#tortoiseshell high white

[identifyingcatsinposts]

Black with low white spotting (bicolor pattern is tuxedo with blaze); tortoiseshell with high white spotting (tricolor pattern is Van); dilute tortoiseshell; black mackerel tabby; blue with low white spotting (bicolor pattern is tuxedo); tortoiseshell mackerel tabby; black swirly whirly tabby with low white spotting (bicolor pattern is tuxedo)

[whatcoloristhatcat]

What color? :3

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a dilute black (blue) tortoiseshell tabby (torbie) with moderate white spotting, a dilute black (blue) (mackerel?) tabby with moderate white spotting, a red or dilute red (cream) tabby with high white spotting, a black (classic?) tortoiseshell tabby with moderate white spotting, and a black tortoiseshell with moderate white spotting (calico)

this picture was taken on a microwave i think so i can't see many details hbbhbrrhrh

[identifying-cat-phenotypes]

This is claudia. She's the light of my life. Any thoughts on her beautiful coat?

what a beautiful cat! black mackerel tabby tortoiseshell with high white!

[princetfae]

probably the most annoying misconception about cats to me is that female ginger cats are rare

the confusion likely comes from the fact that Red is a sex-linked gene; it only passes down on X. male cats only have one X to give, so there's less choice on the sire's side (and no choice if the kitten is male, as they need to inherit Y from dad, so they have to get the actual colour gene from mum). so, people hear that both parents need to have red to get a fully red female kitten, which totally means its rare, right?

nope. because it goes the other way too. both parents need to have non-red to get a fully non-red kitten.

the charts above show the combinations you can get with the O locus (the red locus), the first being for a female kitten and the second being for a male. dams on the left have two possible alleles they can pass down, so they get written down twice. sires on the top only have one possible allele to pass down, so they only need to be written down once. which allele theyre passing down is underlined in blue

capital O holds red, and little o holds not-red. an OO or Oy cat is fully red, an oo or oy cat is fully non-red, and an Oo cat is both and therefore tortoiseshell. the results have been coloured for viewing ease

it's a 1/4 chance for a molly to be red, and crucially, it's also a 1/4 chance for it not NOT be red. 1/2 chance of both (tortoiseshell)

it's a 1/2 chance for a tom to be red, and a 1/2 chance for it to not be red. toms cant be tortoiseshell

i hope this helps visualise the probabilties better

tldr. ginger female cats are not any more rare than black female cats are.

(also because i may as well. there is no link between coat colours and personality or intelligence. gingers arent inherently dumb, and torties arent inherently bitchy. ik with the ginger one its (usually) a joke, but the tortie one is usually said in earnest. dumbasses inventing both cat misogyny and cat racism in one go smh)

[identifyingcatsinposts]

Dilute tortoiseshell longhair with high white spotting (tricolor pattern is harlequin/magpie)

hello tumblings. i introduce to you, my feral self claimed daughter (i do NOT own this girl), vienne sausage :)

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vienne sausage (i affectionately call her vienners) is a weird little feral (?*) cat ive been seeing around my neighborhood since mid 2023

* assuming shes feral because shes been out here for nearly 2 years, potentially more. if someone DID own her they wouldve claimed her by now. no sane owner leaves a cat out for two years. also no sane owner would let a weird teenage dude outside (me) feed and cuddle their cat for two years straight >.>

also ferals tend to look much cleaner and healthier than strays because theyre used to being outside. viennes been out here for 2 years, if she was stray, she wouldnt have survival instincts and would be dead by now.

shes very friendly btw and just runs up to me. she lets me give her bellyrubs even (and cats normally wont do that)

i diagnose her w cute little dilute calico coat. (99% sure shes dilute, i aint tweaking.)

she has no tabby markings anywhere.,. pure calico kitty

all these photos were taken yesterday while i was chilling outside btw. ironic timing as i was legit drawing vienne on my porch and she just meowed and walked up lol

[since-times-long-forgotten]

various greek strays for you to identify

thank you so much oh my god I love them <3333

black self

black tortoiseshell mackerel tabby, low white spotting

red mackerel tabby

blue self, medium white spotting

lilac (?) mackerel tabby, high white spotting

blue tortoiseshell, medium white spotting

red classic tabby

black mackerel tabby, high white spotting

[whatcoloristhatcat]

all five of my cats, what colour r they?

a black mackerel tabby with low white spotting, a black mackerel tabby, a black classic tabby with low white spotting, black with low white spotting (ghost tabby edition), and a black tortoiseshell with high white spotting (calico)

[identifying-cat-phenotypes]

this is vienne sausage. shes a feral cat that lives around my house and pesters (/aff) me whenever i go outside and shes longhaired and beautiful.

self hypothesis: dilute black (blue) tortoiseshell w high white spotting. correct? (using whatcoloristhatcat terms,,)

she has not a single tabby marking visible on her blue NOR red patches btw. totally solid patching

I am sorry but i disagre! for, you see

the high white can make it hard to see though, so I understand!

anyway, I reckon she's a blue classic tabby tortoiseshell with high white spotting! most beautiful baby....

[whatcoloristhatcat]

black tortoiseshell with high white spotting (calico)

“velaa” by ! FlOrEcItA !

[whatcoloristhatcat]

My fiancé’s cat, luna ! We know she is a Norwegian forest cat mixed with Persian of some kind, but we wanted to know what coat she has : )

She is a total sweetums and her coat has a cool variety of patterns at certain angles- like one pattern looks like a skull, and the other from another angle is a heart !

she’s a black tortoiseshell with high white spotting (calico)!

[identifying-cat-phenotypes]

This is my beast, her name is Jólakötturinn (Jóla for short)

Her fosters suspected that she has some tabby in her because of the pattern on her head.

blue tabby tortoiseshell with high white of ... some kind!

im going to go with classic tabby because this can look solid in high white patterns like this :)

[whatcoloristhatcat]

how would you describe my sweet baby artemis?

she’s a dilute seal (blue) mackerel lynx tortoiseshell point with high white spotting !other guy is a black mackerel tabby :)

[whatcoloristhatcat]

black tortoiseshell with high white spotting (calico)

more no banana cat moods

[identifying-cat-phenotypes]

This is my stinky asshole baby, Jade. She's 13 and I love her more than anything in the world. I would love to know her phenotype!

Plus the needle-felted miniature one that my friend made me for Christmas a couple years back

A lovely silver (black) tortoiseshell mackerel(?) tabby with high white! It's harder to see the tabby type, so I may edit this post later on with corrections.

[whatcoloristhatcat]

What’s up with oingo?

He’s all white expect for the top of his head and the tip of his tail which is grey (the calico is his sister monkey)

he’s dilute black (blue) with high white spotting ! monkey is a black tortoiseshell with low white spotting (calico)

[identifying-cat-phenotypes]

Tiny small baby has always confused me on what color she is, thanks!!

Her name is presley.

presley is a blue self tortoiseshell with high white! so cute!!