What colors and patterns do Bengals come in?
A- All Bengals are tabbies. The color that most people think of when they think of Bengals is black (brown) spotted tabby, the typical leopard color. These are referred to as BST. There can be a great deal of variation to this color, with backgrounds of pale gold, tawny, bright orange, deep mahogany, and more. Spots can be large or small, numerous or few, single or rosetted (two distinct colors). Rosettes may be shaped like donuts, arrowheads, or paw prints. Then there are the marbles. These have swirls and streaks of color rather than spots. They should show three colors – a lighter background with darker markings and outlines to the markings that are darker still. There are also silver Bengals, both spotted and marbled. These have a pure white undercoat with darker tipping that gives the silver look. Their markings are darker silver with black outlines. Bengals also can have albino series genes. These cats are pointed with blue eyes like a Siamese (seal lynx), darker seal with gold e
