What makes a tigers stripe a different colour to the rest of its fur?

Question: What makes a tigers stripe a different colour to the rest of its fur?
- Keywords:
  colour,
  fur,
  marking,
  tiger
Asked by kchapman28 to Kevin on 18 Jun 2012.
- Kevin Mahon answered on 18 Jun 2012:
  
  The tiger’s stripes are its camouflage, an adaptation in most animals which serves to protect them or conceal them when hunting – This unique colouration is an adaption – the result of millions of years of evolution.

Question: What makes a tigers stripe a different colour to the rest of its fur?