


In registries / countries that use EMS codes for colors, I have seen this color most commonly described as "tortie tabby." Vintage MILK GLASS BOWL with Tortoise Shell Textured Outside Vintage Coolness Redstone2020. TICA uses the term "torbie" for the same color. Vintage Hand Blown Tortoise Glass Pitcher / Tortoise Shell Pattern Pitcher / Large Hand Blown Glass Pitcher / Art Glass / Amber Glass. The fancy names for this type of genetics are dense and dilute calico. The term calico refers to a certain pattern on a cat’s coat. I'm personally accustomed to the term "patched tabby," which is used in most CFA breeds that allow this color (CFA allows each breed to use its own color names). The similar tortie pattern has small patches, and the tortie has stripes.

Torbie is a complex color and it can be described in many ways. Torbie and white = Tortie tabby and white = Patched tabby and white = Patterned calico = Patterned Mi-ke (Japanese bobtail) = Caliby.Torbie = Tortoiseshell tabby = Tortie tabby = Patched tabby.In the Japanese Bobtail breed there is a special name, "mi-ke," to refer to calicos that are mostly white with discrete patches of red and black. A cat described as "tortoiseshell and white" usually has less white and/or smaller patches of red and black with a more brindled appearance. You can use the word "calico" for any tortoiseshell and white cat, but people are more likely to describe a cat as a "calico" when the cat has more white and/or larger individual patches of red and black. Tortoiseshell and white = Calico = Mi-ke (in Japanese bobtail breed).These cats are similar to a calico cat, but with an absence of large patches of white. Male cats carry an X and a Y chromosome, whilst females carry two X chromosomes. The name refers to the coat color and pattern. The colour distribution and patterning that is calico or tortie comes down to the cat’s genetics. These patches can be small and evenly mixed all over her coat, or large, distinct patches.While the orange patches may look like they're solid, especially if they're small, they actually have tabby. Tortoiseshell is a mix of red and cream tabby markings and black fur. Tortoiseshell cats are not a specific breed. Kitties with the tortoiseshell pattern are often called torties for short. Dilute tortoiseshell = Dilute tortie = Blue-cream A tortoiseshell cat, also called a tortie, is a combination of colors that includes at least two, including black and ginger, but often a mixture of different colors.There are indeed a lot of ways to describe the same colors.
