WHITE: A basic white with no hint of another color
BUFF: Varieties of light tan, cream colored coats
TAUPE: Varieties of light colored brownish/grey tinted coats
CHAMPAGNE: Varieties of a golden, light tan coats
FAWN: Varieties of medium brown, very common color
CINNAMON: Varieties of medium brown with a cinnamon color, darker than fawn
CHOCOLATE: Darkest brown without being black
MAHOGANY: Varieties of deep dark brown coat
CHARCOAL: Varieties of a solid grey color without other colors mingling like sable
BLACK: Basic black without the hint of other colors
BASIC COLORS OF PAINTED DESERT SHEEP
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RED: Varieties of a medium brown coat with a deep red color
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Davis Farm
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Bighorn Exotics
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Shamrock Ridge
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PAINTED DESERT SHEEP COLORS
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SABLE: This color has the look of a wild rabbit with a variety of hair colors
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Painted Desert Sheep have a wide variety of colors. The basic colors are listed below.
New colors not previously seen can even pop up now and then. The painted desert
sheep can also have more than just a base color with one other color which is
described as bi-color (two colors). There are also tricolored sheep which can have three
colors and quad-colored sheep which actually have four different colors on one sheep!
Hence the name ''Painted". These examples will be shown further into this website.  
The sheep can have a white base color with a darker color on this, or have a dark
colored base with white markings. Patterns of these markings can vary a great deal
from distinct spots to splashed markings, or mottled markings, and even freckling.
Sheep can be minimally marked with light spotting or markings of a different color
than the base color, or can be loudly marked which pretty much describes itself.
Basically used colors are listed below and I have added descriptions to try to help
describe that color in more detail.
Need more Champagne pictures. If you have a
champagne colored sheep you would like to add
here please contact me.
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Need more charcoal
pictures. If you have a
charcoal colored sheep you
would like to add here
please contact me.