black and white cat

[Deepurple]

Which one is correct:
(two cats, the black cat and the white cat)
the black and the white cats, or the black and the white cat(but without "s") :?:
Thank for helping.

 

[Anglika]

The second one is clear - two cats: the black and the white cat.

The first is not clear - could be any number of black and white cats