tan vs. pastel

[TOJO]

What's the difference between tan and pastel? I have a kit for sale that I call tan. He's beige like his mom, but it wraps around due to the ebony gene. However I've seen pictures of the same color and people call it pastel.

 

[AZChins]

There really isn't a difference. The correct/more accepted term would be tan. The only thing I can think of is years ago people used to call light tans pastels...but they really are still tans, just lighter.

 

[tunes]

I've heard people say a pastel is a "first generation tan" which makes absolutely no sense. A tan is a tan, it just has different color in the coat to tell whether it's a "pastel" or a chocolate.

 

[starleomach]

Pastel is just a description. A tan is a tan..pastel, meduim, light, dark, chocolate all are tans

 

[Cassi]

I thought the pastel term was for having charcoal in the gene? I heard that somewhere...I'm not sure where.

 

[tunes]

I had heard that once upon a time as well Cassi, but when I first started in chins, everybody called a light chin a pastel, i.e., a "first generation" tan. I just call tans tans. Light tan, dark tan and leave it at that.

 

[Claire D]

I thought the pastel term was for having charcoal in the gene? I heard that somewhere...I'm not sure where.

Yes, in the UK they are still separate mutations - pure recessive charcoal (charcoal, pastel, char-brown, char-black) and there are some of us still mad enough to breed them.
We do not use the terms "pastel" and "tan" interchangeably.

 

[TOJO]

My tan is from a brown velvet mom and a dark ebony dad. The kit is biege all around. Should I consider him a tan?

 

[moon]

yes.

 

[Brea]

I would call him a tan.

 

[Cuddlebug]

Yep, tans have one color that wraps all the way around.