Ragdoll cats, a special breed of cat known mainly for the 'ragdoll' temperament when they 'flop' around your house and when you hold them, come in many different colours and markings. Colourpoint is a very popular colour, meaning the points - the face, feet, ears; tails, of the cat are all a darker color than the rest of the body.
Colourpoint ragdoll cats come in seal, cream, blue, flame, tortie, lilac and chocolate. But there is discrepancy about what is recognized and what is 'new,' originally the ragdolls only came in seal, blue, chocolate and lilac, with other as 'dilutions,' so check with whoever the breeder is registered with to be sure, So what do each of the colours look like on a colourpointed ragdoll cat?
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A seal pointed cat will have dark brown to black colored points and the body will be light brown to cream. It is likely the chest will be lighter than the body, although sometimes this is not noticeable.
A cream pointed ragdoll will have cream coloured points, while the rest will be a light milk colour. Most striking about the cream point is the deep blue eyes, which will really stand out on such as light coloured cat.
A blue point can look a little like a seal pointed, but the points are a lighter, colder blue grey colour, lighter than the seal, and lack the brown of the seal. The body is a cool, off white blue, and the pads are blue grey like the points. While the seal pointed looks warm, the blue pointed looks cool.
A flame pointed ragdoll has a very clear colour of red or orange on points, and the body is a warm creamy color. It is considered that the deeper the color of the points in a flame pointed, the better.
A tortie pointed ragdoll will have more than one colour on the points; they may be intermingled or even come in patches around the body of the ragdoll cat. There is no 'acceptable' way for the colours to be expressed, it is random and all are acceptable, from this we get seal tortie, blue tortie etc, with different colours of the original intermingled on the points.
A lilac pointed ragdoll will have a very white body with cold pink tinged points; the pads tend to be a pink colour. The overall effect is very delicate, although it is often hard to tell a lilac pointed when young, as often the colors darken to become a blue or seal.
A chocolate pointed ragdoll will have an ivory coloured body and the points will be a milky chocolate colour - not too dark, often a chocolate might be mistaken for seal or blue, or the other way around. True lilacs and chocolates can be very rare and very hard to find, as the true chocolate gene is often not present.
Remember when choosing a colour, that in most cases, the colours will not fully develop until about 2 years of age, so you can never be truly sure about the type of ragdoll you have unless you genetically test it! If the breeder is charging more for a 'rare' colour, remember you are taking the risk that the colour will change as the cat ages, or that the colour is not 'true' at all.
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David Jameson is a Ragdoll Cat enthusiast, helping people learn to live with Ragdoll Cats.
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