Marble Bengal Markings

A silver bengal should be free of tarnish a yellowing or browning of the coat color or pattern.

Marble bengal markings.

Tarnish can and often does diminish contrast. In the same way that spotted bengal cats have asymmetrical markings marbled bengal cats do too. The marbled coat pattern is derived from blotched tabby stripes that swirl. The marble pattern is the term used to describe the appearance of the blotched tabby sometimes called classic or bull s eye pattern in the bengal cat.

The same for a quad colour pattern you will see four distinctive colours that make up the pattern and background. These marbled bengals are often referred to as tri colored marbles. Silvers have pewter to jet black markings on a clear silver background. To identify a bengal cat look for a spotted coat since all bengal cats have one.

It seems that each generation of marble bengals just keeps getting better. I e background color the marble markings and another color outlining the markings. Enter the sparble pattern where spots and marble collide. The marble bengal cat has four official types reduced horizontal flow horizontal flow chaos pattern and sheet marble patterns.

The ideal marble bengal cat has a horizontally flowing random asymmetrical pattern made up of swirls of two or more colors. Describes when there are three definite colours present the background the marble markings and the center like seen in a spotted doughnut rosette pattern. They too can be either spotted rosetted or marbled and again as with all bengal cats a high degree of contrast is most desirable. And quite a few marbled breeds like the marbled manx cats the marbled british shorthairs and marbled oriental and asian tabbies.

Jean mill produced several of these cats in 1987 and 1988 that were very different from classic tabbies. This makes it quite easy if you re wondering whether or not your marbled fur baby is a bengal. Also take a look at the cat s physical build. The sparble is considered a spotted rosetted bengal and not a marbled.

All the other breeds we mentioned have a symmetrical pattern on both of their sides but bengals don t and this is unique to the bengal breed. Most associations that have a bengal breed standard do give preference to marbles that have three or more shades.