Cedarview Farms
Show and pet quality Chinchillas
Color Mutations
Natural or Standard colored chinchillas is the original colored chinchilla. Since they were first brought to the United States in the early 1900's the color variations of these little creatures has become quite large. From White to Violet and Black to Sapphire, they can be found in almost anyone's favorite color. There are rarely any differences in health issues due to the color of the animal, but as a breeder, there are certain No No's when breeding one color mutation to another. For more information concerning this, please refer to the Color Genetics page.
| Color | Thumbnail
(Click picture to enlarge) |
| Standard - Natural color, white - bluish white underbelly |  |
| Beige (Hetro) - Beige colored normally with pink eyes, white underbelly |  |
| Black Velvet - Black mask and strip down the back. Black strip across feet and white underbelly |  |
| Mosaic - White with silver tipping in fur. |  |
| Tan - Solid tan in color (darkness of color may vary) same colored underbelly |  |
| Violet - A purple hinged coat with a very blue-white underbelly |  |
| Sapphire - Standard colored with a distinct blue hint in fur. Blue-white underbelly |  |
| Beige / Sapphire - Cross between a beige and sapphire |  |
| Ebony (Hetro) - Sometimes has a darker strip like the black velvet. Has the same colored underbelly as the rest of the fur. |  |
| Pastel - Beige colored with the same color underbelly. Carries the ebony gene. |  |
| Brown Velvet - This is a cross between a beige and a black velvet. | 
Belongs to O&M's Chin Den |
| Afro Violet - Bred by crossing a violet with a black velvet and then taking the offspring and breeding back to another violet creating a deeper / darker violet | |
| Royal Blue - Bred by crossing a sapphire with a black velvet and then taking the offspring and breeding back to another sapphire | |
| Beige (Homo) - Very light cream color with a snow white belly. |  |
| Ebony (Homo) - Shiny solid black in color - same colored underbelly | 
Belongs to O&M's Chin Den |
| Pink White - |  |
| Wilson White - |
