Colors
There are tons of colors to choose from! Most of them are self-explanatory.
Agouti – this is the color of wild guinea pigs. It’s kind of a brown/gray color, sort of like a ground hog. Each hair has several bands of brownish colors.
Marked Pattern – usually white with patterns of another color.
Self Pattern – solid-colored guinea pig.
Solid pattern – similar to the self pattern, but it may include agouti and other colors as long as the colors don’t form a pattern.
Beige – beige all over, including the ears and feet. The eyes are pink.
Black – hair, ears, feet and eyes are black.
Blue – medium shade of gray with a blue or lavender cast. The eyes are dark blue.
Brindle - mixture of red and black hairs.
Broken - clean-cut patches of two or more colors.
Chocolate - deep, dark brown. The eyes are brown with a red cast.
Cream – off-white. The eyes are red or dark.
Dalmation – just like the dogs, there are spots all over in black, beige, blue, chocolate, cream, lilac, orange or red.
Dutch – dark color on the check, neck, forelegs and face in combination with white.
Golden Agouti – chestnut color with and undercoat of blue-black.
Himalayan – body is white with black marking on the nose, feet and ears. The eyes are pink.
Lilac – medium gray with a purplish tint. The eyes are pink or dark with a red cast.
Red – deep red fur, ears and feet. The eyes are dark.
Red-Eyed Orange – just like the name describes.
Roan – white hairs mixed with one or two other colors. The eyes and ears match the non-white color.
Silver Agouti – bright silver-white. The eyes are dark with a red cast.
Tortoise Shell – patches of red and patches of black which make a checkerboard pattern.
Tortoise Shell and White – patches of red, black and white that alternate from one side to the other.
White – pure white with no yellow tinge. The eyes are either pink or dark.
There are tons of colors to choose from! Most of them are self-explanatory.
Agouti – this is the color of wild guinea pigs. It’s kind of a brown/gray color, sort of like a ground hog. Each hair has several bands of brownish colors.
Marked Pattern – usually white with patterns of another color.
Self Pattern – solid-colored guinea pig.
Solid pattern – similar to the self pattern, but it may include agouti and other colors as long as the colors don’t form a pattern.
Beige – beige all over, including the ears and feet. The eyes are pink.
Black – hair, ears, feet and eyes are black.
Blue – medium shade of gray with a blue or lavender cast. The eyes are dark blue.
Brindle - mixture of red and black hairs.
Broken - clean-cut patches of two or more colors.
Chocolate - deep, dark brown. The eyes are brown with a red cast.
Cream – off-white. The eyes are red or dark.
Dalmation – just like the dogs, there are spots all over in black, beige, blue, chocolate, cream, lilac, orange or red.
Dutch – dark color on the check, neck, forelegs and face in combination with white.
Golden Agouti – chestnut color with and undercoat of blue-black.
Himalayan – body is white with black marking on the nose, feet and ears. The eyes are pink.
Lilac – medium gray with a purplish tint. The eyes are pink or dark with a red cast.
Red – deep red fur, ears and feet. The eyes are dark.
Red-Eyed Orange – just like the name describes.
Roan – white hairs mixed with one or two other colors. The eyes and ears match the non-white color.
Silver Agouti – bright silver-white. The eyes are dark with a red cast.
Tortoise Shell – patches of red and patches of black which make a checkerboard pattern.
Tortoise Shell and White – patches of red, black and white that alternate from one side to the other.
White – pure white with no yellow tinge. The eyes are either pink or dark.
