Sable
- clear or shaded, any colour from pale gold to deep mahogany, in its shade, rich in tone.
- Blue Merle: clear silvery blue, splashed and marbled with black.
- general effect must be blue.
- Black and White, and Black and Tan: also recognised colours.
- White markings may appear (except on black and tan) in blaze, collar and chest, frill, legs and tip of tail.
Preferred
- Tricolour: intense black on body, rich tan markings
- Rich tan marking but absence not penalised
- All or some white markings (except on black and tan) but absence of these markings not to be penalised
Undesirable
- Wolf-sable and grey
- Heavy black markings, slate or rusty tinge in either top or undercoat highly
- Patches of white on body highly