what color is this beautiful dog considered?

missjenneygirl said:
Absolutely. Her color distinction is clear, and the tan on her face is that of a sable. A rich tan with no black mixed in.
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Great, I just wanted to make sure I was referring to her correctly.

Dawn and Jessica, thank you for your kind words! And yes, she is hot, as are the rest of us down here in SW FL!!! She's Florida born and bred, so she's used to it. She did love NY though, while we were there!

I love all this info regarding coloring. So, I currently have a tri-factored sable and a double merle. Next is a blue merle or a tri!!!
 
missjenneygirl said:
To me, a bi-factored sable will always have the smutty smudge of gray black around their eyes and down their muzzle. Also, a bi-factored sable is a dull washed out coloring. I think of mahogany as only a true tri-factored sable, where the color is clear and rich. For us, dogs are referred to as tri or bi factored. It gives an instant picture in our mind. Also, a bi factored tri will have dull tan points, not the rich orange sable.
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Interesting but I'm not sure I am not sure I undestand what you mean? How could you tell Justice is a bi factored sable. The black around his mouth and the few black hairs on his cheek? I certainly wouldn't call his color dull and washed out.

PS please ignore that hack job I did on his ears. I had no idea what I was doing back then.:o:smile2: I still don't.:lol:
 
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To me, that is a beautiful tri-factored sable. The ideal of color, rich sable face. Look how clear the coloring is. I will find you a picture of what I mean. You will see the difference right away. If anyone is saying he is bi-factored, I'm stumped.
 
Its all so confusing. Is the colouring more to do with their parentage than what we see? For example, even though Deska is a golden sable he has a blue merle parent so does that make him a sable merle?

Tully has a bi-black sire and her dam is the same colouring - so would she be a bi or tri factored or simply a shaded sable?
 

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missjenneygirl said:
To me, that is a beautiful tri-factored sable. The ideal of color, rich sable face. Look how clear the coloring is. I will find you a picture of what I mean. You will see the difference right away. If anyone is saying he is bi-factored, I'm stumped.
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I see what your saying. I guess Justice just lucked out with his coloring. His dad is a Bi black. :smile2: I dug out some pictures of his littermates which were all sables too and he has the brightest clearest color of the bunch. I never noticed that before.
 
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