What Color Is He??

[naquack]

I recently adopted a kitten (2 months ago) and I am baffled at what color he is. He is definitely a tabby but he runs more orange, even though he seems like he should be black. The closest in coloring I have seen online is from African Wild Cats. He is a farm kitty mutt. If anyone has an idea what color he is i would appreciate it.

 

[abyeb]

The last photo seems to be the clearest. I’d say silver classic tabby. He’s so handsome!

 

[naquack]

I recently adopted a kitten (2 months ago) and I am baffled at what color he is. He is definitely a tabby but he runs more orange, even though he seems like he should be black. The closest in coloring I have seen online is from African Wild Cats. He is a farm kitty mutt. If anyone has an idea what color he is i would appreciate it. View attachment 253401 View attachment 253402 View attachment 253403 View attachment 253404 View attachment 253405

 

[naquack]

The thing that confuses me is that his stripes on his body are brown/sandy while his legs/tail are a grey black. His face stripes are also orange. Usually silver tabbys are like black on silver.

 

[naquack]

 

[Willowy]

Tabbies can have a lot of variation in their coloring. Lots of different shades going on. He does seem to have more ticking than most tabbies. I don't think he's a classic. . .maybe broken mackerel.

Domestic cats are descended from the little African wildcat so maybe he's a throwback to his roots. Takes after his great-great-great-times-a-thousand grandfather .

 

[naquack]

Yeah he most definitly seems to have a coat that reflects back to a wildtype coat similar to the wild cat. His belly is pretty sandy and creamy so sometimes he comes off more grey but his belly spots are a light orange too. Lots of fun stuff going on in him and that's why I made the thread. If anyone has a cat that looks like him I'd love to see how he'll look when he is fully mature.

He darn looks like a shaggy mutt version of its wild cousin.

 

[StefanZ]

I think such a "return back to the roots" is called for atavism.

Whichever label, a very nice result. Just to be proud to have this fellow as your household member.

 

[naquack]

Yes!!! Definitly loved how unique he was when I picked him out of his litter ))))

 

[Pook]

What color is he?

Beautiful!

Purrs
Pook

 

[naquack]

No one has given me a definitive answer so I'm still stuck in I dunno limbo haha. As of right now I'm sure he is a DSH that is a broken mackeral tabby. If anyone has any leads lmk. Also i dunno if this will help but his littermate was def an orange tuxedo.

 

[Elphaba09]

He reminds me of a red-lavender mackerel tabby with some ticking.