Pattern
Bengal Patterns
While there are only two patterns under which Bengals Cats are shown, Spotted or Marble, there are descriptive terms used to define the types of pattern seen.
We have compiled photos of the most common patterns.
We have compiled photos of the most common patterns.
Spotted Patterns
Single SpottedThe ´old type´of the spotted bengals. A pattern that has no second colour to the spot.
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Paw-Print RosettesWhen the rosette is open on one side and there are spots edging the second colour creating a pattern that looks like paw prints.
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Doughnut RosettesDefines a rosette that is completely or almost completely outlined with a darker colour and the center is a distinctly different colour to that of the background.
This and sparbled are also the most valueable rosette pattern. 
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SparbledSparbled, or Clouded Leopard Rosetting, is a quite recent spotted pattern with some features of a marbled pattern. The rosettes are often large and long-drawn-out, recalling a clouded leopards coat.
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Arrowhead Rosettes
When you see a spot or rosette in triangular shapes with the tip of the arrow pointing toward the back of the body. This pattern can also be solid in the single spotted group.
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Marbled Patterns
Marbled pattern should be three-colored as well. The proportion and the shape of the pattern can vary greatly.
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Sheeted MarbleA marble pattern that has a high ratio of pattern to background colour. Sheeted marble kittens born with this high percentage of pattern can take up to two years to finish "opening up" in pattern to the "real pattern" underneath.
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Bull´s eye(NOT DESIRED) A circular presentation on the marble pattern with a round center of marbling inside the circle creating a literal ´bulls-eye´ in the pattern on the side of the cat. This is also known as the ´classic Tabby pattern´ which we do not want to perpetuate in the Bengal Breed.
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