Tabby Cat Colors

Many people think that all tabbies are also with white.

Tabby cat colors. Technically speaking no matter what colors or markings you see on your cat all felines possess the tabby cat gene. Torties because of random color variation but tabbies due to the patterns in the coloration. Brown patched brown torbie or brown tabby cat the background color is a coppery brown whilst the tabby pattern is black with patches of red. The tabby cat is not a breed but a coat colour which can be found in both mixed breed and purebred cat populations.

Brown torby and white. Solid red show cats are usually low contrast ticked tabbies. Other cat colors or patterns may hide those tabby markings but they re always. Unidentified rufousing polygenes are theorized to be the reason for this variance.

Tabbies also have white around their eyes that is called eye liner. Tabby cats are some of the most common cats in the world. Red show cats have a deep orange color but it can also present as a yellow or light ginger color. A very common feature of all the tabby patterns is a white chin.

This is similar to the black tabby cat pattern. Calico cats have three colors. White orange and black. Some reds have a deep mahogony color while others are very light.

Orange is epistatic to nonagouti so all red cats are tabbies. If a cat has three colors and the distinctive tabby forehead marking they re a calico tabby. Within their calico spots they may have tabby stripes. Torbies are also called patched tabbies.

It is no surprise the tabby cat is ubiquitous. Brown torby brown spotted torby patches of brown tabby and red tabby. Look at a coal black cat in the sun someday and see if you can find the hidden tabby markings. Brown patched and white brown and white torbie as for brown patched but with white on the bib tummy and all four paws.

Tabby is a common coat pattern in domestic cats with dark stripes swirls or spots on a paler lightground. The gene for the tabby pattern can be found in all domestic cats. Dilute torby blue classic torby patches of blue tabby and cream tabby. Tortoiseshell cats with tabby patterns.

There may or may not be white fur on the face. Blues can have a very light powdery blue shade or be almost a navy blue. Tabby patterns are usually more distinct on a shorthaired cat than on a longhaired cat. Solid color black or blue cats have the aa combination hiding the tabby pattern although sometimes a suggestion of the underlying pattern can be seen ghost striping.