Orange Tabby Female With Black Whiskers

[david68]

One of my rescue cats is a female orange tabby with a mix of black and white whiskers, but mostly black.

I can find one other photo online of an orange tabby with black whiskers. How rare is this?

Her mother was a tortie, but had white whiskers.

 

[artiemom]

Artie has one black whisker...

 

[pushylady]

They do seem to have white whiskers usually. I wonder if it's genes from her tortie mom being expressed? Curious!

 

[Willowy]

Many orange cats have black "freckles". It's possible that her freckles are on the whisker roots. It's also possible that she's genetically a tortie, no way to know that without breeding her, but I think it's more likely to be pigmentation.