However, there's a scientific explanation for why you've likely never come across a feline with this lilac-tinged coat color.

(In fact, cream cats are technically considered an orange cat breed ... thanks to a combination of black, gray and white fur. Smoke color cats often have paws or spots that are a different ...

(Mainichi/Mai Suganuma) A team of Japanese scientists has discovered the gene that determines the fur color of calico cats, which are characterized by their white, black and orange (brown ...