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    This is a true albino great dane, because it has pink eyes
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    I think it gets into semantics to some degree. As I understand it, there is a distinction between a "partial" albino and a "complete" albino.

    The most complete reference I have seen on the topic is http://www.geocities.com/~amazondoc/albinism/.

    If there is any incorrect info here, I would love to be made aware of it.

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    I believe that a partial albino is an animal that is only missing pigment to a certain degree. If a dog is white with blue or brown eyes, the eyes are displaying pigment. You may call a white dog a true albino, but the definition still states that albino means no pigment. An albino has an insufficient melanin supply, and none is produced anywhere in the body. When you see a normal coloured eye, there's a colored iris. The color is made by melanin and how it reflects and absorbs light. More melanin absorbs more light and the eye appears darker, brown, black. Less absorbs less light and we see a lighter eye, like blue. That's why albinos have pink or red eyes.
    Also, the webpage you typed says : "White" or "albino" Dobermans are not actually white animals. They are a pale tan or cream color, and only the areas which would normally be rust-colored are actually white. Also, these Dobermans have blue eyes -- not pink or red eyes."
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