The Siamese: is a natural-evolved race, the Siamese were imported to Europe in the end of the previous century from the former Siam (now Thailand), where it for centuries has been known as royal pets. 

The original Siamese had sealpoint, the other three basic colors: Blue, Chocolate and Lilac arose spontaneously and has been known for many years. 

After the Second World War a breeding program was initiated, which lead to the other mesh colors: tabbymasket (striped) in the 4 basic colors, red and crememasket, and tortie (turtelmasket) in 4 colors with and without tabby.
 
The Siamese is characterized by its extremely long and elegant build, a quality that breeder has made more pronounced through the years.
 
The Siamese is a medium sized, slender and muscular cat with a "tubular" body, long slender legs and a long, thin, tapering tail (tail whip). 

The head has a wedge shape with a long straight profile. The ears are large and open and sit low on the head. The eyes are almond shaped and oblique and has a wonderful blue color.
 
Foreign White: in the 50s and 60s English breeders paired Siamese cats with domestic cats to create a completely  one coloured cat with the Siamese Oriental elegant build and temperament. This created the foreign white - "The white Siamese." 

"The foreign white Siamese" have blue eyes and it is therefore considered a Siamese (at least in Europe). The white color is caused by a dominant gene that "overshadows" the markings. It is a very beautiful cat to behold: snow-white fur all over and bright blue eyes. Unfortunately the demand for this type color is declining, perhaps because most people associate a Siamese with a "mask" - therefore there are not a lot of breederes left who breed this beautiful cat - Supply and demand should of course accompany each other. 

"The Oriental" also arose as a product of the aforementioned breeding.
"The Oriental" has the Siamese elegant build and temperament. It is plain or patterned on the entire body and has intense green eyes. The first "Orientals" were solid in the 4 basic colors, but "the Orientals" are now breed in all  the Siamese color, in every conceivable pattern (classic tabby, tiger tabby, spotted and ticked) and silver variants. 

The Siamese cats have all the cat's good qualities to a almost excessive degree: Its love is insistent and possessive and its contact needs are unsaturated. It is very active, curious and wants to be involved in everything you are doing (works as food control and newspaper and book censor!) It cannot stand to be alone, so if you are away from home for more than 4 hours on a daily basis, it is always a good idea to have 2 or more cats to keep each other company.