how do cats get their individual marking and different coloured fur?

Question: how do cats get their individual marking and different coloured fur?
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  cat,
  colour,
  fur,
  marking
Asked by jessleeramsey to Kevin on 18 Jun 2012.
- Kevin Mahon answered on 18 Jun 2012:
  
  Much in the same way as we get our hair colour – it’s down to genetics. The different cat colours correspond to different ancestral populations of wild cats – unlike in humans I don’t believe this has been widely studied in cats.

Question: how do cats get their individual marking and different coloured fur?