British Shorthair Cat Coat Colors

But this breed actually comes in a variety of accepted colors.

British shorthair cat coat colors. Black stripes ranging from coal black to brownish on a background of brown to gray. Children and other pets. Tipped colors smoke shaded shell colors with white bi colors tri colors calico mitted harlequin van. Pure white untipped with yellow.

Additional penalties and disqualifications are listed under colors. Coat and eye colors. The shorthair does not reach full physical maturity until he is 3 to 5 years old. British shorthair colors white.

Deep sap phire blue gold or copper. The breed has also been developed in a wide range of other colours and patterns including tabby and colorpoint. We offer kittens for sale and adoption. Blue white red chocolate cream cinnamon fawn black tortie chocolate tortie blue tortie lilac tortie cinnamon tortie fawn tortie smoke silver gold silver or gold shell classic tabby classic silver or golden tabby mackerel silver or gold tiger spotted silver.

Odd eyed whites shall have one deep sapphire blue and one gold eye with equal color depth. What colors can a british shorthair have. In fact the fédération internationale féline recognizes 229 color variants. Spotted tabby markings in british shorthair cats.

The coat comes in just about any color or pattern you could wish for including lilac chocolate black white pointed tabby and many more. The main categories of colors of british cats. Nose leather and paw pads. The best known color is blue gray and the cats are sometimes referred to as british blues.

The british shorthair is the pedigreed version of the traditional british domestic cat with a distinctively stocky body dense coat and broad face the most familiar color variant is the british blue a solid grey blue coat orange eyes and a medium sized tail. A coat of blue gray with copper colored eyes and a medium tail is the most recognizable characteristics of this breed. The british shorthair s most common color variety is that of the blue one. Distinct color patterns with one color predominating.

Their short and dense coat can also come in white black red smoke silver calico and a wide range of tabby patterns and colors. British shorthairs are most often known for their stunning blue coat. There s golden silver cream red white blue and black. Brown mackeral tabbies are the most common.