Rats come in a multitude of patterns which make each rat unique. Below is a list of just a few of these patterns.
Self
A single solid color all over the body, including the belly.
Berkshire
A single solid color all over the body, but with a white underbelly.
Variegated
A solid color on head or shoulders, and spots/splotches on the back. The spots may be well defined, or the coloring may be blended in with the white to make it blurry.
Variegated Berkshire
Mostly solid coloring on the back, with a white underbelly and with white extending up the sides. There may also be some white splotches on the back.
Hooded
A solid color on the head and shoulders, with a solid stripe going all the way down the back.
Bareback
A solid color on the head and shoulders, with no stripe or splotches on the back.
Downunder Berkshire
A Single color on back and sides, with a white underbelly, and with a colored stripe on the belly.
Downunder Hooded
A Solid color on head and shoulders, with a solid stripe extending down the back, and another stripe extending down the belly.
Capped
A single color on the head, but not extending past the ears. The rest of the rat is white.
Cap-striped
A single color on the head, not extending past the ears, and with a stripe going down the back that is detached from the cap.
Banded
A single color on the top part of the head and with a stripe going down the back. The whole underside is white, including the chin.
Blaze
Refers to a white marking on the face of an otherwise colored head. This marking extends from the nose to the forehead.
Reverse blaze
A white notch in the back of the skull of a rat with an otherwise colored head.
Head spot
A small white spot on the forehead of a rat with an otherwise colored head.
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