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Ticked/Agouti
Colors
Genetically,
ticking is a tabby pattern, but visually it looks
very different. Since each individual hair has
several bands of color, the ticking affects the
apparent color of the cat. Some colors are
linked to the cat's sex, but you only need to know
that if you plan to show or breed. Ticked breeds
are the Abyssinian, Somali,
Suqutranese, Singapura,
Alaskan Snow Cat although there are ticked
versions of Orientals and it would be possible to
produce ticked versions of other breeds. The
background color of tabby cats is ticked, this is
most obvious in brown/black tabbies.
 Blue
Chocolate (Chestnut)
Cream: true
(sex-linked) cream
Fawn (Beige):
non sex-linked cream (dilute
sorrel)
Ivory:
warm beige ticking on ivory (Singapura)
Lavender (Lilac):
dilute chocolate
Red: true (sex-linked) red
Ruddy (Usual, Brown, Tawny)
Silver (Silver Usual/Silver Ruddy): silvery
undercoat/base color
Golden (Golden Usual/Golden Ruddy): golden
undercoat/base color
Sorrel (Cinnamon): non sex-linked red
Because agouti is a
type of tabby, those colors can combine with the
tortoiseshell markings to give Blue
Tortoiseshell, Chocolate Tortoiseshell etc.
Ticked
colors can
occur on a silver undercoat e.g. Sorrel Silver, Blue Silver,
Chocolate Silver etc.
Silver Abyssinians and Silver Somalis are popular
in Britain but rare in the US. The Alaskan Snow
Cat has the Silver Abyssinian coat pattern. Ticked tortie can
occur on a silver background to give Blue
Silver Tortoiseshell, Chocolate Silver
Tortoiseshell etc. The Silver Tortoiseshell
Abyssinian/Somali is also called Ruddy Silver
Tortie.
White: (Suqutranese only) pure
white, translucent silver-white bands on hair
visible in good light. White Somalis are bred, but
not recognized. The effect is that of a sparkling
white coat. The ticked
colors and ticked tortie colors can be patched with
white to give ticked bicolor, but this is
presently only seen in non-pedigree cats.
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