Black Eyed Cream: The Black Eyed Cream is a self coloured hamster with a sandy cream coat, black eyes and dark grey ears.

Dark Eared White: The Dark Eared White is a partial albino and has a pure white coat, red eyes and dark grey ears.

Black: The Black has a jet black coat (although some have a brown or blueish tint to them), black eyes and ears. It has a white stripe under the chin and white around the feet. In some countries breeders misleading refer to the Black Syrian Hamster as the "European Black Bear" Hamster.

Umbrous: The Umbrous gene places a grey 'wash' over any colour it is combined with, eg combined with Black Eyed Cream it produces the Sable and combined with Golden it produces the Umbrous Golden or Sooty Golden where the Golden is greyer and ivory areas are changed to grey.

Blonde: The Blonde is produced by the combination of Light Grey and Cinnamon. The blonde has a blonde coat with grey undercolour, ivory belly, light grey cheekflashes, a distinct creamy yellow muzzle, red eyes and flesh coloured ears.

Honey: The Honey is produced by the combination of Yellow and Cinnamon. The Honey has a rich honey coloured coat with a creamy undercolour, ivory belly, ginger cheekflashes, red eyes and flesh coloured ears.

Lilac: The Lilac is produced by the combination of Dark Grey and Cinnamon. The Lilac has a pale lilac-grey coat with light-mid grey undercolour, ivory belly, grey cheekflashes, red eyes and flesh coloured ears.

Smoke Pearl: The Smoke Pearl is produced by the combination of Dark Grey and Yellow. The Smoke Pearl has a pale grey coat ticked through with black tips, cream undercolour, ivory belly, black cheekflashes, black eyes and grey ears.

Lilac Pearl: The Lilac Pearl is produced by the combination of Dark Grey, Cinnamon and Yellow. The Lilac Pearl has a pale lilac-grey coat ticked through with black tips, cream undercolour, ivory belly, brown cheekflashes, red eyes and flesh ears.

Beige: The Beige is produced by the combination of Dark Grey and Rust. The Beige has a pale brownish-grey coat with grey roots, ivory belly, grey-brown cheekflashes, black eyes and grey ears.

SELF

Sable: The Sable was, until recently, regarded as the black hamster although not a true black. The Sable is a combination of the Umbrous gene with Black Eyed Cream. The Sable has a black coat with a cream undercolour, and has cream rings around the eyes, black eyes and dark grey ears.

Copper: The Copper is a combination of the Black Eyed Cream, Umbrous, Cinnamon and Rust genes and has a bright copper coat with a cream undercolour, red eyes and flesh coloured ears.

Red Eyed Cream: The Red Eyed Cream is a combination of Black Eyed Cream and Cinnamon and has a peachy cream coat to the roots, red eyes and flesh coloured ears.

Black Eyed Ivory: The Black Eyed Ivory is a combination of Black Eyed Cream with either Light Grey, Dark Grey or Silver Grey. The Ivory has an ivory coat, black eyes and grey ears.

Red Eyed Ivory: The Red Eyed Ivory is a combination of Red Eyed Cream with either Light Grey, Dark Grey or Silver Grey. The Ivory has an ivory coat, red eyes and flesh coloured ears.

Flesh Eared White: The Flesh Eared White is produced by combining Dark Eared White with Cinnamon and has a pure white coat, red eyes and flesh ears. It is often referred to as an Albino because of it's appearance but it is not genetically an Albino but what is known as a "synthetic Albino".

Chocolate (Sable): The Chocolate (Sable) is produced by combining Sable, Black Eyed Cream and Rust and has a milk chocolate coloured coat with a cream undercolour, black eyes and grey ears.

Chocolate (Black): The Chocolate (Black) is produced by combining Black with Rust and has a dark chocolate coat to the roots, black eyes and grey ears.

Mink: The Mink is produced by combining Sable, Black Eyed Cream and Cinnamon and has an orangey brown coat, red eyes and flesh coloured ears.

Blue Mink: The Blue Mink is produced by combining Dark Grey, Cinnamon, Black Eyed Cream and Umbrous and has a brown coat with a purple tone and a cream undercolour, red eyes and flesh coloured ears.

Dove: The Dove is produced by combining Black with Cinnamon and has a dove brown coat to the roots, red eyes and flesh ears.

Yellow Black: The Yellow Black is produced by combining Yellow with Black and the coat is black on the tips with a distinct yellow undercolour which shows through the top coat, black eyes and grey ears.

Black Eyed White: A Black Eyed White Hamster can be produced by a number of combinations. It is not a "true" white but a synthetic white. Silver Grey and Black Eyed Cream produces a "Black Eyed Ivory" which is so pale in colour that it is white. Black Eyed Cream Roans, Black Eyed Cream Dominant Spots may also be so pale with little colour and may look white.

OTHER

Tortoiseshell: The Tortoiseshell is a patterned hamster produced by combining Yellow with another colour.

Ruby Eyed: The Ruby Eyed gene is extremely rare, if not extinct. The Ruby Eyed gene can be combined with any colour to produce a Ruby Eyed variety of that colour. Ruby Eyed hamsters have bright ruby eyes and the coat colour is extremely diluted. For example a Ruby Eyed Golden would have bright ruby eyes and the dark brown coat is diluted to mid/pale brown, the Ruby Eyed Cream has a coat that is diluted to a creamy ivory. The Ruby Eyed varieties are not to be confused with the Red Eyed varieties which do not contain the Ruby Eyed gene but may have 'ruby' red eyes. Colours such as Cinnamon, Red Eyed Cream, etc although having red eyes which are 'ruby' in colour, are not due to the Ruby Eyed gene. One of the reasons that the Ruby Eyed Hamster is extremely rare is that males become sterile as they reach 10 weeks of age.

Banded: The Banded hamster has a band of white over the middle of the back. This band may sometimes be incomplete, crooked or contain spots of colour. The belly of a Banded hamster is white.

Dominant Spot: The Dominant Spot Hamster is a white hamster with coloured spots although sometimes there are so many spots of colour or the spots are so large that not much white shows. The Dominant Spot usually has a white blaze from the nose extending up the centre of the face. The belly of a Dominant Spot hamster is white.

Roan: The Roan Hamster is a white hamster with coloured hairs ticked through the coat. Sometimes this ticking can be so intense that not much white is present, whilst on other hamsters there may only be coloured hairs evident on the head. The same gene can also produce a 'white bellied' hamster where the hamster has a pure white belly eg White Bellied Golden. Both the Roan and White Bellied hamsters are produced by the Anophthalmic gene and two hamsters containing this gene should not be bred together as this can produce eyeless white babies.