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Ferret colors

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Mitch
Hello Cindy!

I have just adopted a new furry friend! I've named him mitch he's a 5-6 month old lil gent and he's a complete sweetheart, very well mannered and comes when called. The only problem thus far is I'm having trouble distinguishing his color and was hoping to get some advice!
I'm guessing he's some sort of silver, but his base coat is yellow with almost blackish brown/silver tint to his outer hair shafts (especially around his legs like a sable). He has like a widows peek at his forehead that is almost chocolate and his face is mostly white with some faded brown where he might have a very light mask. He has white mittens and his tail fades into a solid silver.
Lol, He might just be a mutt of some sort but it would be extremely helpful if you can direct me to the closest category of color! (Mostly for my own pleasure of knowing and to make it easier to explain to friends when they ask! lol)

Here's a photo of my Mitchy boy! Thanks so much for looking!

-Stephanie  

Answer
Congradulations on your new addition to your family!  He's a cutie =D

Colors are difficult to pinpoint, especially when many look similar.  From the picture I would say a roan mitt (perhaps chocolate roan mitt?  There seems to be a brownish tone in there too.)  

A roan is also called "silver" which is the term I generally use.  If you want to be correct to the ferret standards, it is called roan.  Go figure!  

Since pictures are often difficult to determine, I've included a link to the AFA color chart that they use for evaluating color.      

http://www.ferret.org/events/colors/colorchart.html

I hope that helps!  

-Cindy P.