COLORS
There are 3 basic colors. Seal, Blue and Red (also called Flame ). With each of these there is a dilute color.

SEAL which is a dark brown that's almost black,  has a dilute color called Chocolate that is best described as a chocolate brown.

BLUE,  which is a dark bluish grey, has a dilute color called Lilac that is a noticeably lighter shade of blue/grey.

RED or FLAME, which is much like most red cats you've seen, has a dilute color called Cream that is noticeably lighter shade of red.

TORTIE, is a color/pattern that's gender specific. Only females will be Tortie. When a kitten has a Red father or mother and a Seal as the other parent, some of the female kittens will be Tortie. A Tortie Ragdoll has splashes of dark color on her face and body that's mostly Cream colored. A BLUE CREAM  is a female Ragdoll that had one Blue parent and one Red parent, but is really a Tortie.

PATTERNS
There are also 3 basic patterns. Colorpoint, Mitted, Bicolor. As an overlay to any of these patterns, can be the lynx or tabby striping.

COLORPOINT,  has just one color on its body. Bear in mind that a colorpoint has a darker shade of its body color on its POINTS. The points on a Ragdoll are its paw tips, tail, ears and face.

MITTED,   a mitted Ragdoll has white on its front paw tips, white on its rear legs and as an added attraction, has a white chin and chest. The ears and tail are the same as described for the colorpoint.

BICOLOR,  is a pattern of any of the colors mentioned above that has 2 distinct colors on its face. The color on its ears and top of the head are the body color, only darker, and with an inverted white "V" on the lower part of the face. A BICOLOR Ragdoll has white legs and white on the face, with a body that may be mostly white with splashes of color OR with solid color covering the body.

LYNX,   is a pattern of any of the colors mentioned above, but has dark stripes of the same color that's on the body. But.. a Lynx Ragdoll has white inside its ears, and a brick nose leather. LYNX Ragdolls ALSO combine patterns. There are Colorpoint AND Mitted Lynx Ragdolls as well as Bicolor Lynx.