Colors
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Snowy |
Black This color is called Black when no other undertones appear, also not in the sun. |
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Geisha |
Black Brindle Black base coat with the slight Fawn brindling. There is heavy Black on the body with the brindling not so heavy throughout. |
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Micah (Black Tri Color) |
Black and Tan/Tri Color Tri Color is almost the same as Black and Tan, just with white markings. This color must not be encouraged! |
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Guarda |
Black Tri Color Brindle This color is like Tri Color, but in stead of Tan points, there is Fawn brindling. This color must not be encouraged! |
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Vaya |
Seal Seal is like Black but with Brown or Red undertones, especially in the sun. |
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Chinook |
Brindle The base is darkbrown with Fawn brindling. |
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Simba |
Red This brownish/terracotta color we call Red. It can come with and without a Black mask. |
Red-fawn Red-fawn is a lighter version of Red, but it's darker then Fawn. It can come with and without a Black mask. |
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Red Blue-fawn This color is basicly Red-fawn but with Blue shades around the nose and eyes. |
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Red Brindle The base coat is Red and the brindling is Black and sometimes can appear brownish. |
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Roxy |
Fawn Fawn is a lighter shade of Red. It can come with and without a Black mask. |
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Ch. Finwars Blond Ambition |
Fawn Brindle Fawn base coat with brown brindling. |
| Blue-fawn This color is basicly Fawn but with Blue shades around the nose and eyes. |
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Blue-fawn Brindle The base is Blue-fawn with Blue brindling. |
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Blue This grey color we call Blue. |
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Blue Brindle The base is Blue with Fawn brindling. |
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Oxmo (Blue Tri Color) |
Blue and Tan/Tri Color Tri Color is almost the same as Blue and Tan, just with white markings. This color must not be encouraged! |
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Aska |
Blue Tri Color Brindle This color is like Tri Color, but in stead of Tan points, there is Fawn brindling. This color must not be encouraged! |
Buckskin/Smut Buckskin or Smut is black masking and black hairs down the middle of the back and dark hairs going down the tail. This can also come with several shades as the basecoat such as Red, Red-fawn or the traditional Fawn. It is similar to Sable, but the Sable is always in a heart shape pattern, where as Buckskin/Smut is in no particular pattern at all. |
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Bud |
Sable Sable is an uncommon face marking or pattern, made by darker hairs around the face, in a heart shape. It is sometimes confused with Tan points but it's not the same. It can occur on Reds and Fawns (sometimes on Blues too) and with or without a white blaze on the face. Sometimes the overlay will be heavier and sometimes it will be very light. |
Pied
This term is used to describe an animal having two colors of equal proportions, one of which is White. An animal with only a small patch of color should be termed “White with Colored Markings”. |
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| White with Colored Markings This is more then 80% White with patches in another color and should not be encouraged! |
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Clint |
White This color must not be encouraged! |
There are even more colors we find at the Am Staff, like more veriaties of brindle, but listed above are the most common colors we see. With the American Pitbull Terriër we find even more colors and veriaties.