Siamese Cat Colours
Every Siamese is pointed, with a pale body and darker ears, face, legs and tail, but the points come in several colours. Here are the classic four and the other pointed colours.
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- Seal point
- The classic: cream body, dark brown (almost black) points.
- Chocolate point
- A warmer, milk-chocolate brown on an ivory body.
- Blue point
- Slate blue-grey points on a cool, glacial white body.
- Lilac point
- Pinkish, pale grey-beige points: the softest of the four.
- Red (flame) point
- Apricot-orange points on a creamy-white body.
- Cream point
- Pale cream points: the most delicate-looking.
Questions people ask
What are the four traditional Siamese colours?
Seal point, chocolate point, blue point and lilac point.
What is a blue point Siamese?
A Siamese with slate blue-grey points on a cool, glacial white body.
What is a lilac point Siamese?
A Siamese with soft pinkish grey-beige points. It is the palest of the four classic colours.
Why are Siamese kittens born white?
The pointed gene is temperature-sensitive, so the dark colour appears as the cooler parts of the body develop.
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