The description for the Colourpoint Shorthair is the same as for the Siamese, except the point colour.
Please refer to the Siamese.

In the late 1940s, British breeders crossed Siamese with American Shorthairs, Abyssinians to develop colours beyond the traditional colours of the Siamese, and to introduce tabby striping and tortoiseshell patterns to the points.
The Colourpoint Shorthair gained recognition by CFA as a separate breed in 1964.

Colourpoint Shorthairs are talkative cats, they can get quite loud sometimes. Females, which are in heat, and lonely studs can cry with an ear splitting voice. The breed loves to communicate with its owner. They are active cats, who like to play. If they feel lonely without any playmate, they create one, and anything will be dedicated to become their playmate. They like to jump quite high, but they keep their balance between the narrowest things with great elegance, thus disrupting or disturbing very seldom something.
They are no outdoor cats, they like a cosy warm place - their normal body temperature is 1°C higher than in other cats. They like to sleep on top of radiators, the television or the computer, or anything which creates heat.
They love their owners and demand attention and affection, they enjoy riding on their shoulders or cuddling on their knees, or to cuddle in bed under a warm blanket.
These extremely intelligent cats make very good companions for people, who like to have constant companionship. They will follow you, wherever you go, if you sit down, they will sit on your lap, if you eat, they will sit besides you on the chair, without being demanding or begging for food, if go to bed, they will enjoy to sleep in your bed with you. They will be your friends for a life time.

Colourpoint Shorthair require little grooming. Rubbing their coat with chamois skins will remove dead hears and will produce a silk-like glistening coat.