Saw a very pretty cat!

I know, they're all pretty! I stopped at the vet after Day 1 of my boring
insurance licensing class to pick up Persia's x/d food. While I was waiting
they brought the prettiest long-haired calico out from the back! She wasn't
in a carrier, they just handed her to her slave. She just sat there calmly
in her slave's arms while waiting for them to bring a bag of t/d food up for
her. Her name is Bell and I got to pet her. Her fur is soooo silky; she
just looked at me with these big gold eyes, didn't even flinch. Very sweet
cat :)

Smokie Darling (Annie)...

Isn't it nice when you get to meet a different master and they aren't
worried about you? I love calicos, they are so pretty (and generally)
so sweet.

Smokie Darling (Annie)

Christina Websell...

I love calicos too, but we don't call them that in England, we call them
tortoiseshell and white. We don't call tuxedo cats tuxedo either even
though it's so descriptive there ought to be no other name for them.

Smokie Darling (Annie)...

I think tortoiseshell is so much more descriptive and accurate (with or
without the "and white). Not sure why it's called calico here, when I
consider calico fabric anyway.

I'd never called them tuxedoes (does that 'e' belong or not?) until I
came here, but it is such a good name....

Smokie Darling (Annie)

sriddles...

I still get confused about that. Let me get this straight, somebody
help me if I'm wrong.
In the US anyway, a Calico is multicolored splotches with white. A
tortoiseshell is the black and gold and gray ones, mottled but not big
patches of color.
Now. What is a "dilute calico"? Does anybody know that one?

Adrian...

I think if the patches are pale, that's dilute.

badwilson...

White with grey and peach instead of white with black and ginger. Vino
is a dilute ginger, he's peach all over.

-L....

"Blue" (grey) instead of black and peach or cream instead of orange.
The white is the same. ;)

This page shows a good comparison:

mlbriggs...

Dilute: water down, thin out; pale, colors not so strong, etc. The
colors are there but in softer shades.

Christina Websell...

Tuxedo is just so right for a cat with a white chest and feet, just like a
tuxedo posh suit for a wedding. Not sure about the "e" for the plural.
Unfortunately, here in England they are just called "black and white."

Nice to hear from you Annie, you've been away for a while.

abRokeNegRo...

wha wha wha

was this the highlight of your day

dang I hope it got better than this!