Patched Silver Tabby)
Silver Ticked Tabby (Usual Silver Abyssinian/ Somali)
Red Chinchilla = Shell Cameo/Red Tipped
Red Shaded (Silver) = Shaded Cameo
Red Smoke = Smoke Cameo
Red Silver Tabby = Cameo Tabby
Red Silver Tortoiseshell/Tortoiseshell Tabby
Red Silver Ticked Tabby (Red Silver Abyssinian/Somali)
Tortoiseshell Chinchilla = Shell Tortoiseshell/Silver Tortoiseshell
Shaded Tortoiseshell = Tortoiseshell Shaded Silver
Smoke Tortoiseshell = Tortoiseshell Smoke
Dilute
Blue Chinchilla/Blue Tipped, Blue Shaded Silver, Blue Smoke, Blue Silver Tabby
Blue Silver Tortoiseshell/Tortoiseshell Tabby, Blue Silver Ticked Tabby
Blue Cream Chinchilla = Shell Dilute Tortoiseshell
Blue Cream Shaded = Shaded Dilute Tortoiseshell
Blue Cream Smoke = Smoke Dilute Tortoiseshell
Cream Chinchilla = Shell Cream Cameo
Cream Shaded (Silver) = Shaded Cream Cameo
Cream Smoke = Smoke Cream Cameo
Cream Silver Tabby = Cream Cameo Tabby
Cream Silver Tortoiseshell/Tortoiseshell Tabby
Cream Silver Ticked Tabby
The newer colours follow a general formula without too many confusing synonyms:
[colour-name] Chinchilla, [colour-name] Shaded, [colour-name] Smoke, [colour-name] Silver Tabby
[colour-name] Silver Tabby-Tortoiseshell ([colour-name] Silver Patched Tabby)
[colour-name] Silver Ticked Tabby, [colour-name] Silver Abyssinian/Somali
The Golden series:
Golden Chinchilla, [colour-name] Golden Chinchilla, Shell Golden
Shaded Golden, [colour-name] Shaded Golden
Golden Smokes should be impossible in non-agouti cats
Golden Tabby
Golden Tabby-Tortoiseshell (Golden Patched Tabby)
Golden Ticked Tabby, [colour-name] Golden Ticked Tabby