It is not uncommon for breeding records (old and new) that the colors of the dogs are incorrect. E. g. from two brown parents puppies were entered as black, this genetically is not possible. In addition, it is sometimes not clear whether a dog marked with SW is a dog white with black markings or a black dog with white markings. It is to be assumed, when from two SW parents a black puppy appears. There are different partial country-specific names for one and the same color, which are summarized in the database as follows:
| Database | Different names for the same color |
|---|---|
| B | brown/bronze |
| brindle | brindle/gestromt |
| creme | beige/sesam |
| Fehlfarbe | any color which is not permitted according to the standard of the country |
| Grau | grey, gray, silver, blue |
| SW | white with black markings (Landseer is an "old" term, which has nothing to do with the Landseer ECT, still persists colloquially in many Anglo-American countries) |
basic colors
| abbreviation | description |
|---|---|
| S | black, further information about possibly recessive colors are not available |
| S, kein Braun (DNA) | black, proven by DNA testing that this dog is not a brown carrier (BB) |
| S, kein D (DNA) | black, proven by DNA testing that this dog is not a carrier of dilution (DD) |
| B | brown, further information on possibly recessive colors are not available |
| SW | white with black markings or black with white markings, further information on possibly recessive colors are not available |
| Grau | Grey, further information on possibly recessive colors are not available |
| black and tan | black and tan, further information about possible recessive colors are not available |
| brown and tan | brown and tan, further information about possible recessive colors are not available |
| creme | cream, further information about possible recessive colors are not available |
| brindle | brindle, further information about possibly recessive colors are not available |
| rot | red, a rare color name, which is not identifiable for us |
| weiss | white, a rare color name, which is not identifiable for us |
| braun-weiss | a white dog with brown markings |
| grau-weiss | a white dog with grey markings |
| creme-weiss | a white dog with cream colored markings |
| brindle-weiss | a white dog with brindle colored markings |
"With" (mit) colors
minimum one sibling in the litter with a color which the parents not show is indicated with a small "m" ("with"):
| abbreviation | description |
|---|---|
| SmB | black, with minimum one brown sibling |
| SmSW | black, with with minimum one white and black sibling |
| SmD | black, with minimum one dilution sibling |
| SmTan | black, with minimum one black and tan or brown and tan sibling |
| SmBrindle | black, with minimum one brindle sibling |
| SmRot | black, with minimum one red sibling, a rarely emerging color name, which is not identifiable for us |
| SmWeiss | black, with minimum one white sibling, a rarely emerging color name, which is not identifiable for us |
A variety of further combinations can be obtained from the basic colors listed above, here are some examples:
| abbreviation | description |
|---|---|
| SrBmSW | black, brown recessive, with minimum one white and black sibling |
| SmBrSW | black, with minimum one brown sibling, white and black recessive |
| SrBmD | Black, brown recessive, with minimum one dilution sibling (which can also appear when a sibling is creame colored, because the rB already indicates this!) |
| SmBmSW | black, with minimum one brown and and one white and black sibling or minimum one white and brown |
| SrBmSWrD | black, brown recessive, with minimum one white and black or white and brown sibling, dilution recessive |
recessive colors
The small "r" always indicates a proven recessive color, it means that one of the parents or offspring is so colored or a DNA test had been made:
| abbreviation | description |
|---|---|
| SrB | black, brown recessive |
| SrSW | black, white and black recessive |
| SrD | black, dilution recessive |
| SrTan | black, tan recessive (it may be a black and tan or brown and tan) |
| SrCreme | black, brown and delution recessive |
| SrBrindle | black, brindle recessive |
| SrRot | black, red recessive, a rare color name, we really don´t know, how it looks like |
| SrWeiss | black, white recessive, a rare color name, we really don´t know, how it looks like, except of one dog, you may see a picture, it is no albino |