Category:Blue ticked tabby cats

English: In blue ticked coats the hair shafts have alternating blue pigmented and paler bands. The tips of each hair are always pigmented. This pattern is most often seen in cats from Asia. There is almost no striping except possibly for thin stripes on the legs, face and tail. Instead, only the agouti pattern can be seen, giving a "ticked" effect. There is darker unclear tabby pattern on the forehead, which can even be a big dot. Sometimes a darker dorsal stripe can be observed along the spine.
It can be more difficult to categorise the tabby pattern in blue tabbies, as the diluted coat will show a more faint/faded pattern. Only cats with a clear ticked tabby pattern and a clear sand-coloured ground colour on their belly part should be placed in this category, blue tabbies with only a faded tabby pattern can be placed in Category:Blue tabby cats.