Request for new shade... something close to natural

[Ivy Norsk]

Shade presents a tricky breeding situation. What's good in some circumstances can be awful in others. For instance, I think Flair is absolutely the best shade for furs that are darker/bluer such as Russian Black, Russian Blue, OciBlue, etc. But I ended up with 2 Snowshoe Reds, one with natural and one with flair, and when you put them right next to each other you can see that the Natural cat looks clean and the Flair cat looks like she fell into a toilet full of toilet bowl cleaner.

I suppose it's kind of like a booby trap to teach people to be better breeders, but these things just happen and then you have to breed another generation to get rid of the problems. Most people most of the time can't be bothered, or can only concentrate on two to three traits per generation of cat - or just one.

Blush is generally safe, but of course, it's most recessive.