Striking a balance between the heftiness of the cobby and sveltness of the oriental types, it is an alert, active, strong, colorful cat of medium size. The shoulder blades are high, loose and angulated. The hind legs are longer than the front, giving the appearance of being on tiptoe, but carried flexed so the back is level. Allow for very muscular necks and shoulders in mature males. It should be well-balanced physically and temperamentally.
General balance is more to be desired than size alone.
There is good contrast between pale ground color and deeper markings. On the haunches the spine lines meld into a dorsal stripe which continues to the tip of the tail. The tail is banded with the tip dark. The cheeks have mascara lines, from the corner of the eye along the contour of the cheek, with the second line starting at the center of the cheek and curving upward, almost meeting the first line below the ear. There are one or more necklaces, broken in the center.