The first four Himalayan colors were accepted in CFA in 1957.
In the 45 years since then, 16 more pointed colors have gained championship status - including
10 lynx point colors - to bring the total number of colors of Himalayans to 20
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Order and Year of Acceptance of Himalayan Colors in CFA
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| 1957 |
Seal Point, Blue Point, Chocolate Point, and Lilac Point |
| 1964 |
Flame Point and Tortie Point |
| 1972 |
Blue-Cream Point |
| 1979 |
Cream Point |
| 1982 |
Seal Lynx Point and Blue Lynx Point |
| 1987 |
Chocolate-Tortie Point and Lilac-Cream Point |
| 1990 |
Tortie Lynx Point and Blue-Cream Lynx Point |
| 1993 |
Flame Lynx Point and Cream Lynx Point |
| 1994 |
Chocolate Lynx Point, Lilac Lynx Point, Chocolate-Tortie Lynx Point
and Lilac-Cream Lynx Point |
Below is a table showing examples of each color, pairing the basic color with its lynx point equivalent, along
with the year of their acceptance. Some of these colors are not often seen.
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Examples of the Accepted Himalayan Colors in CFA |
Seal Point
Accepted 1957
GC, RW Everclassic's
Little Wise Guy |
Seal Point is the most basic himalayan color - it is simply the
colorpoint expression of the black gene.
The addition of the agouti tabby gene makes a seal point into a Seal
Lynx Point |
Seal Lynx Point
Accepted 1982
GC Degentilly Petit Prince |
Blue Point
Accepted 1957
GC, Teahs
Melody-Of-My Heart |
Blue Point is the recessive of Seal Point, and is created by adding 2
dilute genes to the Seal Point color.
The addition of the agouti tabby gene makes a blue point into a Blue
Lynx Point |
Blue Lynx Point
Accepted 1982
GC Whisperwood's Thin Blue Line |
Chocolate Point
Accepted 1957
GC NewDestiny's Something
To Remember |
The Chocolate gene is often misunderstood. Chocolate is a dominent color in
itself - however it is recessive to black, so a cat must have 2 copies of
this gene to be a Chocolate Point.
The addition of the agouti tabby gene makes a chocolate point into a
Chocolate Lynx Point |
Chocolate Lynx Point
Accepted 1994
GC Protocol's S'Mores |
Lilac Point
Accepted 1957
GC, RW Yo-Man's Amazing Grace |
Lilac Point is the dilute of chocolate and is created by adding 2
copies of the dilute gene (a recessive) to the chocolate point.
The addition of the agouti tabby gene makes a lilac point into a
Lilac Lynx Point |
Lilac Lynx Point
Accepted 1994
CH Noradawn Gino Ginelli |
Flame Point
Accepted 1964
GC, RW Whisperwood's
Set The World On Fire |
Flame Point is also one of the most basic colors - it is simply the
colorpoint expression of the red gene.
The addition of the agouti tabby gene makes a flame point into a
Flame Lynx Point |
Flame Lynx Point
Accepted 1993
GC Brigantina's Beautiful |
Cream Point
Accepted 1979
GC Sezanne's Doubleshot of Tanglebox |
Cream Point is the dilute of flame point, and is created by adding
2 copies of the dilute gene to the flame point.
The addition of the agouti tabby gene makes a cream point into a
Cream Lynx Point |
Cream Lynx Point
Accepted 1993
GC Careyata's Stardust |
Tortie Point
Accepted 1964
GC, NW Sulltans Seize The Glory |
Tortie Point is a combination of the 2 basic colors - black and red.
Only a female can be a Tortie Point as is a sex-linked color, requiring 2
"X" genes - the genes that "make" a cat female.
The addition of the agouti tabby gene makes a tortie point into a
Tortie Lynx Point |
Tortie Lynx Point
Accepted 1990
GC Sandypaws Razza Ma Tazz |
Blue-Cream Point
Accepted 1972
GC, GP, RW Prancenpaws
Glamor Shot of Ristokat, DM |
Blue-Cream Point is created by adding 2 copies of the dilute gene (a recessive)
to the tortie point. As with the tortie point, blue-cream is a sex-linked color.
The addition of the agouti tabby gene makes a blue-cream point into a
Blue-Cream Lynx Point |
Blue-Cream Lynx Point
Accepted 1990
GC, RW Oakheaven's Party Line of Teahs |
Chocolate-Tortie Point
Accepted 1987
GCI Mani-Joo Lavande
of Manahos |
Chocolate-Tortie Point is a combination of 2 colors - chocolate
(recessive to black) and red. Only a female can have both chocolate and
red combined, so like the tortie point, this is a sex-linked color.
The addition of the agouti tabby gene makes a chocolate-tortie point into a
Chocolate-Tortie Lynx Point |
Chocolate-Tortie Lynx Point
Accepted 1994
The Happy Sisters Nikita |
Lilac-Cream Point
Accepted 1987
GC Kutzikoo's Lilac Cloud |
Lilac-Cream Point is created by adding 2 copies of the dilute gene
(a recessive) to the chocolate-tortie point. Again, it is a sex-linked color
with all Lilac-Cream Point cats being female.
The addition of the agouti tabby gene makes a lilac-cream point into a
Lilac-Cream Lynx Point |
Lilac-Cream Lynx Point
Accepted 1994
The Happy Special Delivery |
