British Shorthair Cat Colors Chart

The coat comes in just about any color or pattern you could wish for including lilac chocolate black white pointed tabby and many more.

British shorthair cat colors chart. To determine the color of a shaded or smoke cat consider only the color of the tipping. His coat comes in almost all colors. Usually orange amber and gold eyes are considered the most beautiful for a cat from this breed. Colours of british shorthair and longhair cats.

Chocolate silver classic and spotted tabby black silver classic and spotted tabby also golden colours. It s quite a recent addition. All blue cats are actually genetically black cats with an additional dilution gene. They are usually quiet and do not become vocal.

Not every blue cat is a british shorthair. Find the color of the sire from along the top of the chart. It is easy to see why this is such a popular colour with its wonderful muted grey tones the british blue is an instantly recognisable beauty. The cat s nose and pads should be brick red.

The most familiar color variant is the british blue a solid grey blue coat orange eyes and a medium sized tail. The shorthair does not reach full physical maturity until he is 3 to 5 years old. 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.

It is still considered one of the minority breeds in cfa. Cattery of british cats mysticat house breeding cats of following colours. This information is only applicable when the cat has one of this colors. This breed was first.

Find the color of the dam along the left. Black blue chocolate lilac cinnamon fawn red cream and sometimes silver tabby. Probably the oldest english breed of cat the british shorthair can trace its ancestry back to the domestic cats of rome. It is a rather misleading description because blue is in fact grey.

Although most people think of them as being blue cats they come in a number of colors and patterns. British shorthair cats have a well developed body and they have small but muscular legs. Children and other pets. Solid color breeding chart related links.

The british shorthouse is a compact well balanced and powerful cat. The coat colour should be a deep rich red with a few tabby stripes or markings anywhere as possible. Red ginger self coloured british shorthair cats red as a british shorthair colour is still at the provisional stage. Chinchilla or shaded silver black shaded or shell cameo red shaded or shell tortoiseshell tortoiseshell chinchilla or shaded golden black blue smoke blue black smoke black.