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Each hair has bands of colour along the hair shaft.

Ticked: Also known as a gouti tabby, the ticked tabby cats have a gene that hides the tabby striping, leaving only the underlying agouti colouration. Spotted: The spotted grey tabby is a variant of the mackerel tabby however a modifier gene breaks the characteristic mackerel stripes up into spots. The classic tabby pattern first emerged in the middle ages. Grey classic tabby coats consist of a silver background with sworls of dark and a circular bullseye on the flanks. Grey and white mackerel tabbyĬlassic tabby: Also known as blotched or marbled, the classic tabby pattern is recessive to mackerel, which means the cat must inherit a copy of the classic tabby gene from each parent to have the pattern. Mackerel tabby is the most common tabby pattern and is dominant, therefore the cat only needs to inherit one copy of the T m gene to be mackerel tabby. Mackerel tabby: Also known as ‘ tiger cats‘, the mackerel is the original wild-type pattern and consists of a dark stripe along the back and a fishbone pattern down the side of the cat. The coat pattern of the grey tabby occurs in three patterns, mackerel, classic, spotted and ticked. Breeders have worked hard to eliminate this by selective breeding, and tarnishing is most frequently seen in random-bred cats. Occasionally, the yellow colour can be seen in parts of the coat, known as tarnishing. The absence of yellow makes the black tabby pattern stand out against the pale background.

Normally, the background colour has areas of yellow and black banding (ticking) along the hair shaft. The silver is caused by the melanin inhibitor gene I/i, which suppresses the development of pheomelanin (yellow pigment) from the agouti areas of the coat. The silver/grey background is caused by an inhibitor gene If the cat carries a copy of the A gene, it will be tabby, in order for it to be non-tabby (a solid colour, such as black), it must inherit two copies of the recessive ‘ a’ gene, one from each parent. The cat carries two sets of genes, inherited from the mother and father. The agouti gene (symbolised by an uppercase A) is dominant over its mutant form non-agouti (lowercase a).

Pattern: Melanistic overlay of bars, spots, swirls and rosettes.

Background: Alternating agouti hairs are made up of bands of black and yellow (brown tabbies) or black and off-white (grey tabbies).

The tabby pattern is thought to have come from the African wildcat ( Felis lybica) and consists of two components. The grey tabby is not a specific breed of cat but is a common striped coat pattern that is found in purebred and mixed (random bred) cats. Cat lovers worldwide appreciate these gorgeous kitties for their stunning patterns and smoky to silver fur. Read on to learn about some of the most popular grey cat breeds.When it comes to beautiful cats, the grey tabby certainly makes the list. Many of the pedigreed cat breeds recognized by the Cat Fanciers Association and The International Cat Association come in grey or blue. Some breeds do not come in grey at all, including the Bombay, Burmilla, Havana Brown, Japanese Bobtail, Khao Manee, Ragdoll, Siamese, Singapura, and Tonkinese. Other popular cat breeds come in grey or blue, but also appear in other colors, whether solid or patterned. Some cat breeds only come in grey or blue, such as the Chartreux, Korat, Nebelung, and Russian Blue. The dilute versions of calico and tortoiseshell cats also have some grey color in their coats, but in these coat patterns, grey is mixed with orange or tan (tortoiseshell) or orange/tan and white (calico). Grey cats also come in a variety of different patterns, including solid grey, grey tabby, grey spotted tabby, grey ticked tabby, grey spotted, grey pointed, and bi-colored (grey with white). In cats, grey coats come in a range of hues, from very light silvery grey to deep slate blue. The color grey, which is also called blue, is a dilute variation of black, which is a very common color in cats. Though grey is one of the most beautiful colors found in cats, grey cats are not particularly rare.