Tabby:
•A tabby is a cat with a distinctive coat pattern with a stripes,dots,lines, or swirl patterns. Tabby cats come in several colors, but mostly shades of grey,black, and brown

•Mackerel tabby—A coat with thin vertical stripes down the sides of the coat, more commonly referred to as 'tiger stripes.'

•Classic tabby—A coat with a thick swirling stripes down the sides of its coat.

•Ticked tabby—A coat with stripes that are broken up into tiny small fragments, more commonly referred to as a 'salt and pepper reference.'

•Spotted tabby—A coat with stripes that are broken up into smaller fragments which resemble spots.

Tortoiseshell:
•A tortoiseshell is a cat with distinctive mottled coat pattern with patches of color. It is usually found on female cats, but it can very rarely seen on male cats.

•Tortoiseshell or Tortie—A coat with patches of orange or cream and brown, black or blue.

•Tortoiseshell-And-White or Calico—A coat which is primarily white, with a mix of red and brown patches.

•Tortie-Tabby or Torbie or Caliby—A coat with the coloring of a tortoiseshell, but also with the pattern of a tabby.