[ConservativeMind]

I thought calico cats were at least three colors. We had a calico cat when I was a kid.

[Ready4Freddy]

Torties and calicos come from the same gene anomaly, and have the same orange / black / white colours.. Neither are a breed, just a colour combo that appears in some breeds.

Calicos have their colours in splotches or patches, torties have theirs mixed.

[Ready4Freddy]

For instance, DancesWithCats' Miss Molly Maguire (a beautiful cat indeed!) would, I think, be properly called a torty, since the colours are so mixed. But, she's got some patches too, so some would call her a calico.

http://www.freerepublic.com/~danceswithcats/

No matter what you call her, she's a beauty! Have admired her, DWC, since I first looked at your page. Is she hiding from those little monsters in the lower pic!? ;>)