Color de base
Typically tricolour
- Main colour black with symmetrical, reddish-brown (tan) markings and clean white markings.
- The reddish-brown colour is situated between the black and the white markings on the cheeks, above the eyes, on the inside of the ears, on both sides of the forechest, on all four legs and underneath the tail.
- The white markings are on the head (blaze and muzzle), running down unbroken from the throat to the chest, also on the feet and the tip of the tail.
- Between the blaze and the reddish-brown markings above the eyes, a band of black should remain.
- Permissible: A white patch on the neck or a white collar around the neck