Varieties

Tans

V - Champagne Tan (cha/t)

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"Eyes pink. The colour should be that of champagne silk with a pinkish tinge, free from mealiness. 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 champagne tan doe Rapunzel's Pas d'Espagne b. & o: Anniina Tuura pic: Arttu Väisälä
	SH champagne tan doe VH-01 VV-01 VRP-01 FIN MVA SNL GrCh Rapunzel's Enigma n. & o: Anniina Tuura pic: Arttu Väisälä
	SHS champagne tan doe VV-02 VRP-02 FIN MVA SNL GrCh Rapunzel's Goldeneye b. & o: Anniina Tuura pic: Arttu Väisälä

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Quick Look

Champagne tan is one of those varieties you either love or hate. Perhaps this is due to the combination of two different "reds" on the mouse's coat; champagne top and tan belly. This tanned variety's main problem is the one shared with other pink-eyed tans - how to combine the light top colour required by the standard and a rich belly colour. Champagne tans have usually darker top colour than self champagnes. Careful breeding and blending of shades is required with champagne tans in order to get desired results. Some judges think that the top colour of the light tanned varieties should be as stated in the standard of that variety, with the belly being as deep as possible, some favor the deep tan and accept darker top colour than required in the standard.

In order to get champagne tans in the first place, you will need to introduce the pink eye gene p to a chocolate tan. The best option would be self champagne to chocolate tan, continuing from there with these pink eyed dilution carrying mice. Do note, that you should go for a "too dark for show bench" -champagne, as true show champagnes are genetically pink-eyed lilacs. There are other options available as well, but you should remember that dove or silver to chocolate tan (or dove / silver tan to chocolate) will bring you black tans in the first generation unless they carry the brown dilution b.