Coloration Question?

[Yuudoku.Niji]

So my mom went to this pet store and she saw a chinchilla, she said it looked like a blue/purple-ish color. I showed her pictures of colorations of chinchillas and she said it looked a little darker than a sapphire but a little more purple-toned as well. Anybody have an idea or pictures they could share to help us find out what kind of coloration this could be?

 

[AZChins]

It could be a violet. Sometimes those end up in petstores.

 

[Yuudoku.Niji]

It could be a violet. Sometimes those end up in petstores.

She said the violet was too dark to be what she saw.

 

[Basket_of_Chinchillas]

it's really hard to answer that question without seeing a picture of the chin.

 

[AZChins]

Violets can be very light or very dark or somewhere in between in color. It isn't as common to have a sapphire end up in a petstore and from what you described it is probably a violet.

 

[Yuudoku.Niji]

it's really hard to answer that question without seeing a picture of the chin.

She didn't take one and by now would be too late to go back because it would more than likely be gone.

 

[Yuudoku.Niji]

Violets can be very light or very dark or somewhere in between in color. It isn't as common to have a sapphire end up in a petstore and from what you described it is probably a violet.

Alright, thank you for letting me know, and I'll tell her that.

 

[Zoaea]

Its probably still a standard just because it is the most likely for a pet store., I remember the first time I saw a standard that was a quality color (vs a scruffy yellowish grey) and I though it was very blue. But without a pic it would be hard to tell, if it wasnt standard, I'd agree that it was likely violet. =P

 

[greychins]

I've seen violets at pet stores before, several different instances in fact, so it's definitely possible that that's what it was. That would be my guess. Violets are like standards -- they can very from being very light to very dark, so it might not match the pictures you saw, but could still be a violet.