Blue Burmese Cat Colors

Large expressive eyes in gold or yellow.

Blue burmese cat colors. Slight tabby markings permitted on the face. The burmese originated in thailand and extensive cross breeding has occurred in the past between the burmese and siamese breeds. I can t do that with the solid colours usually. A blue burmese cat is an exotic creature with a smooth smoky colored coat and large gold eyes.

In 1955 came the arrival of the blue burmese. The first blue burmese was born in 1955 in britain followed by red cream and tortoiseshell over the next decades. While the original burmese was a dark solid brown color known as sable he now comes in other shades as well including blue champagne and platinum. Burmese cats color genes.

Blue the blue european burmese is a soft silver blue gray with some blues having a slight warm tone. At this time knowledge of genetics was not as widespread as it is today it must have come as a disturbing puzzle to the breeders engaged in producing a line of brown cats who were supposed to be breeding true. Currently the british gccf standard recognises solid brown chocolate blue lilac red and cream as well as the tortoiseshell pattern on a base of brown chocolate blue or lilac. Champagne chocolate in the uk first appeared in america.

S ch sable carrying champagne a recessive brown gene. Brown the original burmese colour a rich warm seal brown. Chocolate a warm milk chocolate. If you go to a cat show with 6 or more chocolate adult female cats all of good type you will find that the breeders are constantly looking at cage numbers before attending to a cat so that don t attend to a cat that isn t theirs.

Blue a soft blue grey with a silver sheen on rounded areas. A breed of its own. How much does a burmese cat cost. S bl ch sable carrying blue and champagne recessive genes dilute and brown.

And medium size ears that are rounded at the tips and tilt slightly forward. Burmese colour mating chart. Burmese coat colours include. The cats have a compact body with a rounded head.

The burmese is often described as a brick wrapped in silk a testament to his solid muscular body. Many people feel that this breed resembles the siamese cat and with good reason. Colour mating chart for brown blue chocolate and lilac burmese showing percentages of colours which might be expected over a number of litters. The original brown burmese beauty first introduced in 1930 continues to have a satin like coat that shows off their rich sable brown colour.

Brown chocolate blue lilac red cream tortie. Small indeterminate markings permitted elsewhere except on the side or belly on an otherwise excellent cat. Ch bl champagne carrying blue. Platinum uk lilac the last major variant to appear was likewise developed in america beginning in 1971.

Red the red european burmese should be a warm orange apricot color. Sable dominant not carrying blue neither champagne. Lilac a pale delicate dove grey with a slight pinkish cast.