Mabel
Available- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 14 weeks
- Colour
- Lilac bicolour
Long-legged, chatty and the first to the door.
Lilac Ragdoll
Lilac Point Ragdoll Kittens and Lilac Colourpoint Cats in Australia
A lilac point Ragdoll has soft, pale pinkish-grey points on its ears, mask, legs and tail, a milky white body, blue eyes, and lavender pink nose leather and paw pads. Lilac colourpoint is the official name for the pattern with no white. It is the palest Ragdoll colour, sometimes called frost, and the rarest of the four traditional Ragdoll colours in Australia.
I'm Shannon from Regal Ragdoll Kittens in Bowral, NSW. Poppy, our lilac bicolour queen, carries lilac in every litter she has, and this season Clementine and Atticus, who both carry chocolate and dilute, have given us a lilac bicolour girl too. Here is how to recognise a lilac Ragdoll, how it differs from a blue, and why lilacs are so hard to find.
Lilac point Ragdoll kittens for sale
These are the lilac kittens in our house right now. Every Regal Ragdoll kitten is $1,500, lilac included, and goes home at twelve to thirteen weeks desexed, microchipped and vaccinated, from parents DNA-tested negative for HCM and PKD. Lilacs are rare, so if one is not available, join the waitlist and say so. Kittens in every colour are on our Ragdoll kittens for sale page.
Similar Ragdoll kittens available now
These kittens are not lilac, but they are the closest colours we have this season: blue is the other grey Ragdoll and lilac is a diluted chocolate.
Tully
Available- Sex
- Male
- Age
- 9 weeks
- Colour
- Blue bicolour
Extra fluffy and happy to be carried around the house.
Juniper
Available- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 14 weeks
- Colour
- Seal bicolour
Long, plush and happiest stretched out on the cat bed.
What a lilac Ragdoll cat looks like
An adult lilac Ragdoll has even, pale grey points with a warm pinkish tint, a little like dove grey or the colour of a frosted window. The body is milky white and stays pale for life, with much less shading than a seal or blue. The nose leather and paw pads are lavender pink, the clearest sign you are looking at a lilac.
Lilac kittens take the longest of all Ragdolls to colour up. A twelve-week-old lilac often looks nearly white, with just a soft pinkish-grey wash on the ears and tail. Mabel, our lilac bicolour this season, is a good example: she still looks almost white at fourteen weeks.
Lilac vs blue Ragdoll: the two grey Ragdolls
Lilac and blue are both called grey Ragdolls, and in kitten photos they are easy to confuse. Lilac is the paler, warmer one.
| Lilac Ragdoll | Blue Ragdoll | |
|---|---|---|
| Points | Pale pinkish grey | Slate grey with a blue tone |
| Body | Milky white, stays very pale | Cool white with grey shading |
| Nose leather and paw pads | Lavender pink | Slate grey |
| How common in Australia | The rarest traditional colour | Fairly common |
| Genetics | Diluted chocolate: both parents carry chocolate and dilute | Diluted seal: both parents carry dilute |
More on the darker grey is on our blue point Ragdoll page.
Lilac colourpoint, lilac mitted and lilac bicolour
Lilac comes in all three Ragdoll patterns, and the pattern only changes where the white goes.
Lilac colourpoint Ragdoll
No white anywhere: pale pinkish-grey points on a milky white body. This is the cat usually meant by "lilac point Ragdoll", and the soft contrast between points and body is what makes it so popular.
Lilac mitted Ragdoll
A lilac colourpoint with white mittens on the front paws, white boots on the back legs and a white chin and chest. Because lilac is so pale, the mittens can be hard to see on a young kitten.
Lilac bicolour Ragdoll
A white inverted V on the face, a white chest and belly and four white legs, with lilac ears, outer mask and tail, and a pink nose. Poppy, our queen, is a lilac bicolour. It is the palest-looking Ragdoll of all, and young lilac bicolours are often mistaken for white Ragdoll cats.
Why lilac Ragdolls are the rarest colour
Lilac needs two recessive genes at once. A kitten has to inherit chocolate from both parents and dilute from both parents. That only happens when both parents carry both genes, or are lilac themselves, which is why lilac point Ragdolls are uncommon everywhere and especially in Australia.
Poppy is lilac, so every kitten she has inherits chocolate and dilute from her, and Atticus, our king, carries both, so their litters can include lilac, chocolate, blue and seal kittens. Clementine carries both genes as well, which is how her litter with Atticus produced Mabel, our lilac bicolour this season. You can see each cat's colour and what they carry on our queens and king page, and lilac's parent colour on our chocolate point Ragdoll page.
Lilac point Ragdoll questions
Is a lilac Ragdoll rare?
Yes. Lilac is the rarest of the four traditional Ragdoll colours in Australia. A lilac kitten needs both the chocolate gene and the dilute gene from each parent, so both parents have to carry two recessive genes. That only happens in lines that carry both, which is why lilac point Ragdolls often have long waitlists.
What is the difference between a lilac and a blue Ragdoll?
Lilac is paler and warmer. A lilac Ragdoll has soft pinkish-grey points, a milky white body and lavender pink nose leather and paw pads. A blue has darker slate grey points with a cool blue tone, a greyish-white body and slate grey nose leather. Both are dilute colours, but lilac is a diluted chocolate and blue a diluted seal.
Is there a lilac seal point Ragdoll?
Not as one cat. Lilac and seal are two different Ragdoll colours, so a Ragdoll is either a lilac point or a seal point. The phrase usually comes from adverts describing a pale seal kitten, or a lilac whose parents are seals that carry lilac. Check the nose leather: lavender pink means lilac, dark brown means seal.
Do lilac Ragdolls change colour?
Slowly. A lilac kitten is born white and can look almost white for months, with just a hint of pinkish-grey on the ears. The points deepen until two or three years old but always stay soft. Of all Ragdoll colours, lilac changes the least between kitten and adult.
How much is a lilac point Ragdoll kitten?
Many breeders charge their highest price for lilac. At Regal Ragdoll Kittens every kitten is $1,500, whatever its colour, including desexing, microchipping, two F3 vaccinations, a vet check and ACF pedigree papers. Interstate families add the flight to their nearest capital-city airport at cost.
Looking for a lilac Ragdoll?
Tell me you are after a lilac, which pattern you prefer and a little about your home. I will let you know about this season's lilac kitten, or contact you when the next one is born.