Reference Used: http://majnouna.deviantart.com/art/Guide-to-Cat-Colors-Patterns-91579716

Go to this link to breed your cats: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c8AQnOts_AAnrKPL6l0TgK-aTKpzRVOtrSjVADYN6QE/edit?usp=sharing

EYE COLOR AND BODY MUTATIONS BELOW

CAT BODY AND COLOR GENERATOR 1.0 BY TEGAN

GENERATOR PORTION STARTS AT COLUMN A AND ROW 60

WHITE SPOTS CHART

(oh god here we go)

TABBY (more exposition under the sheet)

POINTS (aka siamese markings)

TIPPING (description under the sheet)

EXPOSITION BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS:

If your cat has 2 X genes, roll

(Note: Always roll for this and other coat modifiers

TO ROLL A CAT OK

Cats have 2 potential "pure" pigment genes: Eumelanin (black), and

coat color again. If you ended up

((tipping, points, etc)), but if you have a genetically

Phaeomelanin (red). Pure red cats are more likely to be male than

with a different color, your cat is

all white cat, they will NOT show up.)

female. I don't know exactly why, and I'm not putting it the gen.

tortoiseshell. Whether or not it is

mitts and white chest

Cats can only be one of these colors at a time, unless they're

brindled (mixed colors) or distinct

tortoiseshell (see sex section). Tabby coloration and white

(calico- distinct patches of red

(The more Os, the more skinny

spots are separate genes layered on top of these. However, these

and black) depends on how much

with a wedge shaped head and

two pigments can also have "dilution" genes, that will lighten the

white spotting there is. A spotting

whip like tail the cat will have.

color of the fur; a black cat with a Dilute (maltesing) gene will appear

degree of 5 or more will result

Ticked (Residual)

The more Ss, the more stocky

blue or grey, and a cat with a second dilution gene, called double

in clear, distinct patches.

Pointing is actually a variation of the albinism gene

Only very small patches of color.

with a rounder face and tail the

dilution or "caramelizing" will have more of a caramel tint to them.

,meaning that it prevents certain parts of the body

However, this double dilution is very rare and not really recognized

from producing the normal colors. The parts of the

Peterbald no hair

by any breeding societies so it only rarely shows up. But it's still here

body that are coldest however; the feet, face, and

Here because why not. Along with THAT, the pigment in eumelanin

tail, specifically, show their colors as normal. The

can also have reduced pigment density- full density is black, lesser

colored portions can, however, still have white

density is chocolate/brown, and even less density is cinnamon.

spotting, making some pointed cats have white

Red cats do not have this reduced pigment density, but ARE a

mitts and face spots on their colored parts.

affected by dilution genes. White coloration in cats is caused by

Note that points also don't completely bleach the

either one of two things: albinism (caused by a genetic mutation),

parts of the fur that aren't the extremities; it simply

Note: Coat color in cats is held

which pretty much breaks a cat's capabilities to produce pigment,

White spots, like all other type of white,

on the X gene. This means that

and the white genes, which suppress the other genes and make it

POINTS Modifiers:

completely cover up all other color, but come in

female cats, having 2 X genes

so a cat doesn't produce any pigment at all, and the default color of

a huge variety of shapes and color. Unique types

can have both red and black

a cat's fur is, as in all mammals, white. Fur colors of red and black

include "belted" cats, which have a single band

coloration, in a pattern called

only have one gene per X chromosome; if the cat does not have a

of white around the belly and back, around 5 in the

tortoisehell. When the patches

second X chromosome, it will not have an extra color pigment.

Coat markings are highly genetically complex,

Siamese type points have the highest amount

grading, and "skunklike" markings, around 5.

are not distinct and are instead

Again, this causes tortoiseshells, but it also should be noted that

interacting in ways that we don't fully understand

of contrast between body color and points, while

However, white usually starts around the feet,

very mingled, the pattern is called

if your cat is male, you should NOT be generating two genes as

to this day. Sometimes, a certain type of marking

Sepia has relatively low contrast. A point in

chest, and belly, and works it's way up as the grade

brindled. On top of that, if a

with fur color. Also, dilute genes go over top of everything even

will cancel another one out, sometimes it won't.

between has middling contrast, and is commonly

increases, so such distinct patterns like that are

tortoiseshell cat has a large

Ok so. Incomplete dominance. As you know, there

if you have two X chromosomes; you can't have full black fur

Sometimes a completely seperate gene will pop up

called Mink. So, SS would be high contrast, pure

amount of white, they are called a

are 2 copies of all of these genes- for example, in

and caramelized red patches, it doesn't work like that.

RESEMBLING another one, making it appear

siamese, Ss would be mink, and ss would be

calico or tri-color. If a male cat

sex, there is one x gene and one y gene in males.

like it randomly became dominant, but it actually

Eye color honestly depends less on genetics and

has a genetic mutation that allows

This applies to all other genes as well. So, for

isn't... it's all very confusing, so we'll be using a

what colors your cat has ended up with. The less

them to have 2 x genes and 1 y,

example, a cat could have two dominant L genes-

simplified version here. Each tabby type here can

pigment in the fur, the less pigment in the eyes-

they will almost always be sterile.

aka LL, and that would be your average short

be considered dominant to the one below it, but not

BODY MUTATIONS: Mutations that affect the

aka the more likely they are to be light in color or

furred cat. However, a cat with two ll genes would

above it. (At least, from rows 8 through 13.)

body. If homozygous (two of the gene in one cat),

blue. Only albinos ever have red eyes, and even

have a long coat. Two of both- Ll, would result in

Tailless (Manx), forward ear fold, and short leg are

then they are more likely to have blue (as the

a coat that is a mix. That is what incomplete

Phaeomelanin(red)

Mackerel: Most common. Long, thin stripes.

LETHAL. These mutations however, are incredibly

natural shapes of the folds in the iris actually

dominance is- it doesn't overwrite the recessive

Phaeomelanin(red)

Classic: Second most common. Thicker, blotchier.

rare, and will sometimes mutate into the population.

refract light in a way that makes it look blue

gene completely, but ends up creating a mix of the

Phaeomelanin(red)

Spotted: Distinct spots, residual leg and tail stripes.

despite having no pigment. Blue albino eyes will

two. A plain dominant cat; such as Whl- wirehair

Ticked: Related to tipping, but not consistent

have a red sheen to them in some lights.)

and Long- no matter what, will always display

across the body, giving a freckled look. Residual

the wirehair coat, not the long hair coat. If you gett

Caramelized (D2)

ticking still has stripes on the legs, tail, and neck.

two recessive genes, roll a 2 sided die to see which

TABBY COLORATION:

Tabby stripes are generally the same color as the

Results of those (No genetic info here, just for your own reference.)

^ "No white" is recessive to

rolled coat color, with the coat that isn't striped

White: Overlays everything- any further coat/patterning genes will

White and "No Dilution" is

being slightly lighter. So a cat with full black genes

Description: Tipping is similar to points in that

still be present in the cat's DNA, but completely invisible to the eye.

dominant to dilution, but "No

and tabby stripes will instead appear to be a dark

it bleaches part of the cat's fur, but instead of

Dilution" is not dominant to white

grey cat with black stripes. If it has the no tabby

covering up portions of the cat's pelt, it covers

and "No white" is not dominant to

gene, then it will once again appear to be a full

entire portions of the entire hair, so the colored part

dilution. So if you get a "No White"

black cat. Dilutions apply to tabby stripings,

(tabby, white spots and all) is only on the very tip

Fawn Based Caramel

gene and a "dilution" gene, then

and they still appear in full force on tortiseshell

of the hair. With shading, the color takes up the

your cat will have a diluted color.

pelts, although when the colors are distinct/calico

first 1/4 of the hair, and with smoke, it takes up

Non Albino White

Also, Maltese Dilute is dominant

/tricolor, the stripes can be difficult to spot on any

1/2 the hair. This makes it so the cat's pelt looks

(Note: Cats that are white with

Note: Double dilution is very rare, so as far as I've seen, Fawn

to Double Dilution/Caramelization.

dark black portions. On white spotting and the paler

darker on places where you see the hairs from the

both eyes being blue are most

One eye blue, one orange

Based Caramel is THEORETICAL only.

parts of pointed cats, stripes will never show up.

side (such as on the back), and lighter where you

often deaf in one or both ears.)

see them head on (such as the flanks). It is most

GENERATE A CAT:

dramatic an effect when the cat is in motion, and

Instructions: Below will be a randomly generated cat based on the genetics tables

Coming soon! I'll have to make a seperate doc that people can write on for this.

overall can create a sort of "shimmery" effect.

given above, with probabilities of certain traits factored in. Don't like the cat you got?

White tipping is the opposite; the white only

Just refresh the page! However, for eye color, you must compare what cat you got to

appears on the very tip, and the colored portions

the list of eye colors on the far right of this spreadsheet. Make sure you write down

of the coat at the base of the hair, and golden

these genetics somewhere else, because this specific pattern will disappear the

tipping still has the colored tip, but instead of a

moment you close or refresh the page! Make sure you write down both sets of

white base, it is tinted gold. This coloration is

genes too; this allows for recessive genes and makes the breeding process more

incredibly rare, and I hadn't even heard of it until

indepth. Due to the system I've created though, some sections don't have 2 genes.

I began research for this project. As with Tabby,

row 5 is the most dominant of these coat patterns,

and row 11 the least dominant, and no tipping is

(Technically this one is two genes, either XX or XY, with the rare XXY, but I didn't set the probability chart up like that. Just put one letter in gene 1 and the other in gene 2.)

dominant over all of it.

(If you have a cat with an XY gene, only write down the first one of these colors, as color is determined by the X gene. In the gene 2 section, just write "Y".)

Eye Color: Go through the genes you got and

figure out what your cat would look like. Then, go

to the eye color chart and write it down. Roll with

this where appropriate. http://www.roll-dice-online.com/

For the sake of easiness, eye color doesn't pass down.

WHITE PATCHES OVER A