Cat people need color identification help

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

I am trying to decide if this little kitten I have would be called a calico or a tortoiseshell. I did google but it was less than helpful. Some pictures that look like her are called calico and some are tortoiseshell so I have no idea what the proper term for her would be.

Callie

[NewDirections]

I say Calico because it looks like the black and orange are separate and do not intermingle. Also, since she has a good amount of white spots that makes me think Calico as well.

She is so cute :

[walking burp cloth]

I vote calico

[Bitter Green]

that colour is considered calico.
enjoy your new kitty!

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

Thank you I was thinking that was the right color definition.

So would you say a tortoiseshell would be a cat that had very little to no white with lots of intermingled color kind of like a pile of sawdust for lack of a better description?

[moonchiald]

That is a calico.

This is a tortoiseshell. The patch under her chin is a light apricot. No white on her at all.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...N/PICT0534.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ravenchair.jpg

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

Beautiful girl you have there. I have had 2 cats that color in the past. I love how they look.

The last one Cookie looked exactly like your girl but without the patch on her chin. Even her back feet are nearly identical.

[Ann-Marita]

Definitely calico. Lovely. What's her name?

Calico and torty are my two favorite colorations for cats. Both are beautiful. And OH! so often they KNOW how pretty they are. I suppose it must be hard to be humble with a coat like that.

[Ann-Marita]

Silly me. I now see her name is Callie. I have a calico named Callie, too! Short for Caliope. Only she's both a calico and a tabby, sort of. The spots are striped - striped orange, striped dark gray tabby.

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

Yes it is Callie simple and not very imaginative but I think it not only fits her coloring but her personality.

She wont be staying with me unfortunatly I will need to find her a new home in a few weeks. But I am enjoying her while she is here Or I should say she wont be staying with me if I can find her a new home. Other wise she will join my other cats.

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

Originally Posted by Ann-Marita

Silly me. I now see her name is Callie. I have a calico named Callie, too! Short for Caliope. Only she's both a calico and a tabby, sort of. The spots are striped - striped orange, striped dark gray tabby.

I have a 15yo female Stimpy, that has spots like that but they have the stripes as well so she isnt truly calico. Wonder what that variation is known as.

[Ann-Marita]

We jokingly call it "tabico". It reminds me of a loud print dress - lots of color and pattern, and a little too much overall.

[angie7]

Definately a calico..very cute!

[SunShineSally]

Calico I have a pastel Tortie and her colors flow they are not blunt like a patch here or there they just flow. She is beautiful I like her name! I love the calico's and Torties and yes they do know how beautiful they are

[phatchristy]

Tortie--black and red, small clumps or patches acceptable

Calico--a tortie + white

So, if you have a black and red cat with ANY white genetically it's a bicolor (tortie + white). That's if there is any white.

CUTE kitten too!

[HarperRose]

Originally Posted by Ann-Marita

We jokingly call it "tabico". It reminds me of a loud print dress - lots of color and pattern, and a little too much overall.

My Torty had a litter when I was about 11 or 12 and one of them was another torty and 2 were orange tabbies and 2 were black & white, and one was a Tabico. I love it.

[Pumpkin_Pie]

So beautiful!!!!!