When you see a cat with two colors blended and no distinct patterning, you looking at a tortoiseshell . The torbie pattern is also called a patched tabby. Torbies are essentially a combination of a tortoiseshell and the tabby pattern. The white part of the coat is usually more prominent on the underside of the body, and the colored patches tend to be larger and more distinct than in the tortoiseshell or torbie pattern. A tricolor cat, as the name implies, is simply a cat with three colors.
Calico cats are good examples.
Which means it may not need much at all. Kneading occurs when a cat rhythmically presses its paws against you or another soft surface as if it were kneading bread. This motion probably reminds an older cat of the time when it was nursing and movement against the side of its mother stimulated milk flow. Don't be concerned that your kitty's not happy if she starts kneading you.