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Birman Color chart

(all colors are color point)

Color of Parent

Seal Sire

Blue Sire

Chocolate Sire

Lilac Sire

Seal Dam

 

Seal

Chocolate

Blue

Lilac

 

 

Seal

Chocolate

Blue

Lilac

 

Seal

Chocolate

Blue

Lilac

 

Seal

Chocolate

Blue

Lilac

Chocolate Dam

 

Seal

Chocolate

Blue

Lilac

 

 

Seal

Chocolate

Blue

Lilac

 

Chocolate

Lilac

 

Chocolate

Lilac

Blue Dam

 

Seal

Chocolate

Blue

Lilac

 

 

Blue

Lilac

 

Seal

Chocolate

Blue

Lilac

 

Blue

Lilac

Lilac Dam

 

Seal

Chocolate

Blue

Lilac

 

 

Blue

Lilac

 

Chocolate

Lilac

 

Lilac

Lynx points come in all of the above colors as well.  If either parent is Lynx point, then any color kitten can be lynx.  They cannot carry the lynx gene because it is dominant.  However, a parent may be heterozygous for the lynx, meaning it carries only one copy, so it could pass on the non-lynx copy to the offspring, creating solid color kittens.

 

You can get dilute colors (chocolate and lilac) from seal or blue parents only if the both parents are carrying the recessive dilute gene.

 

You can get the blue or lilac colors from seal or chocolate parents only if the both parents are carrying the recessive density gene

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