Ragdoll Cats Colors and Patterns |
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photo courtesy Cheryl Adams
Ragbencher Ragdolls |
The Ragdoll has a bunny
soft, semi-longhair coat which does not require extensive grooming. Ragdoll
kittens are born white, acquiring their coloring and coat pattern as
they age. Full color development may not be evident until 2-3 years of
age.
The TICA Ragdoll Breed Standard for the Ragdoll cat allows the
following colors:
**Click on each
underlined color or pattern to see a page filled with pictures of
Ragdolls in that color/pattern!! These display pictures will change
occasionally so check here often!!
Category:
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Pointed
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All
Ragdoll cats must be pointed cats with blue eyes to be
acknowledged for championship competition. |
Divisions:
(all Ragdolls must be pointed)
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Solid
Division
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one
solid (point) color without recognizable stripes, spots,
ticking, white, or silvering. |
Tortie
Division
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The
basic tortie is a combination of black and red patches in a
random manner |
Lynx
Division
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Tabby markings
in the point color |
Particolor
Division
Mitted
Bicolor
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Cats
that exhibit the white spotting factor(with
the exception of lockets), regardless of the amount of white
or basic background color. |
Colors:
All
Colors
Seal
point
Blue
point
Lilac
point
Red
point
Cream
point
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All colors in the
pointed category, in the accepted Solid point, Tortie point,
Lynx point, and Particolor point divisions.
**Click on each underlined
color to see Ragdoll cats in that color**
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The Ragdoll is carefully
bred to produce pleasing patterns of white markings. The Particolor
division recognizes two separate levels of white in the
Ragdolls:
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Mitted
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white
mittens, chin and belly stripe |
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Bicolor
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white
inverted "v", belly and all four legs |
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photo courtesy Cheryl Adams
Ragbencher Ragdolls |
The Ragdoll has a bunny
soft, semi-longhair coat which does not require extensive grooming. Ragdoll
kittens are born white, acquiring their coloring and coat pattern as
they age. Full color development may not be evident until 2-3 years of
age.
The TICA Ragdoll Breed Standard for the Ragdoll cat allows the
following colors:
**Click on each
underlined color or pattern to see a page filled with pictures of
Ragdolls in that color/pattern!! These display pictures will change
occasionally so check here often!!
Category:
|
Pointed
|
All
Ragdoll cats must be pointed cats with blue eyes to be
acknowledged for championship competition. |
Divisions:
(all Ragdolls must be pointed)
|
Solid
Division
|
one
solid (point) color without recognizable stripes, spots,
ticking, white, or silvering. |
Tortie
Division
|
The
basic tortie is a combination of black and red patches in a
random manner |
Lynx
Division
|
Tabby markings
in the point color |
Particolor
Division
Mitted
Bicolor
|
Cats
that exhibit the white spotting factor(with
the exception of lockets), regardless of the amount of white
or basic background color. |
Colors:
All
Colors
Seal
point
Blue
point
Lilac
point
Red
point
Cream
point
|
All colors in the
pointed category, in the accepted Solid point, Tortie point,
Lynx point, and Particolor point divisions.
**Click on each underlined
color to see Ragdoll cats in that color**
|
The Ragdoll is carefully
bred to produce pleasing patterns of white markings. The Particolor
division recognizes two separate levels of white in the
Ragdolls:
|
Mitted
|
white
mittens, chin and belly stripe |
|
Bicolor
|
white
inverted "v", belly and all four legs |
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