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Burmese Cat Colors

In Australia, the United Kingdom, and Europe, the Burmese cat is recognized by ten primary colors:

  1. The original Burmese hue was brown, a deep, cozy seal brown.
  2. Silver-shaded blue—a gentle blue-grey.
  3. Warm milk chocolate, that is.
  4. Lilac: a delicate, soft dove gray with a hint of pink.
  5. Red—The exterior coat is melon-orange, while the body is red-orange.
  6. Cream—cream that gives the appearance of powder and has a noticeable bloom on the head and back.
  7. Brown, with hints of crimson, tortie.
  8. Blue tortie—cream-hued and blue.
  9. Chocolate with crimson hues—chocolate tortie.
  1. Lilac tortie—lilac with cream-colored hues

In America, many cat associations recognise the four main colours of Burmese cats. Those colour variations also have alternative names compared to those described above:


Sable, the same as ‘Brown’

Champagne, the same as ‘Chocolate’

Platinum, the same a ‘Lilac’

Blue, the same as ‘Blue’

Only a few organisations recognise the remaining colours. In many American associations, additional colours and certain other physical features characterise the European (or “Foreign”) Burmese.