LILAC BORDER COLLIES
First, let's define this most interesting color.
Liisa Sarakontu of Finland says that lilac is "'bb dd' [or] double dilute. It is brown and blue at the same time. That color is called 'silver' in Weimer[aners], 'isabella' or 'fawn' in Dobermans, ['fawn' in kelpies], 'blue bark' in Finnish Lapphunds, and 'lilac' in most other animal species (cats, rabbits, mice etc.)."
Linda Rorem, of Pacifica, California, says, "My understanding of lilac is that it is a dog who has the 'b' gene on the B locus from both parents (which dilutes or changes black pigment to chocolate), and also has the 'd' gene on the D locus from both parents (which dilutes or changes black pigment to blue (maltese), but acting on a dog that is chocolate produces 'lilac' (Weimaraner color)). Because these genes are on different loci, a dog can have both of them, rather than having to have one or the other. So the lilac dog is [genetically] bbdd and this causes a further dilution of the red (chocolate or bb) to that rather flat brownish/greyish color called lilac by some. Thus, it could be said to be both 'dilute red' (bb - chocolate) and 'dilute blue' (dd - blue)...A dog could also be a saddle-pattern and have a lilac saddle, just as it could have a chocolate saddle or blue saddle; or a sable and have chocolate-, blue-, or lilac-tipped hairs (that wouldn't be too noticeable on a lightly shaded sable); or be a chocolate, blue, or lilac tanpoint [tricolor]."
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Sable barva - Irko od Sonje je sable. Sable pomeni, da je posamezna dlaka dvobarvna - torej, rjava osenčena s črno. Poleti sem srečala sable psico, za katero lastniki, ko je bila mladič, niso vedeli, da je sable. Šele, ko je odrasla, se je videlo.