Orange Pattern

What Orange Pattern looks like

Polygenic; reddish-orange to yellow pattern coloration

Secondary form of pattern color expression producing orange/yellow pattern lines and spots. Polygenic inheritance. Creates Halloween (B + OP) and Tri-Color (WP + OP) combo morphs.

How to identify it: Orange Pattern animals show orange/yellow colored pattern elements.

How Orange Pattern is inherited

Orange Pattern follows a polygenic inheritance pattern, carried on the Orange Pattern allele (locus OP).

Combo morphs with Orange Pattern

• Halloween

  Black Base + Orange Pattern creating high-contrast orange pattern on dark base.

• Tri-Color

  White Pattern + Orange Pattern creating tri-color appearance with white, orange, and base color.