Ground color: Hair color that is closest to the body.
Guard hairs: The longest, outer hairs of the cat's coat.
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ground color (background color) is paler than the pattern
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GROUND COLOR - The area of color on the lower part of the hair shaft; also the agouti area between the tabby pattern.
RED: ground color rich, warm glowing red, ticked with chocolate-brown, the extreme outer tip to be darkest. Tail tipped with chocolate-brown. The underside and inside of legs to be a tint to harmonize with the ground color. Nose leather: rosy pink.
Agouti - ground color between a tabby's stripes.
Non-agouti cats can loose this background, so that it becomes the same color as the stripes-resulting in a solid color
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Blue Tabby: The ground color, including lips and chin, should be pale bluish Ivory. Markings are very deep blue affording a good contrast with the pale ground color. Warm fawn overtones or patina over the whole.
This means that most of the individual hairs on the cat have alternating bands of the dark sepia brown and a warm old ivory ground color. The muzzle, chest and underside of the cat are the light color only with no ticking.
Good contrast between pale ground color and deeper markings. Forehead barred with characteristic "M" and frown marks, forming lines between the ears which continue down the back of the neck, ideally breaking into elongated spots, along the spine.
The basic ground colors for the Domestic are orange and black, and many can be safely referred to as Tabby's, which mean simply that they have a pattern of color that falls into one of four groups: Agouti, also called a ticked coat, ...
The Silver Egyptian Mau Cats are a pale silver ground color. These markings are on the head. shoulders. outside of the legs. back and on the tail. The undercoat is usually white to pale silver. The markings are a charcoal color.
All variations are allowed; however, a degree of rufinism yielding a yellow, buff, tan, golden, or light orange ground color is preferred over a gray or dark orange red background. Markings may be virtually black, tan, or various shades of brown.
from these original Singapura cats, some range in the intensity of ticking and in the intensity of the old ivory ground color occurred, but with a few exceptions all were brown ticked on old ivory.
The Mau is the only natural spotted breed of domestic cat, showing good contrast between the background color and pattern. The pattern is random with any size or shape of distinct spots.
There should be good contrast between pale ground color and deeper markings. Forehead has characteristic tabby M and brown lines between ears and down back of neck. Cheeks have mascara lines from corner of the eye along the contour of the cheek.
The tawny pattern is a ticked tabby pattern marked by ticking on the body hair with various shades of the marking color and ground color, with the outer tipping being the darkest and the undercoat being the ground color.
Distinct lines are required on the legs with the upper part being of bronzed color and the lower part of ground color. The tail must be ringed and have a dark tip of ground color. There is a dark dorsal stripe.
What is important is that the spots be vivid and distinct, with good contrast between the background color and the color of the spots.
The bands are darker than the ground color and produce a glossy, vibrant shimmer when the cat is in full coat. Its striking facial markings resemble theatrical eyeliner. It's an active breed, living up to its wild looks.
The distinctive coat appearance comes from the combination of colors on each hair shaft. The lighter or ground color lies closest to the skin and each hair shaft has dark-colored bands that are contrasted with lighter-colored bands.
Tail is moderately long, with thickness at the base equal to that at the tip. Tail has dark rings and a dark tip on the ground color. Well clad.
Spangles may look wild, but are purely domestic and adore playing and interacting with their people.
The spots range through chocolate, seal brown, tawny, gray, orange and golden. A high contrast between the spots and background color is considered preferable, the Bengal should have a spotted belly and a black tip to the tail.
In spotted Bengals, the spots appear randomly or in horizontal patterns and stand out in extreme contrast to the background color, which may be a bright shade of tan, gold, or mahogany.
Singapuras all have the same coloration - only one color is allowed - dark brown ticking on an old ivory ground color, the underside is the color of unbleached muslin.
The colors of the coat vary in shades of brown, blue, chocolate, lilac, gold and peach. The name "Mist" comes from the misty background color of the coat, because the more pronounced spots set it off.
 See also: Contrast, Ticking, Taper, Agouti, Wedge
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