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Generally, the most common color for a car, a dress,shoes, etc., is the least popular color when it comes to making a choice. But I\u2019m not sure that\u2019s true with cats. I thought black was the most common color in cats. Black cats are usually the last ones to be adopted. More black cats are euthanized every year than any other cat because they are the least desired.<\/p>\n
This morning, however, I came across a site that says tabby is the most common coat pattern for the ordinary cat. Presumably, it\u2019s the variety of shades and markings that make these cats interesting and adoptable.<\/p>\n
Sometimes it\u2019s hard to identify a color, especially since we\u2019ve gone from black, gray,<\/p>\n
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Lily and Sophie<\/p><\/div>\n
orange, white, to more definitively defined shades known as red, lilac, fawn, smoke blue, chocolate, cinnamon and harlequin.<\/p>\n
Your tabby isn\u2019t just a tabby, but either a mackerel, classic, spotted, or ticked. And a Siamese cat isn\u2019t just a Siamese cat, but she\u2019s a seal point, lilac point, chocolate point or even maybe a torbie point.<\/p>\n
If you want to know more about cat coat colors, here\u2019s an interesting website discussing that topic.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/sheltermedicine.vetmed.ufl.edu\/files\/2011\/11\/identification-and-coat-colors-patterns.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Generally, the most common color for a car, a dress,shoes, etc., is the least popular color when it comes to making a choice. But I\u2019m not sure that\u2019s true with cats. I thought black was the most common color in … Continue reading