Color de base
Black to gunmetal-black with vivid tan-markings
- Preferred: The more vivid and rich the markings are the better.
- Permissible: Coat colour other than black-and-tan
- The typical tan-markings are placed, when fully extended: Inside and on the edges of the ears
- above the eyes
- on the cheeks
- on the sides of the muzzle smoothly blending into the throat and forming a crescent shape
- on the brisket but distinct from the markings on the throat
- on the inner and rear part of the thighs
- on the feet and pasterns up to the hock joint
- on the forelegs
- on the forefeet and up to the elbow
- under the tail and around the anus
