Ticked Tabby Cat Patterns
9 types of tabby cat colors patterns with pictures 1.
Ticked tabby cat patterns. Brown this has a warm brown or bronze background with the tabby pattern in black. The four known distinct patterns each having a sound genetic explanation are the mackerel classic ticked and spotted tabby patterns. Brown and white as for the brown but with white on the bib tummy and all four paws. A fifth pattern is formed by any of the four basic patterns when part of a patched pattern a patched tabby then is a calico or tortoiseshell cat with patches of tabby coat such cats are called caliby and torbie respectively in cat fancy.
What cat breeds can have the tabby coat pattern. Each can have either mackerel classic or ticked tabby patterns meaning 66 possible tabby variations from these colors alone.