Korat Standard

Category III	KOR	Korat Standard
General	Appearance	alert appearance
	Size	medium
Head	Shape	viewed from the front the head is heart-shaped with breadth between and across the eyes the eyebrow ridges form the upper curves of the heart and the sides of the face curve gently down to the chin to complete the heart shape
	Nose	length in proportion to the face with a slight stop in profile there is a slight downward curve at the tip of the nose and nose leather (lion-like)
	Jowls Muzzle Chin	jowls and chin firm and well developed, forming a good balance for the profile and for the completion of the heart shape muzzle neither sharply pointed nor square chin neither weak nor receding, which gives a pointed shape to the head
Ears	Shape	large, broad at the base, slightly rounded at the tips inside of ears slightly covered and outside well covered with extremely short and close hair
	Placement	set high on the head to give an alert expression
Eyes	Shape	large, round and well opened, rather oversized for the size of the face
	Colour	luminous and expressive brilliant green colour is preferred, but amber is permissible
Body	Structure	neither short like a Manx nor long like a Siamese, muscular, supple; powerful but not heavily built; heavier in weight than appearance suggests back curved
Legs		in good proportion to the body hind legs slightly longer than front legs
	Paws	oval
Tail		medium long, heavier at the base, tapering to a rounded tip
Coat	Structure	short to medium in length, lying close to the body; single coat glossy and fine. Inclined to break over the spine as the cat moves
	Colour	silver-bluegrey all over, hair tipped with silver, the more silver the better at the extremities where the coat is shorter, the silver shine is intensified
Nose leather Lips		dark blue-grey or lavender
Paw pads		dark blue-grey to lavender with a pink tinge
Remarks	General	females are slightly finer built and smaller than males
	Head	too narrow head without enough width between the eyes is undesirable law pinch is undesirable a nose too long or too short in proportion to the shape of the head is undesirable
	Eyes	small and lustreless eyes are undesirable until the cat is 2 years old the eye colour can be amber or greenish-amber; the distinctive colour does not become true until after 2 years of age
	Coat	coats with silver tipping only on the head, legs and feet are undesirable
Faults	Coat	white hairs or patches any other colour than silver and blue shading or tabby markings

Korat Standard scale of points

Scale of Points			Points
Total			100
Head	general shape, nose, cheeks and muzzle, jaws and teeth, forehead, chin, placement and shape of the ears		20
Eyes	size, shape and placement	15	20
	colour	5
Body	shape, size, bone structure, height of legs. shape of paws. shape and length of tail		25
Coat	colour	20	30
	quality and texture, length	10
Condition			5