

It will also be detailed in a following article.įifth, the cat can have some tippings, meaning that the color is not uniform on the hair. Some cats have white spots on their bodies while others don’t.

Once more, I will detail everything regarding the different pointed patterns on a following article.įourth, are the white spotting. A famous example of pointed pattern is the colorpoint pattern which is the one of siamese breed cats. This color repartition is associated to the pointed patterns. For some cats, the density of color is the same on the whole of its body, but for some others, their extremities can be more colourful or darker. I will speak further about those tabby markings in a specific article. Those marking we spoke above can be of different kind of pattern. If a cat is not tabby, then he is said to be ‘solid’ or ‘self’. Being tabby means that the cat has some markings and a ‘M’ marking on its face. Second, you have to determine if your cat color is tabby or ‘solid’/’self’. But it certainly is not the only thing that is important. The first parameter that determine a cat coat is its color.

These components add up together to define the coat of the cat. The coat of a cat is determined by different things : In this serie of articles about cat coats, we will answer all of these questions!īefore I begin, let me clarify some terms that I am gonna use. One of these could be : “ is it true that all tricolor cats are female ones ?”. Moreover, most cat lovers make the mistake of mixing up colors with breeds, as the siamese for exemple.įinally, there also are some legends that we all heard of about cat colors. But for some others it can really be tricky to identify their coat. One question a cat owner often has is: what is the color of my cat? For some, their color can be easily determined, as for black and white cat for example.
