colorpoint

The Colorpoint Shorthair comes in a variety of point colors.

All colors without Colorpoint and solid are allowed.

The Ragdoll is a cat breed with blue eyes and a distinct colorpoint coat.

Their color is also described as "Musroom colorpoint".

The colorpoint pattern is most commonly associated with Siamese cats, but may also appear in any domesticated cat.

The Colorpoint Shorthair is a highly intelligent, playful, and people-friendly breed.

It was named Himalayan, after other colorpoint animals such as the Himalayan rabbit.

In the UK the breed was recognized as the Colorpoint Longhair.

Oriental cats with colourpoints in colours or patterns aside from these four are considered Colorpoint Shorthairs in the American cat fancy.

Charlamange (Colorpoint Shorthair) - Hairball's girlfriend.

As with most other cat breeds, color varieties of the Siberian vary and all colors, such as tabby, solid, tortoiseshell and colorpoint are genetically possible.

In registries of other countries, however, "Colorpoint (or "Colourpoint") is the name given to cats of Persian type and pointed coloring, as in Himalayans.

In all registries except CFA, the Colorpoint Shorthair is not considered a separate breed but merely a color class in the Siamese breed.

Pure, deep color corresponding to that of the coat (gold to copper in most varieties; green in the chinchilla and the golden; blue in the white and the colorpoint).

The colorpoint variant of the breed is called the Neva Masquerade by some registries, including Feline Federation Europe (FFE).

Colorpoint Agouti - A Colorpoint Agouti has an off-white to grey base with a liberal amount of silvery-brownish ticking along the back.

The body markings of bicolor colorpoints become clearer with age, as the body fur of colorpoint cats darkens as the cats grow older and the white patches become more visible.

The Colorpoint Shorthair shares body style, personality, coat length, and pointed color pattern with the Siamese, but in the untraditional colors of red, cream, tortoiseshell, and lynx (tabby) points.

Persians with Himalayan ancestry has registration numbers starting with 3 and are commonly referred to by breeders as colorpoint carriers (CPC) or 3000-series cats, although not all will actually carry the recessive gene.

This was to make it easy for breeders who do not want Himalayan blood in their breeding lines to avoid individuals who, while not necessarily exhibiting the colorpoint pattern, may be carrying the point coloration gene recessively.

If a solid pointed kitten is born from "Colorpoint Siamese" parents, it is Registered as a "Colorpoint Siamese," because it is still genetically a Colorpoint.

Two separate schools of thought exist about the Colorpoint Shorthair: those who think that since these cats are pointed like a Siamese, they should be considered Siamese, and those who deem the Colorpoint a Siamese hybrid.