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"Eyes pink. An Argente mouse shall be of a delicately blended shade of light fawn and silver, as the self silver, level throughout and the two colors so evenly intermingled as to give the appearance of shot silk. The undercolour to be blue, as dark as possible in shade. The belly to be a golden fawn and as similar to the top as possible. Feet to match top."

Breeding information below the pictures.

	Very nice Argente. An English SH Argente doe pic: Anniina Tuura
	A tad dark Argente. Satinization darkens this colour. SHS Argente doe Rapunzel's West Wind b. & o. Anniina Tuura pic: Anniina Tuura & Arttu Väisälä

Note: This article is old and waiting to be rewritten.

Quick Look

Argente is genetically a pink eyed Agouti and like with Agouti, the colour deepens with age. The tricky part with Argentes is the 'blend of light fawn and silver' required by the standard. If the fawn is too deep, the coat will lack the shot silk appearance. If the silver shows too much, it gives an appearance of silver spine and fawn on the flanks only. The blue undercolour is another difficult feature, as the paler the top colour, the paler the undercolour is too. Dark blue undercolour isn't required in the standard, just as dark as possible. One should always be on guard not to let the blue undercolour to "disappear". If the belly colour is getting too pale, one can use a darker Argente mouse in the breeding program. The mouse judges tend to disagree on the exact shade an Argente mouse should be, which of course makes the breeding even more difficult.

Using Champagne mice to lighten down too 'red' colour can work, if used occasionally. Some books recommend using Champagne Tan mice, but this may lead to "Argente Tan" mice with clearly distinguishable tan belly, as well as pink eyed Cinnamons in future generations. These mice have a champagne undercolour and less distinctive silvering. A Fawn is a workable outcross.