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| | Cat Fanciers: Torties, Calicos and Tricolor Cats |
 | | The second color must be white, and the third color must be fl, blue (a blue-gray), chocolate, lilac (a pale rose-beige), cinnamon, or fawn (a pale buff color). |
 | | A white cat with patches of tiger stripe might appear to have three colors -- white, fl, and gray -- but because one of the three colors is not red or cream, it is not a true tricolor. |
 | | A tortoiseshell may have significant portions of white as well, but the remaining colors are blended (this particular pattern is called a tortoiseshell and white). |
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