Chocolate Point Siamese: Warmer Than Seal, Paler Than It Looks
Warm milk-chocolate points on an unshaded ivory body, cinnamon-pink nose leather: the classic-four color buyers mistake for seal, and how the standards separate the two.
Published August 21, 2026 2 min read
Contents
One of the four founding colors every registry recognizes, and the one most often confused with seal. The standards draw the line cleanly. : body "ivory with no shading," points "milk-chocolate color, warm in tone," nose leather and paw pads "cinnamon-pink." : body "Ivory all over," points "Milk chocolate." Where the seal point's near-black points sit on a warm cream body that shades with age, the chocolate point keeps an ivory body that stays pale, under genuinely brown (not blackish) points.
Chocolate or seal? Two checks
First the points themselves: milk chocolate reads brown in any light; seal reads near-black except in strong sun. Then the leather, which never lies: cinnamon-PINK nose and pads on a chocolate point, dark seal-brown on a seal point. On UK paperwork the codes do the work: SIA b is chocolate, SIA n is seal.
The slow developer
Chocolate is one of the paler colors the registry genetics document says take LONGER to come in. Where a seal point's mask starts around a week old, a chocolate point kitten can keep you guessing for weeks. Breeders know; buyers should too, because an unusually pale kitten in a mixed litter may simply be the chocolate. The full born-white mechanism lives on the colors hub.
Paperwork and price
Classic four, showable as Siamese everywhere, and priced like every other color at every cattery we read in four markets (the price page).
The paperwork on one card
| Registry | Files this color as |
|---|---|
| / / / / | Siamese: full five-registry consensus, one of the classic four |
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Frequently asked questions
What is a chocolate point Siamese?
One of the classic four: warm milk-chocolate points on an ivory, unshaded body with cinnamon-pink nose leather and paw pads, deep blue eyes, recognized by all five registries.
How do I tell a chocolate point from a seal point?
Points and leather: chocolate reads brown with cinnamon-pink leather; seal reads near-black with dark brown leather and a body that shades with age.
Are chocolate point Siamese rare?
No: a founding color, showable everywhere. No cattery we read prices it differently.
Why is my chocolate point kitten so pale?
On schedule: the paler colors develop their points weeks later than seal, per the registry's own genetics account. Full color can take months.
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