Golden Retriever Color Genetics. Despite these dogs having 5 colors not all are officially recognized as a standard color by the American Kennel Club. These issues sound theoretical but they arent.
However most golden retrievers dont have a pure black or white color coat. The B version which is dominant will cause black pigmentation in the nose and cause the Eumelanin in the coat made by the extension gene to look black. Its rather an extremely pale shade of cream that will look pure white under some lighting conditions.
Golden Retrievers are all BB black pigment their red yellow colour results from the recessive gene pair ee at site E.
New DNA tests as well as a genetic health panel are now available for the Golden Retriever breed and crosses. Just like us golden retrievers have different shades of coats because of genetics they have different complexions due to pigmentation which determines the shade of their fur. Labs are the only retrievers to have all four colors. All retrievers come in four basic colors.
