Balinese Cat Color Points

The balinese cat breed consists of the following color points.

Balinese cat color points. Ears mask on the head limbs bottom and tail. Different associations acknowledge the balinese in colours of purple cream tortoiseshell a combination of black and pink or their dilute colours additionally known as. A light tint of points color is allowed on the cat s abdomen. Points are cat s body areas which have bright and intense fur color.

The traditional cat association recognizes a balinese of a different type. The balinese is also known as the purebred long haired siamese since it originated as a natural mutation of that breed and hence is essentially the same cat with a medium length silky coat and a distinctively plumed tail. Please note these cats are not available for sale their photo s are used purely as informative and educational tools to help you visually understand what your kitten of a particular color point variety will grow up to like like in terms of their color point. In the american standard.

This page features siamese and balinese cat photographs that show what the cat color points look like as they grow into adult hood. The balinese is a long haired breed of domestic cat with siamese style point coloration and sapphire blue eyes. They are very sociable vocal playful and. They can also come in red lynx and tortoiseshell color points.

The balinese breed is a long haired domestic cat with color points similar to the siamese point coloration and brilliant sapphire blue eyes with a distinctively plumed tail. Seal blue chocolate and lilac if the cfa is your affiliation of alternative. Balinese cat color is colorpoint. The eyes are always a deep vivid blue.

As is the case with their short haired counterparts a genetic distinction is made between traditional or old style and modern body types. These may range from dark brown to near white and may be ruddy to bluish tabby lynx point cream point tortoiseshell tortie tortie point and others including unusual combinations blue cream point cinnamon tortie lynx point etc. All other body parts usually this is cat s body should be maximally bright and contrast clearly with the points. Sylvia holland was the initial promoter of the balinese breed in it s 4 traditional colors.

The hair on the balinese is not. She was a strong advocate in having balinese lines come from well established foundation cats which included lines of pure siamese background long haired and full body type. The balinese is available in solely the 4 conventional siamese point restricted colours. The traditional color points of seal chocolate blue and lilac which are the initial and true color points of the balinese cat breed the exotic lynx points and the rare points of red cream torties and foreign white.

In total cfa defines 24 javanese division color combinations in addition to the four balinese basics. One with a more rounded head and body. Seal blue chocolate and lilac points. The balinese is sometimes called a long haired siamese since it originated as an expression of a long hair recessive trait of the siamese breed.

Mask on the head completely covers the whole cat s face including whiskers bottom and it touches the ears but it doesn t merge. The most common of these are seal chocolate blue and lilac and these are the four that are recognized as acceptable official breed standards. The balinese breed subsequently originated from deliberate breeding efforts based around this naturally expressed genetic trait. It also has a fluffier coat that is long over the entire body unlike the show balinese whose coat is longest on the tail.

The balinese comes in the same point colors as the siamese.