I've always wanted a solid black cat but I've gotten every other color instead. XD I do have a tortie that is very black, but she has orange all through out her fur. Her name is Shadow and I actually found her abandoned in a dumpster as a kitten, she was mewing her poor little head off that how I found her. Oddly enough I found her on Halloween. Even odder that she is very black and dark orange compared to other tortoiseshell cats. Orange and black are the official colors for Halloween. She is very small too and has a sorta flat head. The vet said that he sadly see's a lot of small cats as they are being taken too soon from their mothers and are not getting the vitamins from her milk to grow right. Kentucky is well known as a state that allows animal abuse so sadly cats like Shadow are common here. I have rescued several other cats like Shadow over the years as well so I know the problem is quite bad here.