I was going to ask if the sun would lighten a cats fur like it does human hair. When I lived in the tropics with very strong sun rays, I had a black cat that was all black, except for 3 white hairs on the base of her tail. But when the sunlight hit her right her fur definitely took on a ruddy color. I thought it was really cool.Originally Posted by momto3cats
I had one as a child. Muffin was jet black all over, no white hairs or ghost striping. She did have a tendency to get "sunburned" fur in summer, though. Her back and chest would lighten to a reddish brown color from the sun. It went back to black when she got her winter coat.
We have 3 black cats now. Well, they are actually barn cats that think we adopted them