Cat Colours and Patterns

TABBIES

   

Most cats are tabbies, actually. Here are some tabby patterns. 

Classic tabby. 

  

 Mackerel tabby.

 

Spotted tabby. 

Ticked tabby.

 

Patched tabby.

Also called the "torbie".

Now here are the colours tabbies come in. 

Red tabby. 

 All gingers actually have tabby markings and are thus red tabbies. 

Silver tabby. 

 

Blue tabby. 

Cream tabby.

 Cameo tabby. 

 

Also called the "silver cream tabby". 

And of course the brown tabby. 

TORTOISESHELLS

   

The tortoiseshell.

 

Tortoiseshell-and-white. 

 

 Dilute tortoiseshell. 

 

Tabby tortoiseshell.

Also known as the "patched tabby" or "torbie". 

TRICOLOURS

   

Regular tricolour.

Also known as the "calico".

  Dilute tricolour.

 SOLIDS

   

Solids are full-colour cats with no tabby markings. 

Black. 

 

Blue. 

  

White. 

   

 Chocolate. 

 

 Technically there can be no red or cream solid cats as they always have tabby markings or "ghost markings" although some people don't think the ghost markings count. 

SMOKES

  

 Generally, you can clearly see a smoke's light undercoat. 

 

But sometimes, it's almost invisible. 

POINTED

   

Red point.

   

Chocolate point.

 Blue point.

 

Lilac point. 

 Seal point. 

Most pointed cats are Siamese, but they come in other breeds as well. All pointed cats have blue eyes. 

BICOLOUR

   
Black bicolour. 

  

More commonly known as the "black-and-white".

Red bicolour. 

 

 

Blue bicolour. 

 

 

Tabby bicolour. 

Only brown tabby bicolours are referred to as "tabby bicolours". 

So what coat colour/patern does your cat have? We own two solid blacks, a smoke black, and a black bicolour. :)