They’re black tortoiseshells with the dilute gene which makes them blue tortoiseshells. Dilute orange is referred to as cream. Most of them will be female because orange is determined by the X chromosome so to have orange and black you need two X chromosomes. But intersex and chimeric cats can-
Yes! Calicos are tortoiseshells with higher degrees of white spotting
Messybeast is a good resource if you’re interested in reading more. It’s a website full of everything you’d want to know about cat genetics. http://messybeast.com/tricolours.htm
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Mouldy calico is soo adorable!!
Have you seen Kathleen Ryan’s beaded sculptures of moldy fruit?
You might enjoy her work.
I just posted more photos of her work, if you like to see. These sculptures are also surprisingly large.
Have you seen dilute torties? They look a lot like the moldy cats :3 💙
Messybeast is a good resource if you’re interested in reading more. It’s a website full of everything you’d want to know about cat genetics.
http://messybeast.com/tricolours.htm
If you prefer orange over cream but still want grey then there’s also black torbies which are tortoiseshell tabbies
But imaging the cat in real life make all my hairs stand 😱😱😱