Calico cats are beautiful felines with their tri-color hues of orange, black and white but what is a dilute calico cat and how rare are they? In short, they are a paler, more pastel-like version.

A dilute calico cat's fur has much softer colors of gray-blue and cream, ... British Shorthair. Exotic shorthair. Ragdoll. Turkish Angora. Siberian. Devon rex. Credit: Getty Images/Kryssia Campos.

No one understands this more than British Shorthair cat Papaya and her little sister, a Calico kitty named Banana. These lucky ladies have the "purrfect" Christmas room for all their festive ...