Beagle Colors

There's always been a lot of interest in the colors that beagles come in. There's:

• Typical tri-color - most common, most requested color. There are faded and shaded tris.
• Red & white
• Lemon - both when beagles come in lemon and red & white, many folks think he/she's a mix.
• Liver - often called a "copper-nosed beagle" by the hunting folks. These beagles frequently have pink noses, gold eyes (really!), and a much more red appearance than a tri.
• Dilute - often called a "blue" beagle. The hair is grey, seen as blue from a distance. This color doesn't happen often at all.

When you add ticking to the mix, it gets even more interesting. Ticking is the freckles that appear as black or grey dots on the legs, chest, and belly of a beagle.

• Blue-tick - this is a tri-color with ticking
• red-tick - a red & white beagle with ticking

There are also pieds and mottled beagles. Then are are black-jackets and 'open' or 'broken' coats. The photo is of an "open tri" beagle.

Whew!

One of the best places to learn more about beagle colors is: http://clubs.akc.org/NBC/beagle_colors.htm. It goes in to some serious detail but provides great photos of beagles and their color variations.