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BASIC COLORS. Has black (charcoal)
pigmentation, i.e. skin, nose, tongue, mouth/flews and foot pads.
Nails may be lighter.
1. Cream - An "off-white" color. May have darker ears
and shading along the dorsal line. May be described as light cream,
cream or dark cream.
2. Fawn - A very light tan/golden color ranging to a dark
tan/golden color. Some fawns with dark fawn coats have a pronounced
red tinge. May have darker shading along the dorsal line. Red
fawns may have lighter colored skin, eyes and toe nails. They should
have a solid colored nose and foot pads. May be described as light
fawn, fawn, dark fawn or red fawn.
3. Red - Mahogany to rich chestnut red (example: Irish
Setter). The coat color is uniform over the body, neck, head and legs.
Very little variation.
4. Brown - A medium to dark brown color. The coat
color is uniform over the body, neck, head and legs. Very little
variation.
5. Sable - A lacing of black hairs over a lighter ground
color. Two separate colored hairs - one black and one lighter color
(not white). The coat color is uniform over the body, neck, head and
legs. Very little variation.
6. Black - True
black. May have a blue, grey, brown or red tinge on the sides.
The coat color is uniform over the body, neck, head and legs. Very
little variation. May bleach, fade or brown from exposure to the sun.
DILUTE COLORS. No black (charcoal) pigmentation anywhere
on dog. Skin, nose and nails are self-colored blending with the coat
color. Eyes may be light or dark. Tongues may vary light to dark
lavender.
1. Apricot - Similar to but lighter in color than a
five-point-red (dilute). A distinct apricot color ranging in shades
from light to dark apricot.
2. Blue - Recently
discovered.. Blues can range from very dark blue which is usually seen in
brush coats and a light silvery blue usually seen in horse coats.
Puppies are all usually lighter in color at birth...going dark, amber or a
yellow blue as adults. Tongue color can range from lavender to dark
blue. Nails are self colored.
3. Chocolate - A medium to dark color (example: Hershey milk
or dark chocolate). The coat color is uniform over the body, neck,
head and legs. Includes liver..
4. Cream - An "off-white" color. May have darker
shading on the ears and along the dorsal line. May be described as
light cream, cream or dark cream.
5. Isabella - A
dusty rose color coat with blue masking on face and a blue dorsal stripe.
Darker points, dark or lavender tongue color. Important: Some
Isabella's are born completely blue at birth with only a noticeable
difference from their blue littermates is a fawn shading appearing on the
top of the head. By 10 weeks or so, the change is dramatic from blue
to Isabella. Part of the blue gene group.
6. Lilac -
Presently the rarest of all colors. A chocolaty blue dilute color
giving the appearance of purple. The same color as an Weimaraner.
Always found in dilute only. Darker Lilac is usually found on brush
coats and the lighter Lilac is identified in horse coats. Part of the
blue gene.
7. 5-point Red (Red Dilute) - A distinct deep red
fawn varying to a dark red color. The coat color is uniform over the
body, neck, head and legs. Very little variation. The "five
points" are nose, eyes, skin, foot pads and anus.
8. Sable (Dilute) - A lacing of dark color hair over lighter
ground color. Two separate colored hairs - one dark (red, brown,
silver) and one a lighter color (not white). The coat color is uniform
over the body, neck, head and legs. Very little variation. Nose
is slate. Mouth/tongue is lavender. Skin, eyes, foot pads and
nails are self-colored.
FLOWERED
or PARTI-COLOR - Variegated in
patches of two or more colors.
At least a 3/4 colored head, often with an inverted "^" in the back of
head over a white background. The same color can be found in patches
and ticking throughout the body. Can be found in all colors including
blue and sable.
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