lilspaz68 said:
Why does he look like a black blazed berk to me?
monitor resolution (???)
that is why it is like impossible to tell from photos
the sheen on the rat of this thread does appear blue on my end, a very deep, dark blue that is most often associated with a good russian blue color. The lighter/grayer blues are called American Blue & English Blue I believe. Who knows at this point, it could very well be black & the camera created the blue I am seeing.
the link I provided to the AFRMA, did you click it? What color did that rat look like to you on your end?
just like the pic you placed on here looks more mink "ish"/ grey & the rat on the right looks very peachy/orange colored.
Our camera's often don't capture the colors. I know I have a devil of a time photographing my blues. They always look minky, grey, silver or even sometimes they wash completely out if placed on a light colored back ground & I have a pretty darn good camera.
It's best to go to the sources that set the standards but if you visit enough of them you will see that the photos of what they call "russian blue" differs from site to site & it has to be because of the quality of the photo.