New findings on the Creme gene, which apply's to "white lions" like it or not.

The Cream gene is a dilution gene that gives us our buckskins, palominos, smokey blacks, perlinos, cremellos, and smokey creams.

We show the presence of the cream gene with a Cr. The absence of the cream gene is cr. There IS a genetic test that shows the presence of the cream gene.

crcr = no dilution
Crcr = buckskin, palomino, smokey black = heterozygous
CrCr = perlino, cremello, smokey cream = homozygous (Double Dilute)

EEaa/Eeaa crcr = Black
EEaa/Eeaa Crcr = Smokey Black
EEaa/Eeaa CrCr = Smokey Cream

EEAa/EeAa/EEAA/EeAA crcr = Bay/Bood Bay/Black Bay/Brown
EEAa/EeAa/EEAA/EeAA Crcr = Buckskin/Smutty Buckskin
EEAa/EeAa/EEAA/EeAA CrCr = Perlino

eeAa/eeAa/eeAA/eeAA crcr = Chestnut/Sorrel/Flaxen Chestnut/Liver Chestnut
eeAa/eeAa/eeAA/eeAA Crcr = Palomino/Chocolate Palomino
eeAa/eeAa/eeAA/eeAA CrCr = Cremello

Cremellos will be a very light offwhite or Cream color with the same color or white mane and tail.

Perlinos will be a very light Cream color with more of an orange tint to the body and mane and tail - that orange tint indicates their mane and tail would otherwise have been black as in a buckskin (bay base coat) rather than white like that of the palomino (chestnut base coat).

Smokey Creams will be a very light offwhite or Cream color with more of a grayish or brown dirty tint or an orange tint to the body, mane, and tail. The smokey cream would otherwise have been a black or smokey black color.