Cat or Coon?

I wish we had white barn cats, I think as I watch a dark figure bound from the house to the barn. In the darkness, I can't tell if it's a tabby cat or a raccoon. Two of the three barn cats are tabbies, a color that blends into the landscape. The cats came to us as strays. I'm sure their color helped them survive. A white kitten would be an easy mark for a hawk, a dog, a coyote. Maybe that's why so many barn cats lack the flash of their indoor cousins.