On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:00:54 +0000, Julian and Jackie wrote:
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>>The pink eye dilution dilutes black to lilac, so the black ticking of a
>>nutmeg will be diluted to lilac in a red fox. Same goes for the golden
>>argente, they do have slight lilac ticking, which is the diluted ticking of
>>the agouti colour. That's what makes a golden argente look a little dusty
>>sometimes.
>>
>That is why I asked about the colour. I have not noticed the ticking on
>the couple of occasions that I have seen this colour, but I would expect
>slight silvery ticking.
I think the silvery ticking in red foxes is less noticable as the ticking
in golden argente. I think that is because the orange of the red fox is
such a bright colour.
Karin.
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