Identifying A Lilac Point Himalayan
Both parents must either be or carry chocolate/lilac
in order for any of their progeny to show this color.
If only one parent is a chocolate/lilac then all
offspring will be carriers.
When inquiring about any new prospect, if at all
possible its always best to view the cat in person
and check the pedigrees to verify chocolate/lilac
is present.
After looking at all the images below, it may appear
to be easy to see the difference between the two
colors and for the most part, it is. It's when you
start to get various shading of those distinquishing
features, the inexperienced may easily label a blue
point as a lilac point or lilac point as a blue
point.
Blue points are most noted for their dark grey points,
and white body. What if your blue point has medium
gray points (lighter than blue but darker than lilac),
dark grey nose leather but pinkish paw pads and
slightly lighter coat color. What if your lilac
point has medium light grey points (lighter than
blue but darker than lilac), slightly fuller face
mask, but a dark grey nose leather, pinkish paw
pads and slightly darker body shading. Is this a
dark lilac point or pale blue point? In the past,
test breedings were in order, but that meant bringing
in more cats, and producing more kittens than desired
and still end up with off colors leaving newcomers
scratching their head again. The good news is, you
now have a more accurate option
coat
color test - UC Davis.
Color Description & Illustration - The
CFA breed standard calls for the point color to
be pale grey with a pinkish tint with the rest of
the body glacial white. The nose leather should
be lavender pink and paw pads pink. The eye color
vivid blue.
NOTE: Depending on your cats background, point and
body color intensity can vary slightly from cat
to cat.
Identifying A Blue Point Himalayan
Color Description & Illustration - The
CFA breed standard calls for the point color to
be blue with the rest of the body bluish white.
The nose leather and paw pads slate blue. The eye
color vivid blue.
NOTE: Depending on your cats background, point and
body color intensity can vary slightly from cat
to cat.
Himalayan Cat & Kitten Pictures
Lilac point and Blue point Himalayan kitten photos
for color comparison.
Notice the three week old lilac points pinkish gray
nose leather, pinkish gray point color and glacial
white coat, whereas the blue point has a slate gray
nose leather and point color and bluish white coat.
Also note the mask is not fully developed at this
age and will continue to expand as they get older.
Lilac point Himalayan kitten
Blue point Himalayan kitten
