Kittens often have ghost markings, which usually disappear when the kitten develops.Īny color extending up to the joint of the hind legs. In general, a shaded cat appears to be much darker than a shell.Ī smoke without ghost markings is preferred. The nostrils, above the lips, on the chin In repose, the cat appears to be solid colored, but in motion, the silver-white undercoat is clearly visible. The fur on the underside of the feet is colored with the color of the tipping, on the back of the hind feet the color extends up as far as to the joint.Ī double row of "dark" spots (buttons) appears on the chest and the belly. The back of the feet is colored in the "dark" color. The cats are silvery around the eyes and have silvery frown markings. Vertical lines over the back of the head extend to the shoulder markingsĮyes and nose leather outlined with the color of the tipping, an even, distinct nose/eye rim is preferred. Marking in the shape of an "M" on the forehead, an unbroken line runs back from the outer corner of the eye, 2 or 3 spirals on the cheeks, thumbprints on the ears, and 2 unbroken necklaces on the chest. The edges of the ears are colored by the lighter color of the pattern. In stillness, the cat appears to be solid colored, but in motion, the silver-white undercoat is clearly visible.Įyes are first surrounded by the darker color of the pattern, then surrounded by the lightest color of the pattern.
Tipping about 1/8 of the entire hair length.įace and legs may be slightly shaded withĬharacteristic sparkling silver appearance. Tipping evenly distributed to give the characteristic sparkling silver appearance. Tipping about 1/3 of the complete hair length. Markings should be the same on each side. On each flank, there are large blotches in the color of the ground color encircled by one or more unbroken "darker" lines. The back markings consist of a vertical lineĭown the spine from the butterfly to the tip of Shoulder markings are in the shape of a butterfly with both upper and lower wings distinctly defined.
The appropriate base color is a "dark" and clearly defined pattern with good contrast without ticked hairs (brindling). Hairs are tipped with the appropriate color, whit a narrow silver-white band at the roots, which can be seen ONLY when parting the hair. Hairs are tipped with the appropriate color. The chin, ear tufts, chest, belly, inside of the legs, and underside of the tail must be without tipping. The coat on the head, ears, back, flanks, and upper side of the tail must be tipped with color. Tipping shading down from the back to the flanks and lighter on the front of the legs. Hairs are tipped with the appropriate color. In most breeds, these solid-colored areas must be without any ticked hairs. The hairs may be uniform all over the coat or separated from each other by solid-colored hairs. Hairs show various numbers of silver-white bands, separated from each other by the corresponding color (ticking). I tried to do it as clearly as possible, I will continue to check this to make sure I have not missed anything. I'm not a member of FIFe, however when it comes to describing the colors, there is no standard who do describe the colors in detail as much as the FIFe standard, that's why I use this one as a tool for us all. Please do learn about all the other patterns as well, knowledge is good. The only way to be sure if you have a Tortie or Torbie is to ignore any stripes showing in the red or cream areas and just look to see if the black color is solid or has stripes!Įvery Tortie has its own unique color pattern so if you like things that are unique then a Tortie is for you.It's a lot too much and hard to compare all it would become messy and hard to read so I choose to only compare classic tabby to the shaded, shell and smoke, as well as black tabby to golden tabby, golden shaded, and golden shell. Even on a solid color cat, you can often see stripes on reds and creams. Many people find the difference between Torties and Torbies rather confusing. Most Torbies will have some red on their feet, even if you don’t see it anywhere else. Adding stripes also tends to make the red harder to see. They are also called patched tabbies since they are a tabby with patches of red or cream. When you add tabby stripes a Tortie becomes a Torbie. The primary color on most Torties is black. Since females are XX and males are XY, it is usually only females that have both red and black. This is because the red and black colors are on the X chromosome.
Torties are a combination of two solid colors, red and black.Ī majority of Tories are female. This terminology refers to the tortoiseshell turtle.
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