Coat may be softer in texture in dilute colors, lynx points and silvers. Undercoat may be mouse gray in tabbies. Any genetically possible color or combination of colors is allowed.
There are two main textures: A silky one associated with dominant colors like red and black that is shinier and more resilient than that associated with the dilute colors; And a soft cottony one that dilute colors, such as blue and cream, ...
You can also find this breed in solid colors, tabbies and dilute colors (creams, blues etc.). Cats with lots of white sometimes have heterochromia (odd eye color). One eye will be blue (silver) and the other yellow (gold).
Coat: Manx: The double coat is short and dense with well-padded quality due to longer, open outer coat and close cottony undercoat; texture of guard hairs somewhat hard; appearance is glossy; a softer coat may occur in whites and dilute colors.
BODY COLOR: allowance to be made for lighter body color in young cats, and for less contrast in older cats. With the dilute colors in particular, development of full body color may take up to 16 months. Cats do darken with age.
That doesn't preclude them from being active and acrobatic. Their short, fine, silky coat comes in the original dark sable brown as well as dilute colors: champagne (light brown), blue and platinum (lilac).
Other associations recognize the Balinese in colors of red, cream, tortoiseshell (a mixture of black and red or their dilute colors, also called tortie), and lynx (tabby) points. In the CFA, however, cats in these colors are called Javanese.
Initially, they were recognized as a dilute color variety of the Burmese and were registered as Malayans. Eventually, the CFA and the British cat registry recognized these lighter cats as dilute variations of the Burmese.
Siamese in red (also called flame) or cream point, tortie point (mottled mixtures of black and red or their dilute colors on the point areas, also called tortoiseshell), ...
 See also: Dilute, Taper, Tortoiseshell, Fawn, CFA
  
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