Varieties

Tans

V - Pearl tan (pe/t)

at/* B/b d/d si/si
at/* B/B d/d si/si pe/pe
at/* B/b d/d si/si pe/pe (lightest)

"Eyes black. A pearl mouse shall be of the palest silver, shading to a whitish undercolour. Each hair shall be delicately tipped with grey or black. The tan belly shall be a rich golden orange hue, as rich as possible and there should be a clear line of demarcation between top colour and tan running in a straight line along flanks, chest and jaws. There should be no brindling or guard hairs. Colour of feet should be inside tan, the remainder of foot the same as top colour. Wholly tan feet considered a greater fault than feet all same colour as top."

Breeding information below the pictures.

Sh pearl tan buck Rapunzel's Showdown (3).
b., ow. & pic: Anniina Tuura

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Same mouse as above.

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Sh pearl tan buck Rapunzel's Transitions.
b., ow. & pic: Anniina Tuura

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Shs pearl tan buck Rapunzel's Absalom.
Satins are darker.
b., ow. & pic: Anniina Tuura

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Shs pearl tan doe Rapunzel's Where & Why.
For some reason, pe/t does always tend to be darker than bucks. This one is also brownish.
b., ow. & pic: Anniina Tuura

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Rapunzel's Second Sight, sh s-bl/t ut \ pe/t ut buck.
An exampel of a darker for of pe/t, which is born coloured like a s-bl, but with the white undercolour developing later on.
Kasv, ow. & pic: Anniina Tuura

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Rapunzel's Two Of Us, lk s-g/t ut \ lk pe/t ut die.
An example of a mouse without dilution, but who does have white undercolour since young.
b., ow, & pic: Anniina Tuura.

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Sh pearl tan baby.
b., ow. & pic: Terhi Ojala

Note: This article is old and waiting to be rewritten.

Quick Look

Pearl tans are much more difficult to breed into perfection than silver grey tans. One can try going through the route of selectively breeding ever lighter undercolour silver grey tans towards pearl.

It is possible that pearls and pearl tans out there are pe/pe (pearl), instead of silvered (si/si).