Here are some of the most basic pelt colors. Now, obviously there are more patterns than can be counted by man, but I can give you some very simple, very basic cat pelt colors.

Solid

The solid colors of cats (from darkest to lightest) are listed below (click the links for photos):

- Black: https://poopycat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cat-694730_640.jpg

- Chocolate (would be referred to as brown in the Warriors World): https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/84/63/c5/8463c5d1dc2a359903102d396abf7394.jpg

- Blue: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS4HA3koFew8Qv4IQ3abXON0LS_twkXvnBzzpScG2i1D-wfUIKBcg

- Cinnamon: http://www.pandecats.com/images/article2/cinn7.jpg

- Pale gray/silver: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a7/f5/fa/a7f5fa49f4d194b04929e1c9456cf7a6.jpg

- Fawn: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f8/d4/d8/f8d4d82b488f74ac864b70afbd879474.jpg

- White: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/9a/6e/77/9a6e775ca39bb4526bb72747c574a6a6.jpg

Patterns

The list above ^ has the basic cat colors. But cats can also have various different patterns. Most patterns include some amount of white, but not all. Here is a graph with the different types of white spotting from Grade 1 (zero white) to Grade 10 (all white).

Most patterns of white spotting can just be labeled as 'bicolor'. Below is a table of the main cat patterns.

Pointed

The colorpoint pattern is most commonly associated with Siamese cats, but may also appear in any domesticated cat. A colorpointed cat has dark colors on the face, ears, feet, and tail, with a lighter version of the same color on the rest of the body, and possibly some white. The exact name of the colorpoint pattern depends on the actual color, so there are seal points (dark brown), chocolate points (warm lighter brown), blue points (dark gray), lilac or frost points (silvery gray-pink), red or flame points (orange), and tortie points (tortoiseshell mottling), among others. This pattern is the result of a temperature sensitive mutation in one of the enzymes in the metabolic pathway from tyrosine to pigment, such as melanin; thus, little or no pigment is produced except in the extremities or points where the skin is slightly cooler. For this reason, colorpointed cats tend to darken with age as bodily temperature drops; also, the fur over a significant injury may sometimes darken or lighten as a result of temperature change.

Here's a list of pointed cats, with links to click on for photos.

- Seal point: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Neighbours_Siamese.jpg

- Chocolate point: http://www.siamesecatspot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/chocolate_point_siamese_cats.jpg

- Blue point: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTNdNDbCVZg45kqGlueChfNkgLA_wuxt8qcEahYU_NseNS3NqZa

- Lilac or frosted point: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/66/13/e1/6613e11f2d329f71930f1ac88bc1048a.jpg

- Red or flame point: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e5/02/8c/e5028c3db25c3ef4616b2d4255469a92.jpg

- Tortie point: http://www.thaicats.com/files/zulana_3.jpg

A Little Info on Torties not Included in Previous Chapters 

This cat is also known as a calimanco cat or clouded tiger cat, and by the abbreviation 'tortie'. In the cat fancy, a tortoiseshell cat is patched over with red (or its dilute form, cream) and black (or its dilute blue) mottled throughout the coat. Additionally, the cat may have white spots in its fur, which make it a 'tortoiseshell and white' cat; if there is a significant amount of white in the fur and the red and black colors form a patchwork rather than a mottled aspect, in North America the cat will be called a calico. All calicos are tortoiseshell (as they carry both black and red), but not all tortoiseshells are calicos (which requires a significant amount of white in the fur and patching rather than mottling of the colors). The calico is also sometimes called a tricolor cat. The Japanese refer to this pattern as mi-ke (meaning "triple fur"), while the Dutch call these cats lapjeskat (meaning "patches cat"). A true tricolor must consist of three colors: a reddish color, dark or light; white; and one other color, typically a brown, black, or blue. Both tortoiseshell and calico cats are typically female because the coat pattern is the result of differential X chromosome inactivation in females (which, as with all normal female mammals, have two X chromosomes). Conversely, cats where the overall color is ginger (orange) are commonly male (roughly in a 3:1 ratio). In a litter sired by a ginger tom, the females will be tortoiseshell or ginger. Male tortoiseshells can occur as a result of chromosomal abnormalities (often linked to sterility) or by a phenomenon known as chimerism, where two early stage embryos are merged into a single kitten. The manifestation of colored patches on both males and females is termed mosaicism. 

Tabbies

Striped, with a variety of patterns. The classic blotched tabby (or marbled) pattern is the most common and consists of butterflies and bullseyes. The mackerel or striped tabby is a series of vertical stripes down the cat's side (resembling the fish). This pattern broken into spots is referred to as a spotted tabby. In addition, the individual hairs in a tabby-patterned coat may be banded with different colors, hence a "ticked" tabby. The worldwide evolution of the cat means that certain types of tabby are associated with certain countries; for instance, blotched tabbies are quite rare outside NW Europe, where they are the most common type.

Here's a list of the four tabby patterns with links to click for photos:

- Classic tabby: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/bb/66/96/bb66964f309e314d001ceb02d16f4303.jpg

- Mackerel tabby: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/95/ff/ac/95ffac98c359d80ccbeeb8e3a119ec64.jpg

- Spotted tabby: http://www.felinest.com/images/blue-spotted.jpg

- Ticked tabby: https://68.media.tumblr.com/73c66ddae255f9b2efd91f7d01511c4a/tumblr_inline_olqkcsyhEz1ryyn55_540.jpg

Conclusion

There are so many different pelt colors and patterns; you're not forced to make your OC a tortie or silver tabby. Explore your options! Don't limit yourself to such cliche pelt colors. But, then again, if you like simple, go for it! My cat's description is very simple - gray she-cat with yellow eyes. But you don't have to have it like that. Make your cat the way you want it.

Farewell

I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and above all, I hope it helped you with your OC.

I highly recommend you look at this YouTuber:

https://www.youtube.com/user/allissajoanne4

And this webpage:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_coat_genetics

And last, but not least, I did not edit this, so sorry, not sorry.