Cat Colors and Patterns of Ragdolls

Ragdoll cat colors and patterns come in a wide variety. Each one is gorgeous and elegant in its own right. For example, the Ragdoll pictured below, Dandenong Tora Rhianne, is a Seal Mitted with a blaze.  

The Ragdoll cat has a soft semi-long coat that does not require as regular a grooming as many other long-haired breeds. Ragdolls are born white (unless they are mink cats), and Ragdoll cat colors and patterns come in slowly. 

Ragdoll Colors & Patterns Quick Guide

You can tell seal and Blue anywhere from a few days to a week, but you cannot determine chocolate and lilac for 3-4 weeks. All color is entirely evident by 8-12 weeks, but Ragdoll patterns and colors only come for about 2 years. 

Any cat that is a color-pointed breed (like a Ragdoll, Birman, Himalayan, Siamese, etc.) will color later in life because the point gene reacts to the surrounding warmth. As a result, all point kittens inside their mom, with a constant warm temperature, will be born (almost) completely white. 

The moment the kittens start to be exposed to the lower ambient temperature, they start to color. Since their extremities tend to be colder, they will color the fastest. 

Ragdoll cats will continue to color with age (the older, the less blood will flow through the veins, and the darker the cat will become). They will also continue to vary with the season. 

For example, some full-grown Ragdolls will be slightly lighter in summer than in winter. Any cat that is a point will color later in life because the point gene reacts to the surrounding warmth. 

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