A Colour Lesson

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

While the breed standard only allows shades of red and orange (for appropriate reason), Tollers can also come in the following (none are very common though):

A Buff and a red:

http://members.chello.nl/~h.meintema/

Bi-Colour:

http://home.wanadoo.nl/tollers/tp-opening.htm

Tri-Colour (sorry for the bad picture, it's the best I can find as the site with the original is down):

http://home.hetnet.nl/~canna-dea/breed%20info.htm

Also, red Tollers can have either black or flesh coloured pigment (varying between shades of pink and liver).

[Giselle]

Greys come in almost every color/marking imaginable besides Tri's and Black and Tans.

A short list off the top of my head:
Red
Fawn
White
Black
Brindle
Black and white
Red and white
Fawn and white
Brindle and white
Any color + white
Blue (Greyhounds come in blue, not grey)
Dark brindle
Light brindle
White and ticked with various colors

I believe I even saw a chocolate Greyhound, but I can't seem to find a picture of one. It could have been a dark red, though.

Again, Pekes come in all colors. All that is required is black eye rims and lips and nose. My personal fave is a creamy off-white with a black muzzle and tips on the eyebrows:


Here's a good example of a parti-color:

[cloverfdx]

Dandie Dinmont Terrier's easy Pepper or Mustard .


www.dogbiz.com


www.breedersonline.co.uk

[cloverfdx]

Jack Russell Terrier....

Tan and White - most common
Black and White - not at all common in Australia
Tri Colour
Brindle and White

[Vela]

http://www.worldwideboxer.com/COLOUR.html

That link describes the different variations in brindle, fawn, and whites pretty well.

[Suki Wingy]

The two accepted colors for Dalmatians are black and white and liver and white. These are caused by a simple dominant vs. recessive gene. Black always masks liver. Two (black) dogs with the same phenotype (they look the same) can carry different genes.

It is noted as BB for a dog that can not pass on anything but black, and Bb for a dog that is capible of passing either a liver gene or a black gene. In dals it is usually called liver factored.
Liver is recessive and the dog must not carry and black genes in order for it to show.


Other recorded colors are lemon, orange, blue, brindle, and tricolor.
I know that blue is caused by a dilution of black and tricolor has to do with masking. Here is a website that covers the genetics better than I can:
http://geocities.com/~paisleydals/color.html
Lemon:



Blue:


Brindle:


Tricolor:
www.geocities.com/paisleydals/color2.html

[Husky_mom]

nice thread Jordan!!

It would take me forever, because I´m at work now but here´s a web that has tons of good descriptions of my fave........Siberian Husky of course!!

I´ll try get on my own here, but for now here´s a very ilustrative page, there are zillions of shades among shades........but you´ll get the idea

Siberian Husky colors

here just scroll a bit and you can click any color to see vaious pic of same color
same but has more pics

[angelbow20]

Jack Russell Terrier....

Tan and White - most common
Black and White - not at all common in Australia
Tri Colour
Brindle and White

I was just playing with 5 7 week old jack russells tonight and 4 of them were just black and white!