Oriental Shorthair

Coat

Solid: White (15) Grey (25) Black (35) Cream (45) Red (55) Orange (65) Brown (95) Blue (115) Dusty (125) Cinnamon (Texture) Lilac (Texture) Dark Blue (Texture)
Tabby: Any of the tabby combinations in any of the patterns except golden tabby.
Tortoishell: Any of the tortoiseshell combinations.
Torbie: Any of the torbie combinations of the allowed tabby combinations.
Smoke/Shaded/Chinchilla: Any of the above listed colours in any of the patterns. Silver base only.
White Patterns: Any of the above colours can come with or without White (15) in tuxedo, bicolour, harlequin or van pattern.
When white is present, it's preferred that the cat has at least 25% white in total.

Eyes

Vivid Green (2/130-139/197-198/217)
Yellow Green (167-168) is also accepted, but faulted.
Catz with at least 75% white spotting may have one or two Light Blue(152-158/171-172/175-179)
Solid whites may have any of the above or Dark Blue (144-149/225)

Nose

Matches surrounding coat.

Faults

Yellow-green eyes.
Wrong nose colour.

Disqualifications

White trim on an otherwise solid cat.

Notes

The ideal Oriental Shorthair is a svelte cat with long, tapering lines, very lithe but muscular. It is essentially an alternately-coloured Siamese—though don’t say this to its breeders! Its reason for being is its coat colour, whether it is solid, shaded, smoke, tortoiseshell, bicolor, or tabby, and great weight is put on its color and pattern. There are over six hundred possible colours for Orientals, giving it one of the widest colour ranges of any accepted breed. The Oriental personality is equally colourful. They are true people cats, wanting to be as near to you as possible all the time—and of course, singing the whole time (this is the Oriental, after all!). The Oriental Shorthair was developed in the 1970s, and accepted in 1977, growing to become an extremely popular breed worldwide.

Type & Judging Remarks
Like its sister breeds, the Oriental Shorthair is a long, tubular cat with a distinct wedge-shaped head and Roman profile.