Tabby Cat Colors Chart

To determine the color of a tabby cat use the following.

Tabby cat colors chart. The charts are laid out in the normal 2 axis format seen in textbooks. The cat pictured in this chart has a very high color contrast which shows his whorls clearly. Solid coat colors in cats. Cat identification solid coat colors eye coloration black pictured or blue with white roots.

Brown hazel gold green blue compiled by dr. Let s see what s to learn about these strikingly beautiful cats. Similar color charts have appeared in wright walters the book of the cat 1980 and in robinson s genetics 1977 onwards and i ve updated those with recent developments and made them freely available. Yes in fact all orange cats are tabbies.

In classic mackerel and spotted tabby cats the face markings should include a letter m on the forehead that looks rather like a frown. The tip of the. Talkative breeds of cat. The tabbies are the most sought after maine coon colors.

Many american shorthair cats demonstrate this pattern. Solid color breeding chart. In a tabby cat it s referred to as silver. In both varieties of tabby the cat s tail should have ring shaped markings that are narrow and as numerous as possible.

If a cat is a black cat we may describe him as a black solid colored cat a cream colored cat is called a cream solid color and so on. The most dominant allele is at the left black and in descending order of dominance to the most recessive allele on the. White blue chocolate cinnamon lilac or lavender red cream sable or brown and cream. Kitties with larger amounts of white up to around 50 the.

Can tabby cats be orange. The tabby is not a specific breed of cat. There should be lines running from the m over the cat s head and down to the markings on the cat s shoulders. Tabbies are categorized as such because of their color and markings and may be of any breed or mix shape or size.

Tabby coat markings tabby coat colors distinct color patterns with one color predominating. The most common orange tabby is the domestic shorthair or longhair but several breeds can also be found in orange tabby which includes the devon rex cornish rex munchkin scottish fold british shorthair and maine coon. Silver tabby black blue tabby blue brown tabby black red tabby red cream tabby cream cameo tabby red silver patched tabby tortoiseshell blue patched tabby blue cream brown patched tabby tortoiseshell. Friendliest breeds of cat.

Black stripes ranging from coal black to brownish on a background of. In fact it is said that all felines possess the tabby cat gene. This pattern usually has whorls ending in a target on the side of the cat. The color of a bicolor is determined by the non white color of the cat.

Cat colors and cat personalities. Cats with only one color and without a tabby pattern or white spots are called solid colored cats. There s something so regal and beautiful about a classic tabby maine coon. What breed of cat is the orange tabby.

This is by far the most common pattern so much so that some people think it should have received the title classic. For cats with white patches on their chest paws and paws the color code 09 will be added. Since this indicates white.