My kitty-cat is pretty.

[xiphias]

So, when we got Nick and Nora, Nick was basically grey and white. And he still mostly is, except, over the past year, some of his medium-grey is starting to get a little bit of an orange-russet tone. It's pretty subtle, but I think it's very becoming on him. (And, no, he's not rolling in something orange or something like that -- we have our cats professionally bathed every few months.)

Anyone else heard of this -- three-year-old cats having subtle color changes? It's pretty.

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[tober.livejournal.com]

Yup, it happens. Sputnik became more golden as he got older, I think this is common in tabbies, as the non-black portions of tabby fur are really somewhat orange. The following wikipedia page is just a brief overview of coat genetics, as you can see it's a pretty complex topic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_coat_genetics