
Black, Blue (Platinum), or Liver
(Cinnamon or Chocolate) Pigments

Cinnamon (Liver) Pigment


Can be a multitude of shades of light reds
Solid Cinnamon and Cinnamon and White Coats


Cream and White

Red (Sienna) and White

Solid Red

Chocolate (Liver) Pigment

Must have a chocolate coat & nose
in solid or white and chocolate color
Solid Chocolate and Chocolate and White Coats


Chocolate nose and coat
Platinum (Blue) Pigment

Platinum must have a blue grey nose as pictured and light eyes
Solid Platinum and Platinum and White Coats

These pictures are compliments of Belinda at Rockyhill Kennel
All others have Black pigment
Black and White Coats

Champagne (aka gold) with a black mask Coats

Sable (mixed colors) and White Coats

Solid Sterling Silver and Sterling and White Coats (dark eyes)

Solid Auburn (Red) and Auburn and White Coats


Red with Black Mask
Solid Gold or Copper and Copper and White Coats


Solid Gold with Black Mask
Solid Black Coats

Marble or Brindle Coats
Black and others colors that do not mix together at the skin.
As you can see from the examples below, a marble coat is striped like a tabby cat or in some cases the coat is patchy like a calico cat.
What makes a champagne marble and not just a champagne with a black mask and black tipping for instance is that at the skin the colors will defiantly be separate and not mixed together.
These are some examples:
Sable Brindle/marble

Sterling Brindle/Marble

Black Brindle/Marble


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