Rare Tabby Cat Colors

Lilac or lavender is a much rarer coat color found in cats and isn t purple at all but is the result of a diluted chocolate color.

Rare tabby cat colors. Tortoiseshell and calico are rare in male cats because they only have one x chromosome so they will either be ginger or non ginger. Distinct color patterns with one color predominating. Calico cats have three colors. Darker spots stripes or whorls on a lighter brown background.

Within their calico spots they may have tabby stripes. The tabby pattern occurs in twelve colours which are black based or red based and their dilutes and dilute modifiers which change the shape of the melanin granules or make them clump together. Brown mackeral tabbies are the most common. There is no question about it.

But occasionally genes that are responsible for a cat s fur patterns and color generate mutations that are unexpectedly. It s recessive meaning even in pedigree cats it is a rarity making it pretty special. Black stripes ranging from coal black to brownish on a background of brown to gray. Lilac also known as lavender is an almost purple color and is one of the lightest kinds of dilution in the chocolate color.

It is considered a dilution of an already diluted color and is therefore not as commonly seen in even pedigreed cats. White orange and black. Lavender is considered the rarest of all the cat color patterns and therefore lavender colored tabby cats are really hard to come by. Below is a photo of a calico cat you can clearly see the brown and red tabby colours as well as the effects of the white spotting gene.

Like the smoke coat in chinchilla coats to the cat s undercoat is pure white while the tip of the hair is black giving the cat a shimmery silver appearance. Cats are the undisputed kings of the internet. They are everywhere online probably because they make everything cuter and funnier. The chinchilla coloration is most often found in persian cats and can actually present in silver or gold.

Of all the cat breeds you will mostly find the lavender color in siamese and colorpoint shorthair cats.