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The recessive colorpoint gene produces darker colors on a cat's extremities, creating the iconic coat color of a Himalayan or Siamese cat.
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Tabbies, Smokes/Shaded & Silvers, Bicolors, Pointed cats and Chocolates... Genetically, these wonderful colors of cats are just red, black or tortoiseshell cats, until the addition of a single gene or two changes the color of the coat.
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Breeder Carissa Altschul explains how CFA’s registering system identifies those Persians that are called Colorpoint Carriers (CPCs). These are Persians that have Himalyans in their ancestry — and so may possibly be carrying the recessive pointed gene.