Body
The cat is medium sized and elegant. The body is of medium length, firm, lithe and muscular. The legs are sinewy, long and slender. The paws are narrow and oval. The long tail is strong at the base and ends in a tapering tip. The neck is slender.
Head
The head shows a moderate wedge shape and gently rounded contours. The nose is of medium length. The profile is slightly curved. The chin is firm.
Ears
The ears are large and set wide apart. They are broad at the base and slightly rounded at the tips. Ear tufts and a thumb print are desired.
Eyes
The eyes are large, brilliant and expressive, slightly almond-shaped and set wide apart. The eye colour is pure and clear, amber to green. In the silver varieties green is preferred. The eye lids are encircled (eye rims) with the colour of the ticking in all colour varieties.
Coat
Short, fine and glossy with slight undercoat, but dense and lying elastically to the body.
Ticking
Double or preferably triple banding on each single hair. The ticking shall be extended evenly and without stripes over the entire body. The line along the spine (eel line), the tail tip and the plantar side of the hind paws are coloured intensely in the colour of the ticking. The chest, belly and the inner side of the legs are without ticking and of the corresponding base colour.
Colour varieties
Ruddy
Coat colour: The base colour is dark apricot to dark orange. Ticking: black. Nose leather: brick-red black rimmed. Paw pads: black. Eye rims: black.
Blue
Coat colour: The base colour is gently beige to light cream. Ticking: steel-blue. Nose leather: brick-red blue rimmed. Paw pads: blue-grey. Eye rims: blue-grey. Remark: In case of a light base colour the contrast is strong to the colour of the ticking, which should not be massed up with silver ticked.
Sorrel
Coat colour: The base colour is dark apricot. Ticking: intense rusty brown. Nose leather: dark pink red-brown rimmed. Paw pads: dark pink. Eye rims: red-brown.
Fawn
Coat colour: The base colour is a dull, weak cream. Ticking: dark, warm cream. Nose leather: pink old-rose rimmed. Paw pads: old-rose. Eye rims: old-rose.
Chocolate
Coat colour: The base colour is an intense apricot. Ticking: chocolate. Nose leather: old-rose chocolate rimmed. Paw pads: chocolate. Eye rims: chocolate.
Black silver
Coat colour: The base colour is pure silver-white. Ticking: black. Nose leather: brick-red black rimmed. Paw pads: black or seal. Eye rims: black.
Blue silver
Coat colour: The base colour is pure silver-white. Ticking: steel-blue. Nose leather: brick-red blue rimmed. Paw pads: blue-grey. Eye rims: blue-grey.
Sorrel silver
Coat colour: The base colour is pure silver-white. Ticking: red-brown. Nose leather: brick-red brown rimmed. Paw pads: cinnamon to chocolate. Eye rims: chocolate.
Fawn silver
Coat colour: The base colour is pure silver-white. Ticking: warm cream. Nose leather: pink old-rose rimmed. Paw pads: old-rose. Eye rims: old-rose.
Chocolate silver
Coat colour: The base colour is pure silver-white. Ticking: chocolate. Nose leather: old-rose chocolate rimmed. Paw pads: chocolate. Eye rims: chocolate.
Faults:
• stripes on the front legs
• broken necklace
• grey or too light undercoat
• too little ticking
• ghost markings
• missing eye rims
• white extending beyond the chin
Faults excluding the CAC:
• white medallion (locket)
• unbroken necklace
• stripes on all 4 legs
• large amount of grey undercoat
Scale of points:
Body - 20 points
Head and ears - 15 points
Eyes - 10 points
Coat texture - 10 points
Colour of body - 25 points
Ticking - 15 points
Condition - 5 points
Source: http://www.wcf-online.de/
