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post #1 of 13
1/18/10 at 7:21pm
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Hello. I figure I could find this myself but I'm sure someone would know right away. I'm trying to figure out what are the colors of siamese called?

My daughter wants a siamese colored kitten and I don't know how to go about asking or looking or one. I hope that makes sense.
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post #2 of 13
1/18/10 at 7:46pm
There are many. Here are just a few.

The standard Siamese color is called seal-point. Brown, the color of a seal, get it?

A common color is lynx-point. This would be gray/brown tabby points. Here's one of our members holding a lynx-point named Jordan at our local shelter.



One of my favorites is flame-point. Here's Flambe, a flame-point we fostered for our shelter.

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post #3 of 13
1/18/10 at 8:21pm
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Okay any other pics? lol I think it's just the seal point that she wants.
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post #4 of 13
1/18/10 at 8:53pm
I think CFA only accepts 4 Siamese colours (there are more colours for Colour points shorthairs & Orientals)

Lilac, chocolate, seal & blue are shown here http://www.siamese-cats.net/characte...se-cats-colors

Colour point s/h http://www.cfa.org/breeds/profiles/colorpoint.html

Oriental http://www.cfa.org/breeds/profiles/oriental.html

Make sure your breeder is registered, there are a lot of BYB Siamese breeders. Or as shown above you can find pointed domestics at shelters.
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post #5 of 13
1/18/10 at 9:22pm
I agree with missy motus.
They pass all ponted cats off as siamese at shelters and they are DSH.
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post #6 of 13
1/18/10 at 9:34pm
Eden is a seal-point Siamese





She came through the shelter here where I volunteer (via TCS). We have also had a lot of "pointed" DSH kitties come through the shelter here. We have a DMH flame point kitty right now.
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post #7 of 13
1/18/10 at 10:57pm
I used to have a seal point siamse when I was a kid.
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post #8 of 13
1/19/10 at 9:41am
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Eden is the kitty color that my daughter wants!

Or maybe a lighter brown like the chocolate point.

Yes we don't mind getting a DSH as thats what I figure we'll get.

Thanks for the link. That really helped me. It's seal point or chocolate point that she wants.
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post #9 of 13
1/19/10 at 9:46am
The four basic Siamese colors (CFA) are seal (black-dark brown points), blue (grey points), chocolate (milk chocolate points) or lilac (pale blue-pinkish points)

CFA classifys the tabby/lynx points, red/cream points and tortie points as "Colorpoint SH". The rest of the associations, these are all considered as Siamese.

When you have tabby or tortie points, you go by the basic colors; seal, blue, chocolate, lilac, red or cream. For example Seal Lynx point would be the dark point color with stripes. Tortie points would have seal tortie, chocolate tortie, etc.
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post #10 of 13
1/20/10 at 8:22pm
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Howdy goldenkitty. How are you and your kitties?
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post #11 of 13
1/21/10 at 6:18am
We are doing fine. Jack is now almost a Double Grand Champion in ACFA and he's working on his CFA Grand too. We did loose Charlie right after Thanksgiving to complications from a UTI. It was a very sudden thing.
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post #12 of 13
1/21/10 at 10:16pm
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Oh I'm so sorry to read that you lost one of your babies. It SO sucks! I still miss my Tristan horribly and wonder if it Ever gets better b/c it's been two years and I still cry.

Congratulations to Jack !
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post #13 of 13
1/30/10 at 9:48am
Siameses are a "color point" breed. Colors include lynx point, seal point, flame point, lilac point, chocolate point, blue point and cream point.
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