American Burmese Cat Colors

Darker shading on the points may be seen in kittens but this shading disappears with age producing richness in any of the accepted colors.
American burmese cat colors. The asian is physically similar but comes in different patterns and colours. The brown blue chocolate lilac red cream brown tortoise blue tortoise chocolate tortoise and lilac tortoise. There are ten standardly recognized colors of european burmese including the popular blue burmese which first appeared in england.
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. Earlier us burmese cats had produced kittens of a lighter brown color now called chocolate as well as blue kittens but most us burmese breeders had decided to select and breed only the sable cats. Some associations permit other colors including tortoiseshell lilac and red.
The nose leather and paw pads are a pretty lavender pink. Snow bengals with eye colours other than blue also have the gene. Although the breed was long not recognized by associations and registries in the united states the european burmese has been eligible to participate in championships in the u s.
Platinum burmese are a pale silvery gray with light fawn undertones and a slightly lighter color on the underbody. Let s see the photos. Children and other pets.
The singapura is always homozygous for the burmese gene combining it with a ticked tabby pattern. The european standard now there are ten colors of burmese cats recognized in europe. He named her wong mau and bred her to siamese cats.
The burmese breed first came to america in 1930 when dr. Joseph thompson of san francisco brought a small walnut brown female cat from burma. 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.