Tortie or Calico?

Willowy said:

I would say tortie with white but some people do call any tortie with a significant amount of white calico. But for me, I only consider them calico if they have large, well defined color patches.

The orange bits on a calico or tortie always have tabby stripes because the red gene only comes on tabby. They're only considered torbie if their dark bits also have tabby stripes, and I don't see any dark stripes on any of those cats (well, maybe the last one; the angle makes it difficult to tell). The last 2 are dilutes, the first one isn't.

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David68 said:

My entire TNR colony is descended, so I'm told, from one female matriarch, Sophie, and one pattern appears many times in her female progeny, although her black has become diluted to grey. There are distinct color patches on the face, but the body colors are blended, with the exception of a couple of random distinct patches. I called one cat a tortie, but someone else called her a calico.

So, what do you think? Are these cats calicos or torties, or do the definitions simply break down?

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AnimalArmy60 said:

First thing is it a male or female because all calicos are female hope this helpes![emoji]128522[/emoji]

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