What is a bengal rosette color pattern?

Rosettes are a highly desirable marking with more than one shade of color. Bengal cat coats have two areas, the background and the pattern on the background. Rosettes are found on the background.At first glance a rosette pattern can look like a spot that fades in color towards it's middle. There are several different rosette sizes, rosette colors and rosette patterns all are distinctive to Asian leopard cats that is passed down to bengal cats.

List of bengal cat rosettes with pictures:
 

Embryonic Rosette
Embryonic rosette markings show sign of a second color but not much.

 

 

Paw Print Rosette
Paw print rosette markings should be spots around a larger shaded spot filled with color.


 

Doghnut Rosette
Doghnut rosette markings should be large open spots that are filled with color

 

Arrowhead Rosette
Arrowhead rosette markings should be triangluar in shape pointing toward the back of the body.

List of standard bengal background colors that can have rosettes:

Brown Background Color
Snow Background Color
Snow Sepia Background Color
Seal Lynx Point Background Color
Silver Background Color
Mink Background Color

Note: Only one documented case of a pure African serval cat having rosettes has been breed captivity and recorded here in USA. Rosettes are currently non-standard within the savannah cat breed and most likely stay that way since the savannah cat standard reflects patterns and colors that best resemble the look of a pure african serval cat.

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