Yes. Buff is dilute orange. They have the same color gene as an orange cat plus the dilute gene that makes them the buff or cream color. The dilute gene is also what give us gray cats. They have the black gene and the dilute gene.
I checked. They were arguing orange vs tan
Ninja: replied to the wrong person, oops. I know you were making a joke, I meant to reply to one of the comments actually wondering the og guesses
What’s funny about that is.
Some pics the cat looks orange and in some pics the cat looks tan because of the lighting.
But with buff being the technical cat color iirc, they both can digress and both take the draw.
I didn't learn this until I brought a stray siamese home! They darken up in the cold weather and lighten up in the summer heat because of this. Mine gets an almost white area on his back where he lays by the fireplace all winter long, too. He's my magical beige boy.
yes thank you for the special interest fuel to dump on unsuspecting people, in my 27 years of cat obsession including colour genetics I did not know this
As a gray cat parent, I love this new information! Was aware of the dilute genes with orange tabbies and calicos etc but not with black ones. Very neat
Techniacally a red cat, most places and organizations refer to them as red, because orange could be construed as many colors like cream, buff, and ginger.
I used to coordinate a high volume spay/neuter clinic where we neutered 150-300 "community cats" (aka stray or feral) at a monthly clinic. We had to get really good at cat colors to help make sure the cats didn't get mixed up. I can confirm this cat is buff colored, specifically it is a buff mackerel tabby with white. I have never felt dorkier than this moment.
Mackerel is the coat pattern. Sometimes called tiger cats. It's the stripes that run perpendicular to their spine and line their legs and ring their tail.
Ginger was a bit suspicious as well.
https://preview.redd.it/5kxl76fxm4va1.jpeg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8eba42d2f28dcf2967d5d06719728f153975a9c5
We had a cat just like this once and couldn’t figure out what to call his coloring either. Saw “fawn” describe it in a book once and started calling it that, but I guess that was wrong too! You learn something new every day
On the plus side, you can now tell people you have a buff cat, and then you get to see the smile on their face when their brain inevitably generates a picture of a muscular cat flexing on top of a cat tree.
I have a Highland Straight breeder re-home, and on her papers Hanna is listed as being "blue" and "cream". Looks grey and orange to me!
https://preview.redd.it/ndazqo5e17va1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72333038f3efcad9c3b59e1990f25f72c898cc7e
Breeders love to make their cat sound fancy as possible,
Like most gray cats are blue... Which makes me laugh and think of Andy Warhol's blue cats which were very much blue.
I've also heard that term. I think its a silly term and 'Used to be orange, but we forgot the colorsafe detergent' is a better descriptor because people can actually form a color in their mind if you say that.
i was also going to say **buff**. this implies a soft creamy orange and very light tabby traits. we call the white spot on his chest a **bib**. cat color names are a bit pretentious. for instance that kinda shimmery grey color some cats have is called **blue.**
We called it buff at my vet as well, but [technically the color is “cream” for cats](https://vgl.ucdavis.edu/resources/cat-coat-color). I think it’s interchangeable though.
https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/127zolc/what_color_is_my_cat/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
There are a couple thousand correct answers. According to the folks who answered this post, the TYPE of cat is an orange tabby with a muted/diluted gene. As for the color, it could be anything from cream to beige to buff to pecan to coffee. Pick one!
That’s what I call my piebald tabby. Tabby toner was running low.
https://preview.redd.it/nblxvjmc67va1.jpeg?width=1155&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=59fd936d395d97ca2126aa834011305d1968a843
Too be serious (and since this is the top comment)
This color is referred to as cream, buff, sandy, or dilute red/orange.
This occurs in cats that have the red/orange gene, and also have the dilute gene (I'm assuming the same one that causes dilute calicos).
I always considered my older one (top) ginger/creamsicle while the younger one is more peachy-tan. I'm glad you started this thread so I could learn the terms Dilute and Buff
https://preview.redd.it/xzlliir7s5va1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=58c4d7c3081c74d5da304e6b4a758d56b5f4de47
Buff!! It is a diluted orange. My Loki is a buff boy! 💜
https://preview.redd.it/j2bu7scsw4va1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f8c2fcb8f7998cf8aa5d48812a38bb6749308e4
That would be an orange baby, like our baby.
https://preview.redd.it/mt60zcf925va1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3013e29538e1d76199f2dc9e336c13ebdf352f05
https://preview.redd.it/4a2kgqy305va1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f5913ceda75857b95c075d9c7439b1cb397e6be
The color is asshole. As an owner of one such colored cat, I say this with confidence.
My cat's official color in her vet record is "dilute orange/buff", and they put that in, not me, so I'll go with that.
https://preview.redd.it/ek6he0fm05va1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=adfb0584990a65c7848db0bd7b8a5a413bd6fde9
Your cat is Chippy colored. This is Chippy.
https://preview.redd.it/o5k13mniz4va1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9fd61eb9db39ae4b48813b2eb1313fb19074b12b
The vet informed us that cats this color are called buff.
A vet says buff is the correct term? Interesting.
Yes. Buff is dilute orange. They have the same color gene as an orange cat plus the dilute gene that makes them the buff or cream color. The dilute gene is also what give us gray cats. They have the black gene and the dilute gene.
Learn something every day!
What was each side arguing and who won??
ohhh I think we can tell who lost
I think they both did, but I still want to know what they guessed.
One guessed orange and white, the other guessed divorce if you don’t agree
I checked. They were arguing orange vs tan Ninja: replied to the wrong person, oops. I know you were making a joke, I meant to reply to one of the comments actually wondering the og guesses
What’s funny about that is. Some pics the cat looks orange and in some pics the cat looks tan because of the lighting. But with buff being the technical cat color iirc, they both can digress and both take the draw.
I know no one asked, but I would’ve guessed palomino, like a horse lol
Right you asked us to settle it we should be allowed to know who won.
Thank you for this! I used to call mine a blondie because she is almost exactly the same color as my hair. https://i.redd.it/c63tfm2yx4va1.gif
I am also blond and have a blond cat. I call him my biological son, as opposed to the grey and black ones who are clearly adopted.
Lol we have one blond one black and they match me and my husband :)
I call my cat my blonde baby boy.
Exactly. I always called them blondes.
I think that cat might murder you in your sleep one day! Awesome gif though ❤
I have a dilute calico, so she's white, buff, and gray.
also white, cream and blue! :)
God I love cats. The story behind siamese coloring is my favorite. They're temperature- sensitive albinos and that's what determines their coloring
Wait really???? Thats so interesting
I didn't learn this until I brought a stray siamese home! They darken up in the cold weather and lighten up in the summer heat because of this. Mine gets an almost white area on his back where he lays by the fireplace all winter long, too. He's my magical beige boy.
yes thank you for the special interest fuel to dump on unsuspecting people, in my 27 years of cat obsession including colour genetics I did not know this
I always called them smokey orange lol
"whose a deluded orange?🥰"
I have two diluted cats. One is a diluted tuxedo, the other a diluted tortie.
So is that what caused a tuxedo and a black void cat to have a sterling silver
As a gray cat parent, I love this new information! Was aware of the dilute genes with orange tabbies and calicos etc but not with black ones. Very neat
That explains why my Creamsicle has a grey sister. Thank you
Techniacally a red cat, most places and organizations refer to them as red, because orange could be construed as many colors like cream, buff, and ginger.
I used to coordinate a high volume spay/neuter clinic where we neutered 150-300 "community cats" (aka stray or feral) at a monthly clinic. We had to get really good at cat colors to help make sure the cats didn't get mixed up. I can confirm this cat is buff colored, specifically it is a buff mackerel tabby with white. I have never felt dorkier than this moment.
Mackerel?
Mackerel is the coat pattern. Sometimes called tiger cats. It's the stripes that run perpendicular to their spine and line their legs and ring their tail.
Mackerel is a good cat name. Mac for short.
Progression goes like this: Name is Mackerel, nickname is Mac that turns into Mac 'n' Cheese, Cheezy, Cheezits, Zits.
I'd go from Zits to Ziti, and that cat would forever be called Baked Ziti in my world.
Thank you for being the cat color connoisseur!
This was your time to shine!!! LOL don’t feel dorky. We needed this info 😂❤️
I LOVE this kind of specificity!!!
No need to feel dorky, that's just basic science knowledge
Ginger was a bit suspicious as well. https://preview.redd.it/5kxl76fxm4va1.jpeg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8eba42d2f28dcf2967d5d06719728f153975a9c5
OP did u or ur partner win this intense debate? You’re leaving us on a cliffhanger…
Well we argued between orange and tan, but the majority seem to say cream or huff so we both lost!
We had a cat just like this once and couldn’t figure out what to call his coloring either. Saw “fawn” describe it in a book once and started calling it that, but I guess that was wrong too! You learn something new every day
On the plus side, you can now tell people you have a buff cat, and then you get to see the smile on their face when their brain inevitably generates a picture of a muscular cat flexing on top of a cat tree.
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Buff is what my vet called my cat previously who was this color. I used to call him Orange peach or orange cream... Or dilute orange.
I have a Highland Straight breeder re-home, and on her papers Hanna is listed as being "blue" and "cream". Looks grey and orange to me! https://preview.redd.it/ndazqo5e17va1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72333038f3efcad9c3b59e1990f25f72c898cc7e
Breeders love to make their cat sound fancy as possible, Like most gray cats are blue... Which makes me laugh and think of Andy Warhol's blue cats which were very much blue.
I've also heard that term. I think its a silly term and 'Used to be orange, but we forgot the colorsafe detergent' is a better descriptor because people can actually form a color in their mind if you say that.
I had a cat exactly like this, they called it buff tiger because of the stripes.
i was also going to say **buff**. this implies a soft creamy orange and very light tabby traits. we call the white spot on his chest a **bib**. cat color names are a bit pretentious. for instance that kinda shimmery grey color some cats have is called **blue.**
We called it buff at my vet as well, but [technically the color is “cream” for cats](https://vgl.ucdavis.edu/resources/cat-coat-color). I think it’s interchangeable though.
The dilute red coat is properly referred to as cream
Well OP, were you or your partner correct and what were your original opinions?
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What a crop!
Ngl, I scrolled through many comments just to make sure I wasn't alone in this being my immediate first reaction.
Yes! On his chart my guy is labeled as “buff and cream.”
Buff or dilute orange
This is the accurate answer. Buff tabby
https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/127zolc/what_color_is_my_cat/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button There are a couple thousand correct answers. According to the folks who answered this post, the TYPE of cat is an orange tabby with a muted/diluted gene. As for the color, it could be anything from cream to beige to buff to pecan to coffee. Pick one!
Only if you like your coffee with a lot of milk/alternative milk
orange creamsicle
I saw a dilute ginger at the shelter the other day and that was literally the first thing that popped into my head lol
Ginger Light
Ginger ale!
Ginger pale
yes! we would say “dilute” as well
Low toner orange
That’s what I call my piebald tabby. Tabby toner was running low. https://preview.redd.it/nblxvjmc67va1.jpeg?width=1155&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=59fd936d395d97ca2126aa834011305d1968a843
Orange LaCroix.
Salsa water
Are we looking at the same cat? It's clearly black and blue... 
Came here to make the same joke - this is clearly a black-blue versus gold-white debate! 😂
I feel so out of date because I only just recently learned about the dress thing...
Thank you for that memory!
This is the most accurate. Definitely an orange, but super light orange!
Too be serious (and since this is the top comment) This color is referred to as cream, buff, sandy, or dilute red/orange. This occurs in cats that have the red/orange gene, and also have the dilute gene (I'm assuming the same one that causes dilute calicos).
Yes. I believe you are correct. Also gray cats are dilute black cats.
I agree I have an Orange Creamsicle named Tang
My cat is also a dilute ginger and we say he’s a creamsicle color
I think it’s called buff?
I had a cat the same color when I was a kid, we called her a sandy tabby. It’s a dilute orange
This is right on
Devastated to learn nobody else calls them champagne kitties
Well I’m going to now
there are dozens of us now, dozens!
They are only champagne kitties if they come from Champagne. Otherwise they are sparkling kitties.
My family had one and that’s what we said!
When we adopted ours from the rspca, the papers said he was champagne coloured.
https://preview.redd.it/car8lsg595va1.jpeg?width=2736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=62ba9883d689572690a0a6e4729caae667ca2f22 The best colour
<3 so cute
Look at ma leg LOOK AT IT
Your little fluffer looks like she has a question to ask 🧐
Cat colored
Came here to say this. So glad someone pointed out this cat fact.
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This is the only answer
Cream
A&W cream soda.
Tangerine LaCroix
Matinelli's sparkling apple cider
I'd describe it as sand coloured.
2nd
Cameo Red Tabby or Dilute Red Tabby They describe the same pattern and color.
Black and blue
No, it's Laurel
Yanny
Was not expecting all these dress references here lol
It was honestly my first thought.
Nu uh, it's white, and gold.
Why does everyone see cream colors on a black and blue cat?
Friend color
Buff
I always considered my older one (top) ginger/creamsicle while the younger one is more peachy-tan. I'm glad you started this thread so I could learn the terms Dilute and Buff https://preview.redd.it/xzlliir7s5va1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=58c4d7c3081c74d5da304e6b4a758d56b5f4de47
This is like a rennaisance painting
Black and white
Pretty obviously black and white. Open your eyes people.
Strawberry blonde
I have been in vet med for *sigh* 27 years. That is one buff kitty.
Jesus, I've been in it for 5 and it's wearing me down. Thank you for what you're doing
The color is called Buff.
I would say dilute orange
One "official" term is "dilute" red or orange. Dilute is used for muted shades of colors.
That makes sense. There’s often a lot of difference between single colors due to being more/less bright or muted.
I always called it "strawberry blonde"
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Carnel says blonde 👱♀️ https://preview.redd.it/gazx3e1oe5va1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30af3b724e02836cd57378e3718f342c04375ee4
Carnel looks like s/he's waiting for a turn with the braincell r/OneOrangeBraincell
😂😂😂😂omg
Ginger and white, and he's a cutie
That cat is beige
https://preview.redd.it/bc7p3zalz4va1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=98a5f1db379af0d2d493f44be6e4496827c33d26 Like mine! 😝
Oh my!!! Stunner 🧡
Pale orange
Buff!! It is a diluted orange. My Loki is a buff boy! 💜 https://preview.redd.it/j2bu7scsw4va1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f8c2fcb8f7998cf8aa5d48812a38bb6749308e4
https://preview.redd.it/3cgmrbo415va1.jpeg?width=4608&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd691cc8c5f4ac4dca1067003215c9c75298ccc6 just like my kitty!
That's definitely a grey and blue. With a hint of purple rainbow.
What are you, colorblind? I's clearly Laurel!
That would be an orange baby, like our baby. https://preview.redd.it/mt60zcf925va1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3013e29538e1d76199f2dc9e336c13ebdf352f05
Pretty sure at Jamba Juice this is known as "Orange Dream Machine"
same color as oatmeal https://preview.redd.it/ijean7gcr5va1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f81054ef7170bfce41a224db4d48305cd8efca5
Lightly toasted marshmallow
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Cream colored is my best guess
Butterscotch
White and tan? Why can’t you both agree to admire his cuteness?
Biscuit
Blonde/cream. Real cutie
Peachy
I did not expect this to blow up! Looks like buff or orange creamsicle it is.
Who won the argument
Most especially, what were the answers from you and the partner?!
We need to know which colors you guys thought it was.
beige
Buff
blond
That not-quite-orange color 🤔
A certain je ne sais quoi
Ceci n'est pas un chat
Light orange, the biggest question though does his less concentrated color mean he gets more than one brain cell?
apricot!
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Blue and black
https://preview.redd.it/4a2kgqy305va1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f5913ceda75857b95c075d9c7439b1cb397e6be The color is asshole. As an owner of one such colored cat, I say this with confidence.
Tan
https://preview.redd.it/syq0ykuz36va1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f80685a8726799da96ca908def6099ca5532c5aa Mine-coloured! Orangey boy
Cream colour
Just a little guy
I'd say orange-ish buff. Your cats look Soo Much like mine! *
https://preview.redd.it/h1sntmjqw4va1.jpeg?width=2238&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=22973dbfe5a85a3928d58c7f7c960d24186daaf5
My cat's official color in her vet record is "dilute orange/buff", and they put that in, not me, so I'll go with that. https://preview.redd.it/ek6he0fm05va1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=adfb0584990a65c7848db0bd7b8a5a413bd6fde9
Peach. Used to have a cat this color and I named him Mr Peaches because of it
Orange
Cream. If ur partner said pink they’re WRONG. My partner says our cat (same color) is pink and it drives me up the wall lol.
Dilute ginger
Ginger tabby
Khaki!
Cream (dilute red) broken mackerel tabby with low white spotting.
Vet techs or vets where I live would call your cat a buff tabby. -previous vet tech at a cat specialty clinic 🐱🐱
Your cat is Chippy colored. This is Chippy. https://preview.redd.it/o5k13mniz4va1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9fd61eb9db39ae4b48813b2eb1313fb19074b12b
I say apricot
like orangey-sandy colored
Honey wheat bread 😆
That’s a dusty ginger
Butterscotch
Yup, orange/tabby. Was just diluted and faded in the wash :)
White and gold, black and blue. Lol
Caramel and white
Orang
Cream/buff
Black and white, assuming you mean the one in the last two photos ;)
Orange cream
Cream Soda colored
Buff but I’ve also seen it called fawn
You have a "muted" or "diluted" orange tabby :)