A collection of my favorite coloration in cats. The alternate blog of
The Nik Nik Nik.The coat colors are broken up into:Torties,
tortoiseshell cats, which are a combination of solid black mixed with
orange tabby. Torties tend to be very mottled, in that the colors are
very mixed. Torbies, a combination of black/brown tabby mixed with
orange tabby. Just like Torties, but instead of solid black, it’s
tabby. They are very cool in that they have a single tabby pattern
that changes color from brown to orange and back again. Calicos, which
are Torties with the white spotting gene. The more white on a cat, the
more the solid black and orange tabby seem to be broken up into large
chunks of color, instead of all mixed together. Torbicos, which are
Torbies, but with the white spotting gene. Just like Calicos, the more
white there is, the more likely the colors will be broken up into
large sections instead of a more mottled pattern. Blue Creams, which
are Torties with the dilute gene, making the solid black into grey
(called blue) and making the orange tabby into cream tabby. Also
called a Dilute Tortie. Dilute Torbies, which are Torbies with the
dilute gene. They are blue tabby mixed with cream tabby. Dilute
Calicos, which are Calicos with the dilute gene. They are Blue Creams
with the white spotting gene. Dilute Torbicos, which are Torbicos with
the dilute gene. They are Dilute Torbies with the white spotting gene.
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