COAT COLOURS
The Australian Labradoodle can be found in a number of different and beautiful colours.
We hope that you find the below information informative and useful.
CHALK
Chalk should be a white colour but when compared to white is rather a chalky-white in colour. Nose pigment to be black or rose. Chalk dogs with brown/rose noses are sometimes referred to as Caramel Ice.
CREAM
Cream should be a creamy colouring sometimes with apricot/gold tinting, all shades of cream are acceptable. Nose pigment to be black or rose. Cream dogs with brown/rose noses are sometimes referred to as Caramel Cream.
GOLD
Gold has also been referred to, as “apricot” should be the colour of the inside of a ripe apricot to varying shades of rich Gold in colour. A true Gold should not have a lighter root than the outer coat and preferable have an even colouration over the entire body. This colour may fade as the dog grows older. Nose pigment to be black in colour.
CARAMEL
Caramel ranges from a rich gold through to a deep red the preferred colour is very much the same colour as its namesake ‘caramel’ with even colouration over the entire body. Nose pigment to be rose in colour.
RED
Red should be a solid even rich red in colour. A true red should not be lighter at the root than the outer coat. Reds can fade as the dog grows older. Nose pigment to be black. This is a rare colour group.
BLACK
Black should be a solid with no sprinkling of any other colour through the coat. Nose pigment to be black.
SILVER
Silver can range in shades from very light pewter in colour to a dark charcoal. It is preferred to see an even colour through the coat but it is acceptable to see uneven layering of colour in the coat. Silvers are born black with the coat colour developing over time (1-3 yrs). Nose pigment to be black.
BLUE
Blue should be a dark to medium smoky blue in colour. Blues are born black but will have a blue/grey skin pigment. The blue coat colour will develop over time (1-3yrs) but as a developed adult should have an even coat colour. Nose pigment to be blue/grey (matching the skin pigmentation). Rare colour group.
CHOCOLATE
Chocolate should be a dark and rich in colour. True chocolates are born almost black in colour and maintain the rich dark colour throughout their lifetime. Colour should be even. Nose pigment to be rose in colour (matching the coat colour). Rare colour group.
CAFE
Café ranges from a milk chocolate to silver-beige in colour and will develop over time (1-3yrs). Nose pigment to be rose in colour (matching the coat colour).
LAVENDER
Lavender has a definite smoky lavender chocolate colour giving an almost pink to lilac appearance. Lavender dogs are born chocolate and will develop over time (1-3yrs). Nose pigment to be rose in colour (matching the coat
colour). Rare colour group.
PARCHMENT
Parchment is a creamy beige chocolate colour reminiscent of a cup of coffee with a generous addition of milk. Parchment dogs are born milk chocolate and will develop over time (1-3yrs). From a distance adult dogs can be mistaken for a dark or smoky cream. Nose pigment to be rose in colour. (Rare colour group).
COAT PATTERNS
The colours above may appear in one of the following patterns:
SOLID
Colour is solid and preferably even, preferably with no white markings. A small white flash no larger than 2.5cm in diameter can appear on the chest, feet or tail and is permissible. Even colours are preferred but natural colouration of the coat is not considered a fault.
PARTI
Colour is fifty percent white, with spots/patches of any other solid colour. No set pattern is required but symmetrical markings on the head are preferred. Freckling of the solid colour in the white of the coat is acceptable but not encouraged.
PHANTOM
The body colour must be a solid colour with defined markings of a second colour as follows: above each eye, on the sides of the muzzle, on the cheek, on the underside of the ears, on the throat to forechest, or in a chin and forechest pattern, with a minimum second colouring on the feet preferably up the legs, and below the tail. Second colour in the inside of the leg and flank is also acceptable and should not be penalized. Markings are preferred to be clear and defined. Face markings of the second colour with the entire face coloured is acceptable, though not preferred, if the other required body markings are present. Any of the solid colours combination is acceptable. Any solid colour with the second colour being white, must have less than fifty percent white.
ABSTRACT
Abstracts are less than fifty percent white, with the remaining percent any other acceptable solid colour.
SABLE
Sables have coats represented by black-tipped hairs on a background of any solid colour, with no particular pattern/location designated for such hairs.
BRINDLE
Brindles should have an even and equal distribution of the composite colours with layering of black hairs in regions of lighter colour (usually, chalk/cream/gold/red, cafe/lavender/parchment, or silver) producing a tiger-striped pattern.
MULTI
A dog that clearly exhibits more than one of the acceptable colour patterns, such as; a Parti with full or incomplete phantom markings (facial markings
with or without presentation of the diamond under the tail), or a Phantom with additional abstract markings, etc.