British Shorthair Cat Colors Chart

His coat comes in almost all colors.

British shorthair cat colors chart. The british shorthouse is a compact well balanced and powerful cat. The british shorthair is the pedigreed version of the traditional british domestic cat with a distinctively stocky body dense coat and broad face. 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. To determine the color of a shaded or smoke cat consider only the color of the tipping.

It is a rather misleading description because blue is in fact grey. Children and other pets. British shorthair cats have a well developed body and they have small but muscular legs. Probably the oldest english breed of cat the british shorthair can trace its ancestry back to the domestic cats of rome.

They are usually quiet and do not become vocal. The best known color is blue gray and the cats are sometimes referred to as british blues. Red ginger self coloured british shorthair cats red as a british shorthair colour is still at the provisional stage. The shorthair does not reach full physical maturity until he is 3 to 5 years old.

All blue cats are actually genetically black cats with an additional dilution gene. Black blue chocolate lilac cinnamon fawn red cream and sometimes silver tabby. Women should be less than men in all cases and the cat should leave the overall impression of balance and proportion. Solid color breeding chart related links.

Blue is the most well known colour of all of the british shorthair colours. The cat s nose and pads should be brick red. It s quite a recent addition. It is recomended that you learn these probabilities below because it helps to understand genetics in other areas that are more important but if you want a crutch you can use my color predictor.

Find the color of the sire from along the top of the chart. This information is only applicable when the cat has one of this colors. This breed was first. The coat colour should be a deep rich red with a few tabby stripes or markings anywhere as possible.

Find the color of the dam along the left. Colours of british shorthair and longhair cats. 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. Cattery of british cats mysticat house breeding cats of following colours.

Chocolate silver classic and spotted tabby black silver classic and spotted tabby also golden colours. Not every blue cat is a british shorthair. Usually orange amber and gold eyes are considered the most beautiful for a cat from this breed. Although most people think of them as being blue cats they come in a number of colors and patterns.