Burmese Cat Colours

Red the red european burmese should be a warm orange apricot color.

Burmese cat colours. Brown tortie available as female only. Burmese are thought to descend from sacred brown cats kept by student priests in the palaces and temples of ancient burma modern myanmar. Platinum a pale gray with fawn undertones. Blue a soft blue gray with a silver sheen.

The burmese cat has ten main recognised colors in australia united kingdom and europe brown the original burmese color a rich warm seal brown. Originally all burmese cats were dark brown sable but are now available in a wide variety of colours. And blue a medium gray with fawn undertones. Chocolate a warm milk chocolate.

Champagne a warm beige. Blue the blue european burmese is a soft silver blue gray with some blues having a slight warm tone. 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. 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.

Formal recognition of these also varies by standard. Their coats are short and close lying and they have a very silky texture. And medium size ears that are rounded at the tips and tilt slightly forward. However as more breeders began to bring cats from burma to the u s the breed began to become.

While the accepted colors for burmese have increased in the past few years the vast majority of burmese are still the traditional deep brown sable. Chocolate tortie available as female only. Both versions of the breed are known for their uniquely social and playful temperament and persistent vocalization. Not sure what colours to expect from your litter.

Slight tabby markings permitted on the face. The burmese was officially recognized by the cat fancier s association cfa in 1936. Use this colour mating chart to determine the likely outcomes. The cats have a compact body with a rounded head.

There is more info on the tortie colouring down the bottom of this page. Lilac the lilac european burmese should be a pale delicate dove gray color with a slight pink cast. Burmese colour mating chart. Please keep in mind most of these colours will darken or change as a kitten grows.

Burmese cats carry surprising weight for their size. The brown kittens were crossed with one another or with their mother to produce more burmese cats. Younger burmese are active curious cats and adapt easily to changes. The four colors we now recognize in cfa are sable a rich dark brown.