![]() ![]() ![]() It may be a dark slate gray, a medium gray, or a pale ash gray. Black cats can "rust" in the sunlight, the coat turning a lighter brownish shade. It may be coal black, grayish black, or brownish black. A "solid black" is just that: black all over.If your cat is pretty much the same color all over, it is a "solid." Some people, especially in the UK, use the word "self" instead of "solid." To make sure, part the hairs and look at the roots. In all cases, silver tabbies have a pale ground color and white roots. You can also have a blue silver, cream silver, or red silver tabby (red silver is also known as "cameo tabby") depending on the color of the stripes. A "silver tabby" has black stripes on a white ground color.These stripes look sand-colored or peach-colored rather than orange. A "cream tabby" has cream stripes on a pale cream ground color.The orange stripes may be dark reddish orange, or light "marmalade" orange. A "red tabby" has orange stripes on a cream ground color.The gray stripes may be a dark slate gray, or a lighter blue-gray. A "blue tabby" has gray stripes on a grayish or buff ground color.The black stripes may be coal black, or a little bit brownish. A "brown tabby" has black stripes on a brownish or grayish ground color.The color of the agouti hairs (the "ground color") may vary tremendously from cat to cat, some cats may have a washed out gray ground color and others will have rich orange tones. You can tell what color a tabby is by looking at the color of its stripes and its tail tip. ![]() This is the color of the Abyssinian cat, but it also appears in non-purebreds and does not mean the cat is Abyssinian. However, like all tabbies, it has tabby markings on the face and agouti hairs on the body.
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