#ghost pattern

[amber-tortoiseshell]

This is Tuukka, we call her a secret tabby! Her stripes only show up in really bright sunlight.

This is a great example of how cats still have their tabby patterns hidden somewhere underneath the solid!

[perkypics]

in my second attempt I modified the pattern a bit trying to smooth the edges of the head. I also replaced the three starting chains with a double single crochet, to fill the gap at the beginning of each round. It worked well. Boo! free pattern on Ravelry by Marsha Glassner

[sarahboltonillustration]

Did you die of a broken heart?

[kwerschlaegers-art]

Pattern was the topic for day 10 of Inktober 2019. I created a pattern out of a drawing of my little ghost William for my Redbubble shop.

Aside from this, feel free to use it as a screensaver, background or whatever you like. ♡

[amber-tortoiseshell]

This black cat shows its ghost stripes super well on a night vision camera! From reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/1eh1mcc/quiz_can_you_guess_the_color_of_my_cat_based_on/

Link

Super cool! I love it so much that night cameras do this, it's my new favourite fact

[amber-tortoiseshell]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CatGenetics/s/uoGE74NCRp

look at those ghost markings!

Link

Wow!

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Hi! We just got a really pretty new kitten (shelter said she and her litter mates are half Siamese) who has ghost markings!! She’s about 10 weeks old. Do you know if she’ll keep them as she grows up, or is there no way of knowing? Thank you!!

Kitten tax:

Kittens usually have more pronounced ghost markings than adults, so she'll probably mostly lose them, but maybe, in certain lights, it'll be always visible a little!

What is very interesting on the other hand: her pinkish paw pads. That's very unusual for a black cat!

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Do white ghost-tabbies exist?

Depends on your definition of ghost, i guess.

I suspect the quality of the "stripe" hairs are still different in something (no idea what) than the "background" hairs even if both are completely pigmentless. So on certain pictures of white cats, i feel like i can very-very faintly see the prints of the tabby marks on the forehead. But maybe my eyes play tricks on me.