Burmese Cat Coat Colors

The eyes are green or gold depending on coat color.
Burmese cat coat colors. However the british gccf recognizes burmese in solid brown chocolate blue lilac red and cream. Although athletic the burmese is quite a heavy cat yet their legs are nice and slender. He named her wong mau and bred her to siamese cats. 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.
Nose leather and paw pads are slate gray. Their ears are medium in size set. The burmese breed first came to america in 1930 when dr. Their coats always appear to have a polished look about them which is one of the breed s distinguishing traits.
Blue burmese have a medium blue coat with a slightly lighter belly. It is the result of the burmese gene cb part of the albino series. They have wedge shaped heads that are well rounded at the top. The nose leather and paw pads are a pretty lavender pink.
The coat of the burmese is short and glossy. Through selective breeding the unique solid brown colored coat now known as sable was isolated. Phenotype the coat color called russet in burmese cats develops with age and is characterized by progressive amounts of red pigment on the head and dorsal surfaces. Colors chocolate or sable is considered to be the original burmese colors but over the years through selective breeding different colored burmese could be found.
The main coat colors include sable champagne platinum and blue. 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. The burmese coat lies close to the body and is short fine and glossy with a silky smooth finish. 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.
Darker shading on the points may be seen in kittens but this shading disappears with age producing richness in any of the accepted colors. The burmese is a strong elegant and athletic cat that boasts having a lovely glossy coat. Platinum burmese are a pale silvery gray with light fawn undertones and a slightly lighter color on the underbody. Now you can see burmese cats having coats in the shades of brown blue chocolate lilac red cream brown tortie blue tortie chocolate tortie and lilac tortie.
The british burmese also can come in a tortoiseshell pattern.