Silken
The NFRS Standard for Silken
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Section: Guide Standard
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The coat should be long, fine, silky and held flat all over the body including the belly, although the fur here and on the head will be shorter and the demarcation will be shaded between the top
and belly colour and not sharply defined. Each guard hair to be translucent for approximately 2/3rds of it's length with the bottom portion corresponding to the colour of the variety. The colour of the translucent portion to be silver but will reflect pale gold on agouti types due to the colour of the agouti band shining
through, the exact shade will vary with the variety (e.g. agoutis will be darker than cinnamons). The
undercolour, muzzle and around the eyes should correspond to the colour variety, e.g. black for agouti, light brownish grey for cinnamon and dark blue for Russian blue agouti. The translucent coat is usually fully developed by ten to twelve weeks and should remain in the adult. These shall not be shown in pink eyed varieties, rex, pointed or pale coated varieties.