Description of color terms - Dogs

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Belton - colored and white hairs intermingled

Black and Tan - Body is black with tan on cheeks, eyebrows, lower legs and feet

Blue - Gray

Brindle - Dark hair overlaid on lighter hair

Grizzle - Gray or black hair intermingled with white hair or a pattern with a dark body, lighter legs, chest and face

Harlequin - Specifically the Great Dane's spotted colors

Hound colored - Black, tan and white with a black saddle

Liver - Brown

Merle (also called Dapple) - Dark patches on a lighter background shade of the same color

Particolored - White spotted with darker colors

Piebald - Black patches on a white background

Roan - Intermingled white and dark hairs

Sable - Black-tipped hairs with a lighter color undercoat

Saddle - A dark patch over the back

Spectacles - Dark markings around the eyes

Tan pointed - Tan on feet, lower legs, cheeks and eyebrows

Ticking - small flecks of color on a white background

Wheaten - A pale yellow color