Coloring in cats is related to the X chromosome. Black and White patterns can be contained in a single X chromosome, so you'll see males with it, but you'll also see females. When you get a cat with one bicolor X chromosome and a tabby x chromosome, you'll end up with a tricolored cat. This is why you usually only see female cats with three colors. If you have a male that's tricolor, most likely he's XXY, not XY, and also sterile.
Tabbies, on the other hand are usually, though not always, male because a female cat has to inherit the tabby X chromosome from both parents, and it usually doesn't happen.