What color kittens will my cat have?

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Thanks everyone for the responses. :) I'll update when she has had the kittens.
 

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yes my pregnant cat is having kittens soon and im wanting to know what her kittens will look like the father is orange and white striped and the girl is gray and white striped think u  
 

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yes my pregnant cat is having kittens soon and im wanting to know what her kittens will look like the father is orange and white striped and the girl is gray and white striped think u  
If he is the only father, the girls will be torties/calicos, and the boys will be gray tabbies, probably with white. There may be a possibility of the boys being solid black or gray, I don't really understand the tabby gene thing very well. But I'd guess not.
 

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Boys will most likely be brown tabbies or blue tabbies. or either of those with white patches.
Girls will be Brown Torbies ( Tortie-Tabbies) or Blue Torbies, or Torbie & White .

If both parents carry non-agouti ( solid) , then you could get some Black , Black & White, Blue, or Blue & White males, and Tortie or Tortie & White / Calico girls.

There are other more unusual possibilities but those are the most common ones.
If the father is Cream Tabby (pale orange / buff / pale yellow striped) then you would only get the dilute versions ( the blue boys and blue-cream girls -- or with white).

if both parents have white patches, it is likely most of the kittens will too.
 

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@ Willowy, you were saying you weren't sure how the tabby genes worked.
I can tell from your answers that you do know quite a bit about coat color and pattern, so bear with me if I tell you something you already know. :)
I think you were just not sure if tabbies could have solid kittens? They could , if both parents carry non-agouti.

But a tabby pattern will show up in a red or cream coat even without the Agouti gene. The closest that a red or cream tabby mom and a blue tabby father could get to producing any solid color in kittens would be some torties, where the tabby pattern shows in the red or cream, but not in the black or blue. If both parents don't pass on non-agouti, then the torties would be torbies, with the tabby pattern showing up in both the red or cream AND the black or blue.
 
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