Orange Tabby Cat Colors

The tabby cat is not a breed but a coat colour which can be found in both mixed breed and purebred cat populations.

Orange tabby cat colors. Calico cats have three colors. If a cat has three colors and the distinctive tabby forehead marking they re a calico tabby. Green eyed mackerel tabby looking thoughtful. All tabbies have the same distinctive facial markings.

It could be a shade of orange closer to red or yellow or more brownish. The color could be pale or bright. Agouti hairs are most obvious on the ticked tabby such as the abyssinian or singapura who only has the agouti background but not the stripes. Ginger marmalade marmie all are descriptions for one of the classic tabby cat colors the orange tabby.

The orange coat color is produced due to the presence of the pigment pheomelanin which displays colors in the red to cream ranges. A dark line leading from the outer corner of each eye at a downwards angle to below each ear and a darker m shaped pattern on their foreheads. The tabby cat pattern features stripes swirls spots and ticks and can come in many colors. White orange and black.

Within their calico spots they may have tabby stripes. But orange tabby cats are genetically possible in many different established breeds such as maine coons persians american bobtails and british shorthairs. While some breeds are more likely to produce orange pigments rather than others this is not a breed but simply a coat variety. The term calico much like tabby refers to a pattern of colors rather than a breed.