Post by Pygmy on Jun 28, 2008 0:42:47 GMT -6
Brindle
This looks like tiger stripes and can be very very faint or dark and bold. The stripes can be broken and sprinkled around or long.
White
White is well...white. Pure and snowy, it is free from any markes or blemishes.
Black
Like white Black is simply the color black.
Blenheim
Simply put it is red and white parti colored.
Apricot
An orangy gold color often used in describing poodles.
Fawn
It is the color of a young deer but the muzzle is typically black. Some times a fawn dog will lack the black muzzle and ears.
Parti
Parti is just one solid color in patches on a white background. The dog is called Parti because it is part one color and part another.
Tri-Color
Tri means three so the dog obviously has three colors. Black,White, and a coppery gold color.
Blue Merle
A mottling of grey or 'Blue' spots on a dog. Sometimes with copper points. It is very common in herding breeds.
Sometimes called silver dappled.
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Red Merle
Mottling of red spots on a dog. Similar to blue merle but red instead. Sometimes called Marbling and chocolate dapple.
Harlequin
A black and white spotted color very commonly seen on great danes. People see a purebred Dane of this coloring and often mistake them for a Dalmation mix.
Golden
Golden is the color of freshly polished gold coins. Its golden like gold.
Silver
Silver as newly minted silver chains. Its silver like...silvery silver things.
Copper
Do I really need to explain this? Its a shiny coppery color. Common in the Vizsla and Pharoah Hound.
Ruby
A shining, stunning deep red color. Irish setters display this color really well.
Sable
Oh gosh sable is a hard one to describe so im copying and pasting what someone else wrote on it.
"The banding of color on the dog's individual hairs, leaving a variety of shades and colors."
Wolf Markings
Makings of a wolf, usualy ontop of some base color like white or grey. Huskies are often seen sporting this pattern.
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