arrow (belongs to @sleuthcamp) needed a little bit of thinking, but eventually i settled on a black & red tortoiseshell-tabby with high white spotting! i don't have loads to say here. it's what allowed me to get closest to the pink ear, darker colours, freckles, and brown. the neck fluff and legs are no longer brown as white spotting tends to distribute in a different way in utero. and of course i had to keep those adorable glasses