Ginger cats are evident in Egyptian tomb artworks ... Most cats are non-orange, usually brown or gray tabbies with some pattern of black stripes, swirls or spots, or black or blue solid-colored ...

If it wasn’t immediately obvious that the lazy, lasagne-eating Garfield was a tom cat ... black and brown fur as well as dark skin tones whereas another (pheomelanin) creates a reddish hue ...