Breeds of marble cats

Marble color of cat hair is considered one of the most attractive. It is characteristic of animals of different breeds. Most often marbled are born mustachioed representatives of Bengal, British and Scottish fold.

The beauty of these pets, no doubt, makes them incredibly popular. You can fall in love with them at first sight. Today we will analyze what characteristics marble cats of different breeds have.

In some cases, the beautiful marbled color of cat hair is called classic. This coloring is one of the varieties of the famous tabby color.

It is worth making a small digression to understand what the concept of “tabby” means in determining the colors of animals. So, if a cat has an interesting color with spots or stripes, then this means that she is a carrier of the T gene (tabby). Similar colors are found only in cats and most often in its wild subspecies.

All varieties of tabby colors have common external characteristics. These include the presence of thin stripes on the facewhich, like clear and contrasting contours, outline the upper and lower eyelids. As a result, a noticeable letter “M” looms on the cats forehead.

If on cat's hair stand out peculiar noticeable stains (that is, large concentric or spiral circles are visible on the sides), and 3 parallel striking strips stretch along the ridge line, there are rings on the legs, and on the abdomen - specks, then such a catchy color is called marble or classic tabby.

Cats whose coat has a similar color look very interesting. From the side it seems as if someone took a brush and drew sharp contrasting strips on a neutral background, making the appearance of the animal truly beautiful and a little wild.

Do not think that the marble color is one single color scheme for cat hair. There are several of its varieties, each of which differs in its shades and patterns.

• Black marble - The color is characterized by coal-colored stripes located on a dark brown background. The eyes and contours of the cat’s nose with this coat color are always clearly delineated. Typically, animals with this color have yellow, brown, or orange eyes.

• Chocolate - This variety of marble coloring is one of the most charming. It is distinguished by dark chocolate patterns on a light background. The stroke with this color is always thick brown. In cats with this color, the iris is the same as in the previous case described. The paw pads and nose in these animals have a characteristic brick hue.

• Cinnamon - Another unusual version of marble coloring. The background here is light honey, and the drawings on the wool, paw pads, eye and nose strokes are painted in a shade of cinnamon. Most often, in fluffy carriers of this luxurious color, the iris has a yellowish tint.

• Red - Red marble looks very bright and elegant on cat's hair. This expressive coloring is characterized by a rich red pattern on a red background. The stroke of the paws and pads is also bright red, but the eyes of the lucky owners of this chic color can have different shades - yellow or orange.

• Cream - A delicate and original coat color that is not found very often. From the side it is a bit similar to red marble, but differs in less catchy and saturated tones. All colors here will be more muted and calm.

• Blue - the main background with this kind of marble color will be close to beige shades. The print on the wool and the stroke on the cat's face in this case are blue or gray. The eyes of such cats and kittens will be brown or bright yellow. Paw pads most often differ in dark pink color.

• Purple - Another truly amazing cat color. With him, against the background of patterns, a silver shade acts as the basis, and the drawings themselves and the stroke of the nose are lavender. The paw pads of these pussies are pale pink, and their eyes are yellow or brown.

• Faun - this color provides a pale yellow background, on which there are characteristic stains of the color of the fauns. The stroke lines on the face and paws are pink, and the eyes have saturated copper, brown or orange color shades.

• Tortoiseshell - such marble looks especially interesting and unusual, since it combines two colors in the background. For example, cats look bright and expressive, whose tortie color combines lavender and peach, chocolate and red or honey and red shades.

A variety of cats and cats of domestic breeds can have a beautiful marble color. However, there are individuals in which a similar skin color is more common. Let's get to know them better and consider what color option is typical for them.

Very unusual and peculiar look Bengal marble cats. In hybrid representatives of this well-known breed in color, shades such as gold, silver, snow, coal are most often traced.

Variant of drawing on bengals may vary. Marble in such beauties can be of the type of “cloak” or “sparble”. In the case of a raincoat color, the pattern will be less noticeable and expressive. With it, dark stripes are almost buried in the general color background.

As for sparbles, they are very much appreciated. Their color can combine contrasting two-tone rosettes of large sizes, as well as large circles on the sides.

Delicate and elegant marble can often be found in the color of a British or Scottish cat. These species differ from each other only in the structure of the auricles. The Scottish aristocrats are bent forward and directed downward.

This is one of the oldest European breeds. Its representatives are distinguished by a lazy and wayward character. They need a good upbringing. If everything is done correctly, wonderful furry friends grow out of such beauties.

The name of the breed here speaks for itself - meaning expressive color according to the Bengal type. Cats with this color are common enough. The described individuals are highly active. Such animals love to play a lot and behave hooliganly. Cats very quickly get used to and become attached to their owner, while being distrustful of strangers.

Cats of this breed also boast a wide variety of colors. Marble color can be found in various variations.

Curvy beautiful Americans are very smart and smart. They like to talk and always show their contact nature. In addition, these pets are independent. They can be great companions for all households.

This breed is the youngest since it was bred in 2000. She got her name thanks to the creator - Harry Bramblet. These beautiful cats of intricate marble coloring were obtained in the course of crossing bengals and piterbold with brush color. For this reason, individuals have a Bengal type of color, and wool at the same time looks like a rigid wire, while remaining soft and soft to the touch.

These unusual animals are also marble. It should be noted that this breed was the result of a random mutation. Along with all the other curly cats, Devon Rex resembles a cross between a dog, a cat and a monkey. Such cats are distinguished by their cheerful character, they are very energetic and active. The irrepressible energy in them is combined with loving, sharp mind and gullibility.

Of course, this is not all breeds, representatives of which can have a chic marble color. The following varieties can also be attributed to them:

• kimrik;

• laperm;

• Japanese, Kuril and Karelian Bobtail;

• lamkin;

• charming munchkin with short legs;

• manx;

• large size Maine Coon;

• Norwegian Longhair;

• Oriental breed and many others.

Breeders who specialize in breeding attractive marble kittens of the British, Scottish, Bengal and other breeds very often encounter all sorts of problems, due to which, as a result, they may get a color that does not meet all existing standards.

Most often, breeders face such problems.

• Expressivity. With such a problem, a too bright contrast is traced between the print and the background on the cat's skin.
• Feathering. If there is such a flaw, then the color of the animal will look discolored, as if the marble were very worn out.
• Excessive pattern width. In this case, through the drawings on the background color wool is practically not visible - such a color is not considered the norm.
• Excessive ticking. This ailment externally manifests itself as a strong blurring of the picture, which nevertheless should be more noticeable and expressive.
• The so-called torn drawing. With this problem, the stripes on the skin of the animal may look torn or even go into spots of different sizes.

About the Bengal cat of a marble color, see the video below.