Blue Burmese Cat Colors
Blue burmese have a medium blue coat with a slightly lighter belly.
Blue burmese cat colors. 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. He named her wong mau and bred her to siamese cats. Nose leather and paw pads are slate gray. Burmese should have pale tones of blue gray and cream distributed in patches over the whole body.
The cream parts can show various shades of the color. The blue tortie s markings are softened and subtle due to the dilute factors of both the blue and cream. Through selective breeding the unique solid brown colored coat now known as sable was isolated. The burmese originated in thailand and extensive cross breeding has occurred in the past between the burmese and siamese breeds.
Blue a soft blue gray with a silver sheen. Joseph thompson of san francisco brought a small walnut brown female cat from burma. 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. The burmese cat has ten main recognised colors in australia united kingdom and europe brown the original burmese color a rich warm seal brown.
Chocolate a warm milk chocolate. A breed of its own. The burmese breed first came to america in 1930 when dr. The burmese coat lies close to the body and is short fine and glossy with a silky smooth finish.
In america champagne blue and platinum cats were first formally considered a separate breed the malayan in 1979. 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. Platinum burmese are a pale silvery gray with light fawn undertones and a slightly lighter color on the underbody.