Agreed that calico cats are beautiful animals and ... "beautiful" is an ADJECTIVE.

If I understand the question correctly, you have a calico female that you want to produce another calico? The best suited tom would be black and white, preferably with lots of white. The result is around half of the female offspring will be calico, half black and white, with a slight chance of one having brown in its coat. Alternatively you can use a ginger and white tom, with half of the females being ginger and white, although there is a greater chance of the other half being tortoiseshell-tabbies or brown, ginger and white.

Calico cats are almost always female. This occurs because the gene that determines color is located in the X chromosome and two X chromosome produce females.

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A calico quilt is a quilt made out of calico fabric.