Ragdoll Colors and Patterns

An in depth breakdown of various Ragdoll Coat Colors, Patterns and eye color.

All Ragdolls are born white (unless they are minks and sepias).

Ragdoll Patterns and Colors come in over time.

Some colors like blue and seal you can see in a few days,

other colors like lilac, chocolate and cinnamon

may take 3 or 4 weeks to determine.

By 8-12 weeks all of the colors are evident.

But Ragdoll Patterns and Colors will continue to darken

and come in for about 2 years.

Ragdolls are a point Breed, which I will explain below,

but the point gene reacts to temperature.

All point kittens, toasty and warm inside their mommy,

with a constant warm temperature will be born almost completely white.

Once the kittens hit the great big world they cool down and start to color.

Arms, legs, ears, and tails will tend to be colder,

so they will color the fastest.

Ragdoll cats will continue to color with age. They will also continue to vary with seasons.

Some full grown Ragdolls will be a tad lighter in summer than in winter.

Mink & Sepia newborn Kittens!

Mittens as newborn kitten

How to tell the difference in colors, markings and eye colors and what to expect when picking a ragdoll kitten.

RAGDOLL MARKINGS:

POINTS? Ragdolls are a "Pointed" breed. Siamese And Himalayan are also pointed breeds. You will hear the words Pointed or colorpoint or points thrown around when talking about Ragdolls. Points are part of the MARKINGS/PATTERNS of a Ragdoll.

Points are the darker marking of the ears, paws, face and tail of the cat. For instance, a seal pointed kitten will typically have a tawny colored body and dark brown ears, paws, tail, and face, her points are the dark brown accents. Points are strictly a type of MARKING. A kitten's Points will be an accent to the color he is.

COLOR POINT: Color point is a MARKING. A Color point Ragdoll is a ragdoll with no white markings for instance a Seal Color Point will have a tawny body color and dark brown ears, tail, paws and face.

Kay Kay is an example of a mink colorpoint

BI-COLOR? Once again Bi-color is a MARKING. It is the inverted White V on the kittens face. bi-colors look like they are wearing a mask of their "color" over their eyes. The v's come in all widths but is the description of a facial marking it also means the cat will have a white muzzle, neck and tummy and legs. The bi-color often wears its "color" as a saddle that covers the back and down the legs to varying degrees.

True bi-color vs. high mitted bi-color: Kittens can be one of two types of bi-colors this is a technical point that usually doesn't matter to anyone but a breeder and usually has to be determined by a DNA test. Either way they both have an inverted v on their faces and a bandit mask of color.

Australis Ragdolls, Teddy is a seal point bi-color Ragdoll and Coco is a true blue bi-color Ragdoll.

Coco~ Blue Bi Color Mother with Newborn kittens!

Teddy Seal Point Bi Color

Coco

Blue Bi Color

Teddy as kitten

Coco as kitten

MITTED? This is also a MARKING. For instance a Blue Mitted will have the soft grey body color, dark grey ears, and tail but unlike the bi-color with the white v and eye mask, the mitted will have a dark nose and muzzle point, this dark muzzel will continue to spread across the whole face giving them a full face mask of the darker color.

WHITE on a Mitted: mitted ragdolls have a white chin, throat, and tummy as well as white mitts on the front paws and white mitts to boots on the back paws. This is where the name "Mitted" comes from, they are wearing cute white mittens.

Starletta Seal Point Mitted

Mittens

Mink Mitted

BLAZES: Blazes are also a MARKING, but they are just a random streak of white on the nose and or chin. We call them character!

Most Ragdolls don't have a blaze. Our Queen Shasta has a blaze!

Shasta Seal Point w/Blaze

Mittens Mink Mitted w/ blaze

SOLIDS: Here at Australis Ragdolls we have not produced Solid kittens! We do not have any Kings nor Queens that are solid Ragdolls.

Australis Ragdoll Colors:

Ragdolls come in a multitude of colors that are Non Traditional.

Seal: Tawny cream color body to brown body (Think toasted Marshmallow)

with rich dark brown points.

Blue: Soft grey Body with deep dark grey points

Pointed Mink and Sepia

Minks and Sepias are darker versions of the traditional colors.

They are easily distinguished at birth because they are born

a creamy brown or soft grey that darkens over time.

Ragdoll Coats

The Standard Ragdoll Coat texture is a soft, maintenance free, bunny coat.

It is a medium length even though it is registered as long.

The Mink and Sepia coats are also medium length but they have a silkier texture like a mink fur.

The longer Plush coats are getting more and more popular

but they do require weekly brushing to keep from matting.

Sepia Ragdolls are a rare breed of cat with dark fur and blue eyes, born with a rich color that deepens with age. They have the softest, thickest, and plushest coats of all pointed Ragdolls. Sepia Ragdolls are darker than mink and traditional Ragdolls, and can have eyes of any color.

Sepia Ragdolls have the same color varieties as the Traditionals, with the same undercoat color. Their coat deepens to a rich, dark color, and their fur feels like cashmere or rabbit fur. Their color darkens with age, and in cold climates.

Sepia ragdoll kittens are darker than mink ragdolls. They are created by mating a mink ragdoll cat to another mink ragdoll cat.

Mink ragdolls have softer and silkier fur than regular Ragdolls. They're called “Minks” because their coat is even smoother than the coat of the traditional Ragdolls — the mink's fur actually feels like a lady's mink coat.

Mink Ragdolls are born with color. They follow the typical colors of Ragdolls: blue, seal, flame, chocolate and lilac; however, they are born with color and only darken a little bit as they age. Born with blue eyes, their eyes do change to an aqua color as they become adults.

Both Minks and Traditionals Ragdolls are purebred Ragdolls and recognized by TICA. However, Mink, Sepia, and Solid cats are not accepted for registration in the strictest cat associations, such as the Cat Fanciers Association (CFA).

These images are from http://www.ragdoll-kittens.co.nz/ragdoll-info/

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RAGDOLL EYES:

*ALL KITTENS are Born with slate blue eye just like a human baby!

Eye color changes over the first year.

There are some rules to be aware of if eye color is an important thing for you.

Traditional Ragdolls: will always have the Traditional Beautiful Blue Eyes. They can range in color.

Mink Ragdoll: can have eye colors usually ranging from an Aqua through all the blue/green shades to the Traditional Blue eyes. It is almost impossible to determine final eye color on Mink kittens.

But it is usually safe to say you will get something from Aqua to Blue.

Sepia Ragdoll: Coat is the lush gorgeous rich colored cats but a wild card when it comes to Eye color. These lush rich coats on these gorgeous cats means eye color can be anything from green, gold, aqua, brown, hazel, or blue.

You buy a Sepia because of the rich, dark, super lush rich coat and let the eyes be what they may.

Made with ♥ by Paul