Burmese Cat Colors

Some only recognise the original four colours of brown chocolate lilac and blue.

Burmese cat colors. And blue a medium gray with fawn undertones. Chocolate tortie available as female only. They need very little grooming usually requiring only some daily petting. Kittens and adolescents may have faint tabby markings and a lighter color.

Mr harrison weir a noted breeder and organiser of the first modern cat show in britain described two variants of the siamese cat in 1889. Platinum a pale gray with fawn undertones. And medium size ears that are rounded at the tips and tilt slightly forward. The burmese is often described as a brick wrapped in silk a testament to his solid muscular body.

Small indeterminate markings permitted elsewhere except on the side or belly on an otherwise excellent cat. There is more info on the tortie colouring down the bottom of this page. The four colors we now recognize in cfa are sable a rich dark brown. The cats have a compact body with a rounded head.

Please keep in mind most of these colours will darken or change as a kitten grows. The solid dark sable brown burmese is in a league of its own but the now popular dilute divisions include the chocolate blue lilac red cream and the brown chocolate blue and lilac torties. Burmese are thought to descend from sacred brown cats kept by student priests in the palaces and temples of ancient burma modern myanmar. Not all cat councils accept all colours.

Their coats are short and close lying and they have a very silky texture. Over time and with much controversy these other colors were accepted by cfa. However the british gccf recognizes burmese in solid brown chocolate blue lilac red and cream. Temperament burmese cats are laid back social intelligent gentle and sweet cats who are less vocal than their siamese cousins.

Originally all burmese cats were dark brown sable but are now available in a wide variety of colours. Red the red european burmese should be a warm orange apricot color. The coat should be uniformed across the body and gradually shading to lighter on underparts the american standard recognizes four main colors blue champagne sable and platinum. Slight tabby markings permitted on the face.

Brown blue chocolate lilac red brown based red chocolate based cream blue based cream lilac based brown tortie blue tortie chocolate tortie lilac tortie. Brown tortie available as female only. 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. The british burmese also can come in a tortoiseshell pattern.

Formal recognition of these also varies by standard. Champagne a warm beige. Burmese cats carry surprising weight for their size. Large expressive eyes in gold or yellow.

No matter what their colour all burmese kittens are friendly intelligent and mischievous.