| Pair #1 | Black/No Black | KK/kK/Kk - validates color modifiers (Pairs 2, 3, 5, and 6) kk - "Red" base coat, ignores color modifiers (Pairs 2, 3, 5, and 6) |
| Pair #2 | Yellowing | YY/Yy/yY - No yellowing yy - Yellowing, "Yellow" base coat. Ignores browning (Pair #3). |
| Pair #3 | Browning | BB/Bb/bB - No browning
bb - "Chocolate" base coat. Is ignored if dog is also yy in Pair #2. |
| Pair #4 | Dilution | DD/Dd/dD - No dilution dd - Dilution. Turns "Red" base coat to "Cream," "Black" to "Blue," "Brown" to "Mouse Gray," and "Yellow" to "Cream." |
| Pair #5 | Silvering | AA/aA/Aa - causes "silvering." Turns any color modifications found in Pair #6 to "Silver" instead of "Tan"
aa - no silvering |
| Pair #6 | Tan | If gene pair has: Any T - no modifications t, but no T - tan points ta, but no t, T - base coat and tan saddle tc, but no ta, t, T - Fawn base coat ts, but no tc, ta, t, T - Sable base coat tbtb - Brindle |
| Pair #7 | Black Mask | SeSe/Sese/seSe - black mask sese - no black mask |
| Pair #8 | White | If the gene pair has: Any S - no modifications si, but no S - Irish White sp, but no si, S - Piebald White sw, but no sp, si, S - Extreme Piebald White |
| Pair #9 | Merling | MM/Mm/mM - Merling mm - No Merling |
| Pair #10 | Roaning | RR/Rr/rR - Roaning rr - No Roaning |
| Pair #11 | Ticking | TiTi/Titi/tiTi - Ticking, only shows up on dogs with no S in Pair #8 or cwcw in Pair #12. titi - No Ticking |
| Pair #12 | Color Intensity | If the gene pair has: Any C - Full Color c, but no C - Lightened Color cw, but no c, C - White |