About Australian Labradoodles

Colours

• About Labradoodles
• Colours
• Coat Types

These days you can find the Australian Labradoodle in a number of different and beautiful colours. We hope that you find the below colour information informative and useful.

NOTE: It is normal that all colours may show bleaching and discolouration over the topcoat, referred to as sunning, this is quite expected and acceptable. The Australian Labradoodle is an active dog and often a service dog that enjoys the outdoors.

This colour 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 Adult

Chalk Puppy

This colour should be a creamy colouring sometimes with apricot/gold tinting, all shades of cream are acceptable. Nose pigment to be Black or Rose.

Cream Adult

Cream Puppy

This colour 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.

Gold Adult

Gold Puppy

This colour 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.

Caramel Adult

Caramel Puppy

This colour 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.
[Rare colour group]

Red Adult

Red Puppy

This colour should be a solid black in colour and should not have sprinkling of any other colour through the coat. Nose pigment to be Black.

Black Adult

Black Puppy

This colour 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]

Blue Adult

Blue Puppy

This colour can range in shades from very light pewter in colour to a dark charcoal in colour, it is preferred to see an even colour through the coat but 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.

Silver Adult

Silver Puppy

This colour should be a dark rich chocolate 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].

Chocolate Adult

Chocolate Puppy

This colour 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].

Cafe Adult

Cafe Puppy

This colour 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]

Lavender Adult

Lavender Puppy

This colour 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.

Parchment Adult

Parchment Puppy

Parti-coloured: At least fifty percent white, with spots or patches of any other acceptable solid colour. The head can be of a solid colour but white muzzle, blaze, or white muzzle/blaze combination (preferably symmetrical) are equally acceptable. Full or partial saddles are acceptable, as long as they do not exceed the colour proportion, but are not preferred. Ticking in the white of the coat is acceptable but not preferred. Any colour nose pigment acceptable but preferable to follow pigment requirements of the patch colour colour.
[Rare colour group]

Parti Adult

Parti Puppy

Phantom: Solid base colour with sharply defined markings of a second colour appearing above each eye, on the sides of the muzzle, on the throat and forechest, or in a chin and forechest bowtie pattern as well as on all four legs and feet, and below the tail. A phantom without clearly defined face markings or one that presents with its whole face coloured in the second colour is acceptable, as long as it maintains all the other specified body markings. Any combination of acceptable colours is allowed. Nose pigment to follow pigment requirements of the Solid base colour.
[Rare colour group]

Phantom Adult

Phantom Puppy

Abstract: Less than fifty percent white, with the remaining percent any other acceptable solid colour. Nose pigment to follow pigment requirements of the Solid base colour.
[Rare colour group]

Abstract Puppy

Abstract Adult
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Sable: A coat represented by black-tipped hairs on a background of any solid colour, with no particular pattern/location designated for such hairs. Nose pigment to follow pigment requirements of the Solid base colour.
[Rare colour group]

Sable Adult
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Sable Adult
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Brindle: 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. Nose pigment to follow pigment requirements of the darker or base colour.
[Rare colour group]

Brindle Adult

Brindle Puppy