Tonkinese Colors

Tonkinese come in many color/coat pattern variations. Their coat patterns vary from high contrast between body and points (extremities: face, ears, tail, and legs) to low contrast (almost solid) coat and some in between with more subtle contrast. Tonkinese Color and Coat Patterns explains the basic color definitions and illustrate the color/coat pattern combinations.

Most people get confused by the Tonkinese coat colors when they first see a Tonkinese cat.Tonkinese come in 4 base coat colors (platinum, champagne, natural, and blue) with 3 coat patterns (point, mink, solid) for a total of 12 individual color combinations. By base colors, we mean the color of the points (extremities: face, ears, tail, and legs), not the body color. By coat pattern, we mean the contrast between the color of the points and the body color.