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Tabby
Colors
Tabby
means dark markings (stripes, swirls, spots) on a
paler background. The stripe color is solid (goes
right to the hair root), but the background color
is agouti (each hair is banded with color).
Different breeds may use different names for the
same color. The tabby colors are:
 Blue Tabby:
cream/ivory-blue base, slate blue markings
Brown (Black, Ebony) Tabby:
coppery-brown base, black markings
Chocolate (Chestnut) Tabby: cream base, milk-chocolate brown markings
Cameo Tabby:
cream base, pale red markings (aka Red-Silver Tabby)
Caramel Tabby:
cream base, biscuit-color markings
Chestnut Tabby: ivory base, medium-dark brown markings
Chocolate Tabby:
ivory base, medium-dark brown markings (= Chestnut Tabby)
Cinnamon Tabby: pale brown base, cinnamon markings
Cream Tabby: pale cream base, fawn/buff markings
Fawn Tabby: pale pink-beige base, lilac markings
Golden Tabby: tabby on golden undercoat (see chinchilla/shaded section) e.g. Chocolate Golden Tabby
Lavender (Lilac) Tabby: milky cream base, frosty gray markings
Red Tabby:
pale red base, deep red markings
Silver Tabby: silver base, black markings, aka Black Silver Tabby. Other Silver Tabbies occur with colored markings on a silvery background e.g.: Blue Silver, Red Silver (aka Cameo Tabby) etc. Other Golden Tabbies with markings on a golden background are possible, but the genetics are not fully understood.
As
well as the various permutations of tabby/silver
tabby/golden tabby, spotted/silver spotted/golden
spotted there are some terms specific to the
modified tabby markings and specific colourways of
certain breeds.
Bronze
Spotted (Egyptian Mau): Chocolate Spotted Tabby
Bronze:
(California
Spangled)
Charcoal:
(California
Spangled)
Cinnamon-Golden (Bronze) Spotted:
(Ocicat) dark Cinnamon on Gold/Honey/Ivory
Ebony Leopard: (American Lynx)
Gold: (Australian Mist)
Gold:
(California
Spangled)
Golden Leopard:
(American Lynx)
Golden Spotted:
(Ocicat) bright Cinnamon on Ivory
King Spangled:
(California
Spangled) pattern like King Cheetah
Leopard:
(Bengal) black spots/rosettes on orange/tawny background (a form of Brown Tabby)
Mink:
(Bengal) black spots/rosettes on mahogany
Peach: (Australian Mist) a misty pink base with darker markings
Pewter Spotted: (Egyptian Mau)
Sienna Spotted: (Ocicat) Beige/Ecru on Ivory background
Smoke Spotted: (Egyptian Mau)
Snow Leopard :
(American Lynx)
Snow Leopard :
(California
Spangled), the 'dilution phase'.
Snow:
(Bengal) beige spots, black leg/tail stripes on pale Ivory (effect of Siamese/Burmese ancestry)
Sorrel :
(Bengal) chestnut-brown on orange/tawny
Tawny Spotted:
(Ocicat) Black/Seal on Buff/Ruddy
Tawny: (American Lynx)
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