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How To Describe Your Cat's Color
Posted By: Stacyh;
Category: Pets;
November 26, 2008
Author StacyH;
The different colors and patterns on cats aren't completely random, but are genetically linked and have descriptive labels.
1
Call any cat with stripes, particularly on the face, a "tabby". This is the most basic cat pattern and probably the first to develop in domesticated cats.
2
Know that a tortoise-shell cat has patches of two or three colors with no white and is almost always female. Tortoise shell markings are a sex-linked trait.
3
Know that a calico cat's coat includes white patches. A calico has patches of two or three colors and includes white.
4
Call a solid colored cat black, blue(greys are called this), brown, or cream in most cases. Solids are the result of recessive genes. A white cat is the result of a gene that suppressed color. The color can be completely suppressed or partially suppressed.
5
Realize that a cat with one color plus white markings is a solid cat with white. Black cats with white on chest, paw, and belly are often affectionately called Tuxedo cats.
6
Know that a Siamese has what is called a point pattern or is pointed. Pointed cats have dark points on ears, face and paws.
They can be seal points in brown, blue points in grey, tabby points or "lynx" point, or even tortoise points.
They can be seal points in brown, blue points in grey, tabby points or "lynx" point, or even tortoise points.
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