British Shorthair Cats
                              Cattery
                         Agilis Cattus*Pl

kotka brytyjska, niebieska, BRI a, CH Clara Euforia*Pl


BRI a Light to medium blue. The coat should be free of silver tipping, which is permissible only in kittens. Nose leather and paw pads are blue. This colour is a dilution of black. It is actually more of a slate or grey blue than a pure blue. It traces back to about the 16th century and may have appeared first in longhaired cats. This colour variety has become synonymous with the British Shorthair and is regarded by many as the "flagship" of the breed.

In the pictures Clara of course.















BRI c
Lilac

In the picture
IC Ice Lilac British Velvet*CZ, from Isena*Pl


























BRI d 22
A deep brick red. It is desirable for this colour to show the minimum of tabby markings. The nose leather and paw pads are brick red, but they may display some freckles, as might the lips, eye lids and ears. This colour is created by a mutation that removes black pigment and enhances the orange pigment. It is the only sex-linked colour in cats. Both males and females can display this colour.

In the picture EC Valentyn Zasmucka Hvezda*Cz from Wedelach *Pl.














BRI e
A cream of a pale shade that must be suggestive of neither red nor fawn in its tone. Nose leather and paw pads are pink. As in the red, freckles may be apparent. This colour is the dilution of red and has proven to be very popular. However, it can prove difficult to breed to a high quality due to the ghost tabby markings that may be displayed. In the picture Je Veux l'amour de la Poupette*Nl, from Zielaki*Pl.




















BRI f
Beside an example of a tortoiseshell cat. This is black intermingled with both rich and pale red. In the picture EC Unity of Czankra*Pl, JW.






















BRI f 03
To szylkret czarny z białym, BRI f. Ta piękna kotka to Arabica vom Lindenpalais, mieszkająca w mojej hodowli.























BRI g
Medium blue intermingled with pale cream. This is a dilution of tortoiseshell. In the picture GIC Borgia Agilis Cattus*Pl.





























BRI h
EC Enya Czankra*Pl, from Czankra*Pl.

























BRI j
Delissa-Melissa Luludi*Pl from Wedelach*Pl































BRI g 03
EC Cin Cin Graham*Pl, from Czankra*Pl.





























BRI n
Jet black to the roots with no white hairs. A rusty tinge may be seen in kittens, but it is a fault in adults, as are fait tabby markings. There should be no trace of green in the eyey colour. Nose leather and paw pads are black. It traces back to Roman times. The cat in the picture comes from the cattery Siersciuch*Pl.














BRI c 33
For the time being, last but not least, the colourpoint. This famous pattern is more commonly known to most pet owners as the Siamese. When used in other breeds, it is called the colourpoint, though the term Himalayan is sometimes used. The mask, legs, ears and tail should be of clearly defined and matching colour. The body is a lighter shade of this. Eye colour is blue wuth deeper shades being desirable. Nose leather and paw pads to approximate the coat colour.
In the picture
GIC Uszka vom
Baumwollschloesschen*D
, from Kabrirus*Pl.


At this time, the British Shorthair is available in six recogniyed self colours, plus white, in its three-colour forms. These can be variably applied to certain of the coat patterns. When other colours, such as caramel, apricot, fawn and cinamon become established in the breed, the potential colour/pattern combinations will be mind-boggling, even more so if new patterns are added, which is likely.

I would like to present the most popular colours, but you have to remember you have a much bigger choice than this presented here!

kotka brytyjska, niebieska, BRI a, Clara Euforia*Pl

kotka brytyjska, niebieska, BRI a, Clara Euforia*Pl

kocur brytyjski rudy klasycznie pręgowany, EC Valentyn Zasmucka Hvezda*Cz

kocur brytyjski, kremowy, BRI e, GIC Je Veux l'amour de la Poupette*Nl

kotka brytyjska, szylkret czarny, BRI f, EC Unity of Czankra*Pl JW

kotka brytyjska, szylkret czarny z białym, BRI f 03, Arabica vom Lindenpalais

kotka brytyjska, szylkret niebieski, BRI g, GIC Borgia Agilis Cattus*Pl

kotka brytyjska, szylkret czekoladowy, BRI h, EC Enya Czankra*Pl

kotka brytyjska, szylkret liliowy, BRI j, Delissa-Melissa Luludi*Pl

kotka brytyjska, szylkret niebiesi z białym, BRI g 03, EC Cin Cin Graham*Pl

kocur brytyjski, czarny, BRI n, IC Precious of Czankra*Pl

kotka brytyjska, czarny, BRI c 33,  GIC Uszka vom Baumwollschloesschen*D



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