Inanimate Prefixes

Colors

Black: predominantly black

Blue: predominantly blue-gray

Brown: predominantly brown

Fawn: predominantly light brown

Ginger: predominantly ginger

Golden: predominantly light ginger

Gray: predominantly gray

Red: predominantly dark ginger or reddish-brown

Russet: predominantly dark ginger or reddish-brown

Silver: predominantly light gray

Tawny: predominantly light brown, ginger, or light golden-brown

White: predominantly white

Yellow: predominantly pale ginger

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Miscellaneous

Ash: gray tabby

Boulder: unusually large brown, gray, or gray-brown

Cinder: gray

Dark: dark-colored

Dust: light brown

Fire: ginger

Ice: white

Light: cream or white

Little: unusually small

Mud: dark brown

Pale: pale gray, cream, or white

Pebble: unusually small brown, gray, or gray-brown

Rock: brown, gray, or gray-brown

Sand: light golden or pale ginger

Shade: dark gray or black

Shadow: black

Shell: pale-colored

Small: unusually small

Smoke: gray

Stone: brown, gray, or gray-brown

Tiny: unusually small

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Pattern

Bright: predominantly white with significant patches of another color

Dapple: tortoiseshell

Fleck: spotted or flecked

Mottle: spotted or patched

Patch: patched

Speckle: spotted or flecked

Spotted: tortoiseshell or spotted tabby

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Time

Dawn: pale gray or light ginger

Dusk: dark gray, dusky-brown, or dark tortoiseshell

Evening: dark gray

Morning: ginger, golden, or dilute tortoiseshell

Night: black

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Weather

Blizzard: spotted tabby light gray bicolor

Cloud: pale gray or white

Fog: gray

Frost: pale gray or white

Hail: pale gray spotted tabby

Lightning: pale golden or white

Mist: pale gray

Rain: dark blue

Sleet: pale gray spotted tabby

Snow: white

Storm: dark gray or dark blue

Tsunami: gray tabby or blue tabby

Typhoon: gray tabby or blue tabby, possibly with white markings