Most Common Cat Colors | Tabby Cat
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Tabby Cat
Tabbies are cats with stripes. This comes
across as the original color of domesticated cat. Tabby patterns could be
classic tabby, mackerel tabby, tickled tabby or spotted tabby. Classic tabby is
the same as blotched tabby. It has bold patterns on the sides. Mackerel tabby
has parallel narrow stripes on the sides, similar to a tiger. Tickled tabby
does not have spots or stripes. It has tabby markings on the face and hair. A
spotted tabby has large and small spots all over. A blue tabby could have gray
stripes on dark or light blue gray. A brown tabby could have black stripes on
gray or a brown color. A cream tabby has cream stripes on a pale cream color
while a red tabby has orange stripes on a cream color.
Solids and
Smokes Cat
Solid color refers to almost the same color
all over your cat’s body. Such solid colors are due to recessive gene that
suppresses tabby patterns. Solid blue is dark blue-gray all over while solid
black could be coal black or brownish black all over.
Cats with
white markings
Such cats could have smaller or larger white
areas. Cats with a few white belly spots have buttons while a cat with a white
spot on the chest has a locket. Cats with white paws are mitted while Van is an
almost white color with a few patches on the tail and head. Bi-color is
half-white while harlequin is white with large color patches. Tuxedo is a black
and white combination with white color on the paws, chest, and belly.
Tortoiseshell,
Patched Tabbies, and Calicoes
A random
patch of different colors is a calico, tortie, or patched tabby. Tortoiseshell
and white has a few white areas. Calico has more white with large black or red
tabby patches. A patched tabby could have a lot of white with patterned color
patches.
Pointed
(Siamese) Pattern
If your cat
has a dark face, tail, and paws with lighter shading on the body it is a
pointed cat. Although this is a characteristic of Siamese cats, other purebreds
also share this color combination.
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