Physical Charateristicss > Dog Coats > Color...

One often refers to a specific dog first by coat color rather than by breed; for example, "a blue merle Aussie" or "a chocolate Lab". Coat colors include:

• Black: Usually pure black but sometimes grizzled.
• Brown: From mahogany through very dark brown.
• Red: Reminiscent of reddish woods such as cherry or mahogany; also tawny, chestnut, orange, rusty, liver, and red-gold.
• Yellow: From pale cream to a deep yellowish-gold tan.
• Gold: From pale apricot to rich reddish-yellow.
• Gray: Pale to dark gray, including silver; can be mixed with other colors or various shades to create sandy pepper, pepper, grizzle, blue-black gray, or silver-fawn.
• Blue: A dark metallic gray, often as a blue merle or speckled (with black).
• Sable: Black-tipped hairs; the background color can be gold, silver, gray, or tan.
• White: Distinct from albino dogs

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