THE COLOR CHART PAGE
| On this page we will do our best to help you understand the true colors of AKC Pomeranian's as accepted and designated by The American Kennel Club. We will also help you sort out myths and "made up colors". We will also help you to understand why a dog is the color it is and how it got that way genetically. |
| 1.) SABLE IS THE MOST COMMON COLOR THAT POMERANIAN'S COME IN. WHETHER IT BE A SOLID OR A PARTI, SABLEING IS MOST ANY COLOR (MOST COMMONLY BLACK) WITH THE SABLE HAIRS MIXED WITH THE BASE COLOR OF THE DOG. THE DOGS BASE COLOR IS MOST COMMONLY FOUND DIRECTLY BEHIND THE BASE OF THE EAR. THERE ARE DIFFERENT DEGREES OF SABLEING, SOME ARE VERY DARK RETAINING ALMOST A SADDLE LIKE PATTERN ON THEM, AND SOME ARE LEFT WITH ONLY BLACK WHISKERS AT ADULTHOOD. SABLE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED MANY WAYS TO ME BY MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. LET ME HELP YOU TO DETERMINED WHAT COLOR YOUR DOG IS. BROWN RED, ORANGE, CHOCOLATE, CREAM, AND BLUES CAN ALL BE SABLES. THE BASE COLOR OF THE DOG HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SABLING ON THE DOG. SABLING CAN BE BLACK CHOCOLATE OR BLUE. THE BASE COLOR IS THE PREFIX OF THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DOG SUCH AS: A RED SABLE, WHICH IS RARE. THE DOG WOULD HAVE A RED BASE COLOR AND BLACK MIXED THROUGH OUT ITS COAT. AN ORANGE SABLE IS JUST THAT AN DEPTH OF ORANGE FROM A LIGHT DREAMSICLE COLOR TO A FIREY BRIGHT VIBRNAT IRISH SETTER RED COLOR TO A TEDDY BEAR BROWN (OR COMMONLY DESCRIBED AS A BROWN IN COLOR) ALL THE DOGS BELOW ARE EXAMPLES OF ORANGE SABLES. WE WILL ADD MORE SABLES COLORS AS WE CAN AQUIRE PICTURES. |
ORANGE SABLE
ORANGE SABLE
ORANGE SABLE PARTI COLOR
| CLEAR COLORS ARE JUST THAT .................. ANY COLOR THAT IS CLEAR OF SABLEING THIS WOULD INCLUDE RED, ORANGE, WHITE, CREAM, BLUE, LAVENDER, CHOCOLATE, BLACK . I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THE BLACK CHOCOLATE AND OR BLUE AND TAN COLOR I HAVE TO DO MORE RESEARCH TO SEE IF THEY ARE SABLE GENES OR CLEAR GENES. |
| THE DOGS TO THE SIDES ARE EXCELLENT EXAMPLES OF CLEAR CREAMS NOTE THE ABSENCE OF BLACK TIPPING IN THEIR COAT COLOR AS OPPOSED TO THE DOGS ABOVE. THIS EXAMPLE IS TRUE FOR ANY COLOR POM. IF NO BLACK TIPPING IS PRESENT EVEN AROUND THE MUZZLE AND THE WHISKERS ARE THE SAME COLOR AS THE DOG IT IS A "CLEAR COLOR" MEANING, VOID OF ANOTHER COLORED TIPPING. |
| CHOCOLATE IS SELF EXPLANATORY IT IS A DILUTE OF BLACK AND CAN RANGE FROM ALMOST BLACK TO A DUSTY CINNAMON COLOR AS LONG AS THE DOG A SOLID COLOR AND NOT SABLED. LIPS EYE RIMS AND FOOT PADS SHOULD BE CHOCOLATE ALSO CALLED "SELF COLORED" MOCHA IS A SOLID COLOR BUT CHOCOLATE ALSO COMES IN PARTI COLOR |
| TRI COLOR IS JUST THAT IT IS 3 SPECIFIC COLORS ON A DOG IN A PATTERN AND HAS THE "TAN" GENE NO MATTER THE BASE COLOR THEY HAVE TO HAVE TAN MARKINGS EITHER ON THEIR FACE LEGS AND UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE TAIL. WHERE EVER WHITE IS PRESENT THERE WILL BE NO COLOR PATTERN OR MARKINGS. THE TAN MARKINGS CAN RANGE FROM DEEP MAHOGANY TO SILVERY WHITE IN COLOR. THIS GIRL ON THE LEFT IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A BLACK AND TAN TRI COLORED PARTI WITH MAHOGANY MARKINGS |
| Beaver is an official AKC color AND it is a common name used to describe a chocolate sable colored dog. Most beavers are born chocolate and fade to this color. Lips eye rims and foot pads are generally chocolate or a dilute of chocolate. Beavers are not TYPICALLY a desired color for the show ring due to the fact that they usually have hazel eyes. I THINK THEY ARE A BEAUTIFUL COLOR |
TRUE PURE ICE WHITE
| WHITE IS JUST THAT, PURE WHITE WITH NO CREAM POINTS OR BLACK HAIRS ANYWHERE ON THE DOG EVEN THE WHISKERS ARE WHITE. FOOT PADS, NOSE, LIPS AND EYE RIMS SHOULD BE BLACK ALSO FOR PROPER PIGMENTATION TO MEET AKC STANDARDS. TRUE WHITES ARE VERY RARE AND ARE CONSIDERED A CLEAR COLOR |
| BLACK AND TAN IS JUST THAT A BLACK BASE COAT WITH TAN MARKINGS. THE TAN MARKINGS MUST BE CORRECT AND PROPERLY PLACED IN PROPORTION ON THE DOG TO BE SHOWN BUT MANY VARIATIONS ARE SEEN IN THIS COLOR. TAN OVER THE EYEBROWS, A TAN "BOW TIE" PATTERN SHOULD BE ACROSS THE CHEST AND BLACK AT LEAST HALF WAY DOWN THE LEGS ON TOP OF THE TAN PATTERN IS MOST DESIRABLE. TAN ALSO MUST BE PRESENT AND VISABLE UNDER THE TAIL AREA ..THIS PATTERN ALSO COMES IN BLUE AND CHOCOLATE |
| PARTI COLORS ARE A WHOLE NEW BALL OF WAX BUT SO SIMPLE TO IDENTIFY. IF THE DOG HAS MORE THAN 50% WHITE IN ITS BODY IN A PATTERED DESIGN THEN IT IS A PARTI COLOR. SABLES WITH "BUFF OR WHITE" UNDERSIDES ARE NOT PARTI COLORS. THE DOGS IN THE PICTURES BELOW ARE EXTREME EXAMPLES OF PARTI COLORED POMERANIAN'S AND THIS MUCH WHITE IS USUALLY DESCRIBED AS "PIEBALD". PARTI COLORED POMERANIAN'S CAN BE ANY "BASE" COAT COLOR AS LONG AS THEY HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF WHITE ON THEM THEY ARE CONSIDERED PARTIS. CHECK AKC STANDARDS TO SEE WHAT PERCENTAGE IS BEST FOR THE SHOW RING. |
SABLES
| MISMARKS ARE ANY DOG WITH LESS THAN 50% OR TRACES OF WHITE MARKINGS BUT THEY ARE STILL PARTI COLORED (GENETICLY) DOGS. THEY ARE INVALUABLE IN A HEAVILY WHITE PARTI BREEDING PROGRAM SO AS NOT TO GET ALL WHITE DOGS THAT MAY POSSIBLY BE DEAF WHICH IS RARE BUT POSSIBLE. YOU ALSO DON'T WANT ALBINO DOGS. QUALITY AND SOUNDNESS SHOULD ALWAYS BE YOUR FIRST CONSIDERATION WHEN CHOOSING ANY DOG FOR A BREEDING PROGRAM REGARDLESS OF COLOR. |
ORANGE SABLE PARTI COLOR
| THESE LIL SABLES ARE MISMARKS AND CARRY THE PARTI GENES. THEIR MOMMA WAS A TRI COLOR PARTI, PICTURED ABOVE AND THEIR SIRE WAS A SOLID RED SABLE. THEY ARE ABLE TO PRODUCE PARTIS AND WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE THEM IF BRED TO PARTI COLORED DOGS. PARTI MISMARKS CAN COME IN ANY COLOR OR PATTERN SUCH AS SABLE BLACK CHOCOLATE CREAM, MERLE OR BRINDLE AND TRI COLOR |
| DOGS WITH MORE OF A COLOR PATTERN IN THEIR WHITE MARKINGS ARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS IRISH MARKED PARTIS, THEY USUALLY CONSIST OF WHITE CHEST, FEET OR LEGS A NECK BAND AND USUALLY A WHITE TIPPED TAIL THEY CAN SOMETIMES HAVE A BLAZE SUCH AS ANNA NICOLE DOES. |
RED SABLE
| BLACK IS A SELF EXPLANATORY SOLID COLOR WE DO NOT OWN OR BREED BLACK SO I DO NOT HAVE PICTURES AT THIS TIME OF AT BLACK DOGS BUT BLACK IS JUST THAT JETT BLACK! |
MIS MARKED TRI
