RUDDY: Orange-brown (burnt sienna), ticked
with two or three bands of either black or dark brown, the extreme outer
tip to be darkest with orange-brown to the skin. Outer parts of the body
covered by shorter hair shall have not less than one band of ticking.
Darker shadings along spine allowed if fully ticked. The underside of the
body, chest and inside of legs to be an even orange-brown without ticking,
barring, necklaces or belly marks. Color varies from warm apricot to
deeper burnt sienna, deeper tones preferred. White or off-white to be
confined only to the upper throat area, lips and around nostrils. Tail to
be tipped with black, without rings or gray tones. Paw pads: black or dark
brown with black between toes and extending slightly beyond paws. Eye
color: Gold, copper, green or hazel, the more richness and depth of color
the better. Nose leather: Brick tile red.
SORREL
(CINNAMON):
A dilution of the ruddy, being a warm sorrel red ticked with chocolate
brown. Tail tipped with chocolate brown. Preference given to deeper shades
of sorrel and good even ticking. Paw pads: Pink with chocolate brown
between toes, extending slightly beyond paws. Eye color: Gold, copper,
green or hazel, the more richness and depth of color the better. Nose
leather: Rosy pink.
BLUE:
A warm soft blue-gray ticked with deeper blue. Base hair and undersides of
the body, chest, and inside of the legs to be a pale cream color. Spine
shading to be a darker shade of body color. Tail tipped with a deep shade
of blue. Preference to be given to good even ticking. Paw pads: Blue-mauve
with a deep shade of blue between the toes extending slightly beyond paws.
Eye color: Gold, copper, green or hazel, the more richness and depth of
color the better. Nose leather: Dark pink.
FAWN:
A warm pinkish buff with powdered effect ticked with a deeper shade of
pinkish buff. Base hair, undersides of the body, chest and inside legs to
be a pale oatmeal. Spine shading to be a darker shade of body color. Tail
tipped with a deep shade of pinkish buff. Preference to be given to good
even ticking. Paw pads: Pink-mauve with a deep pinkish buff between the
toes extending slightly beyond paws. Eye color: Gold, copper, green or
hazel, the more richness and depth of color the better. Nose leather:
Pink-mauve.