Dog Coat Colors Creeping Tan Black & Tan Blue-Based Sable Brown-Based Sable Lilac-Based Sable Black-Based Sable Sable Merle Residual White Fake Tan Points In Puppies Sable vs. Agouti: What’s The Difference? Watermarking Red vs. Brown: What’s The Difference? Irish Spotting In Dogs Solid White Coat in Dogs Dog Color Genetics Summary: Genes & Alleles Overview Ticking vs. Merle: What’s The Difference? Urajiro Merle-Locus H-Locus Countershading Ticking, Spots and Roan Panda Spotting in GSD Whitehead S-Locus (White Spotting, Piebald) Phaeomelanin Intensity G-Locus Cocoa-Locus D-Locus B-Locus Recessive Black (a) Tan Points (at) Saddle Pattern, Black Saddle (asa) Agouti (aw) Shaded Sable (Ays) Clear Sable (Ay) A-Locus E-Locus Recessive Red (Recessive Yellow, ee-Red) Cocker Sable (eH) Sighthound Domino – Grizzle (eG) Ancient Domino – Northern Domino (eA) Seal and Ghost Tan K-Locus Dominant Black (KB) Brindle (kbr) Melanistic Masks (Em)
