Extremity-marked felines
Colorpoints are cats with a distinctive coat pattern: pale body fur contrasting with darker coloring on the face, ears, paws, and tail.
The pattern appears in Siamese, Himalayan, and other breeds.
The darker areas, called points, result from temperature-sensitive pigmentation—cooler extremities develop more color.
As an adjective, colorpoint describes this marking: a colorpoint shorthair.
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Extremity-marked felines
Colorpoints are cats with a distinctive coat pattern: pale body fur contrasting with darker coloring on the face, ears, paws, and tail.
The pattern appears in Siamese, Himalayan, and other breeds.
The darker areas, called points, result from temperature-sensitive pigmentation—cooler extremities develop more color.
As an adjective, colorpoint describes this marking: a colorpoint shorthair.
1. breeding — Siamese, Of old Thailand; Himalayan (Of Asia's highest range); Ragdoll (Docile cat breed); Balinese (Indonesian island natives); Tonkinese · seal · chocolate · lilac · blue · flame · lynx · tortie · tabby · cream
coat pattern distributioncolorpoints ≠ solid Firm matter state; tuxedo · bicolor · tabby · calico · tortoiseshell
color uniformitycolorpoints ≠ solid Firm matter state; self · sepia · mink
colorpoint
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