Fawn (colour)
Fawn, or brindle, is a light yellowish tan colour. It is usually used in reference to clothing, soft furnishings and bedding, as well as to a dog's coat colour. It occurs in varying shades, ranging between pale tan to pale fawn to dark deer-red. It is sometimes mistaken by a pale blue.[1] The first recorded use of fawn as a colour name in English was in 1789.[2]
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[edit] Fawn in animal breeds
The fawn colour is the result of two recessive genes. It is achieved by breeding dogs that one way or another do carry the dilution gene either in its homozygous or heterozygous form, that is the "D" and the chocolate gene "B". Black to black or black to red, red to red or black to blue, or even blue to red colour can produce a fawn coloured offspring, but only if the genes pair correctly and if they are both carrying the recessive form of the "B" and "D" gene.[1]
- Dog Breeds
- The Breeds that are known for fawn coats include Pugs and Chihuahuas. Though some breeds have coats of similar or identical colour (such as yellow Labrador Retrievers), the dog must have a black "mask" on the mouth to be considered fawn.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Australian Kelpie Coat Color. "Fawn: with and without tan points". Infinity. http://www.kelpiesinc.com/HNR_Color/fawn.htm. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; Color Sample of Fawn: Page 51 Plate 14 Color Sample A7
- ^ OKSU. "Breeds of Livestock". Oklahoma State University Board of Regents. http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
[edit] External links
Media related to Fawn dogs at Wikimedia Commons
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