What would I call my kitten's colour and pattern?

[Falena]

I know she is considered a domestic shorthair, but what is her colour and pattern? I dont know a great deal about cat phenotypes so I first thought "Smoke" and white after looking at others images on google, but maybe black silver or just dark silver and white is the correct term? And also her tabby markings. She has what looks like "broken classic tabby" rather than broken mackerel tabby pattern. Would this be considered spotted, or is broken classic a thing?

This is my kitten Akila and her "pyjamas" as I call her coat at home

 

[maggie101]

I describe my cat as marble ice cream with
Chocolate chips and brown sprinkles and a dark slivers down her back and a chocolate and green chip for her eyes.

Your cat is probably smoky

 

[Falena]

I describe my cat as marble ice cream with
Chocolate chips and brown sprinkles and a dark slivers down her back and a chocolate and green chip for her eyes.

Your cat is probably smoky

She must be a very sweet cat!
And as for mine being smoke, I've read that smokes aren't tabby and Akila has pretty prominent tabby markings. Unless that will change with her adult coat?

 

[Falena]

Also , apologies for the enormous photos! I didn't realise they'd come up so large.

 

[Maurey]

Do you have photos in natural lighting? Looks totally different in some of these to the point I’m almost questioning if it’s the same kitten the white matches, but the coat is very different.

looks like a black spotted tabby with white here — is it definitely the same kitten lol?

And a black smoke (solid +inhibitor gene) with tabby ghosting and white in the other two full body pics.

 

[Meowmee]

I agree one pic looks like broken mackerel tabby bicolor with spots- the first one, and another looks like silver tabby almost and another like smoke with the close up of the white roots. She is a cutie

 

[Falena]

Do you have photos in natural lighting? Looks totally different in some of these to the point I’m almost questioning if it’s the same kitten the white matches, but the coat is very different.

looks like a black spotted tabby with white here — is it definitely the same kitten lol?
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And a black smoke (solid +inhibitor gene) with tabby ghosting and white in the other two full body pics.

Haha! Absolutely the same kitten, though the pic you chose here was when she was a little smaller, her spotting/striping seem to have lightened and stretched out since then.
Also I must admit, my phone does mess with colours by itself...kinda like an "auto filter" which is really frustrating
I have been calling her my little shape shifter because she honestly does look different in every picture and as she grows. Her tabby markings are even asymmetrical to the point where one side of her body is spottier and the other stripier
Here's probably the most accurate I have of what she looks like currently ( I live in England and its very gloomy weather at the moment to get natural light pictures lol)

 

[Falena]

I agree one pic looks like broken mackerel tabby bicolor with spots- the first one, and another looks like silver tabby almost and another like smoke with the close up of the white roots. She is a cutie

Haha, she is my little shape shifter . I've added another couple of pics above. Hopefully they're a little easier to spot. My phone does "colour correction" by itself in lower light and its very frustrating. Hopefully they're a little better!

 

[Meowmee]

I would say either silver mackerel bicolor with spots or smoke. Some of her spots look sort of like they are forming rosettes which is odd.

 

[maggie101]

She must be a very sweet cat!
And as for mine being smoke, I've read that smokes aren't tabby and Akila has pretty prominent tabby markings. Unless that will change with her adult coat?

This is Coco. 5 weeks old now 7 yrs old
Lighting does make a big difference. Her mom was bronze color

 

[Falena]

I would say either silver mackerel bicolor with spots or smoke. Some of her spots look sort of like they are forming rosettes which is odd.

Thank you! And yes, I noticed the sort of rosetteesqe spots. It might be helpful to add that she does have one pedigree parent and is a result of a big whoopsie. She was given to me by a friend. Although, that parent is a Silver classic BSH and I don't think I've ever seen a BSH with rosettes. He's a the neighbour's breeding Tom, who had escaped and gotten into my friend's home during a renovation. Mother is a little brown mackerel tabby moggy (friend didn't know he'd mated with her until it was too late. She has been since spayed and Tom is back with his family)

 

[Falena]

This is Coco. 5 weeks old now 7 yrs old
Lighting does make a big difference. Her mom was bronze color

Aww she's absolutely beautiful! She's quite the shapeshifter herself isn't she. Looks quite different in tones in all her pics

 

[maggie101]

Thank you! And yes, I noticed the sort of rosetteesqe spots. It might be helpful to add that she does have one pedigree parent and is a result of a big whoopsie. She was given to me by a friend. Although, that parent is a Silver classic BSH and I don't think I've ever seen a BSH with rosettes. He's a the neighbour's breeding Tom, who had escaped and gotten into my friend's home during a renovation. Mother is a little brown mackerel tabby moggy (friend didn't know he'd mated with her until it was too late. She has been since spayed and Tom is back with his family)

I think her mom loved to have babies. From what I know she mated with a grey striped,and white with grey hearts.and possibly a white cat and brown cat that I saw before the mom

 

[Falena]

I think her mom loved to have babies. From what I know she mated with a grey striped,and white with grey hearts.and possibly a white cat and brown cat that I saw before the mom

Oh they do, don't they. When they haven't been spayed, my goodness. So many kittens!
I'll be having Akila spayed ASAP because the thought of having an intact lady in my home for any longer than need be worries me to no end.
Especially considering how she came into the world. We came to the conclusion that her father squeezed through a small hole in the wall where the two houses kitchens connect!
Very determined

 

[Meowmee]

Thank you! And yes, I noticed the sort of rosetteesqe spots. It might be helpful to add that she does have one pedigree parent and is a result of a big whoopsie. She was given to me by a friend. Although, that parent is a Silver classic BSH and I don't think I've ever seen a BSH with rosettes. He's a the neighbour's breeding Tom, who had escaped and gotten into my friend's home during a renovation. Mother is a little brown mackerel tabby moggy (friend didn't know he'd mated with her until it was too late. She has been since spayed and Tom is back with his family)

Maybe that explains why she is or looks silver then…but not the rosettes part, maybe it is patching and she is a torbie.

 

[Falena]

Maybe that explains why she is or looks silver then…but not the rosettes part, maybe it is patching and she is a torbie.

Yeah, makes sense! She did have a silver classic tabby and a very obviously spotted "goldenish" looking tabby in her litter (the other 2 were solid black) but she was black and white when I picked her out, I thought she was a Tuxedo before she grew into her coat . I got another picture of her today in a similar pose to the first picture (without the colour correction my phone does, she doesn't have any warm or brown hues like is seems to show) and you can see what I mean about her looking like a "broken classic" tabby haha. I don't think there is such term, but perhaps it's classic with the spotted gene? The rosette looking part in the middle looks like if it wasn't broken up or spotted, she's be a classic tabby? She has the spots in the swirl or oyster like shape. She turned out to have a very interesting coat that seems like it will continue to surprise me as she grows

 

[Falena]

Here are some extra baby pictures just for the cuteness too! First picture, she's quite obviously the littlest one on the right

 

[Meowmee]

Yeah, makes sense! She did have a silver classic tabby and a very obviously spotted "goldenish" looking tabby in her litter (the other 2 were solid black) but she was black and white when I picked her out, I thought she was a Tuxedo before she grew into her coat . I got another picture of her today in a similar pose to the first picture (without the colour correction my phone does, she doesn't have any warm or brown hues like is seems to show) View attachment 403993and you can see what I mean about her looking like a "broken classic" tabby haha. I don't think there is such term, but perhaps it's classic with the spotted gene? The rosette looking part in the middle looks like if it wasn't broken up or spotted, she's be a classic tabby? She has the spots in the swirl or oyster like shape. She turned out to have a very interesting coat that seems like it will continue to surprise me as she grows

Yes, very unusual pattern she has on her shoulder area too. I am not sure what is going there. She def does not look torbie here, but looks silver. He center part looks like a symbol of some sort on her tummy area.

 

[Falena]

Yes, very unusual pattern she has on her shoulder area too. I am not sure what is going there. She def does not look torbie here, but looks silver. He center part looks like a symbol of some sort on her tummy area.

Yes, almost looks like someone scribbled on her shoulders
I could swear she looks different every day. Maybe it is a symbol and she *is* a magical shape shifter
I guess I'll have to wait and see when she gets her big girl coat. She could look entirely different at this rate!

 

[Falena]

Maurey , sorry to bother you. I took some pics in natural light for you. They're not great, but with our gloomy weather and a very speedy kitten, it's the best we could do