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