| These sheep can come in a wide variety of patterns and markings, some are listed below |
| COLOR MIXES |
| BI-COLOR: Two colors |
| TRI-COLOR: Three colors |
| QUAD-COLOR: Four colors |
| PATTERNS |
| MANTLED OR FRAMED: Is when sheep have a white body framed by color. |
| MARBLED: Is when sheep have a marbling pattern to them. |
| FROSTED: Is when white hairs are mixed in with the basic color pattern |
| LOUD OR FANCY: speaks for itself, any sheep with wild and very colorful markings |
| MINIMAL MARKED: Is when sheep are one basic color with few markings of another color |
| INFLUENCES OF MOUFLON: Light markings on the belly, legs and around tail. |
| INFLUENCES OF AMERICAN BLACKBELLY: Black markings on belly, legs and face. Black markings on the face as seen in these pictures is called a Badger Face. |
| Lazy JV Ranch |
| Lazy JV Ranch |
JJ's Desert
| Lazy JV Ranch |
| Lazy JV Ranch |
| Lazy JV Ranch |
| Lazy JV Ranch |
| Critter Creek |
| FRECKLED-freckling through the color |
| Moondust Ranch |
| Moondust Ranch |
| Cheyenne Farm |
| JJ's Desert |
| Lazy JV Ranch |
| Cheyenne Farm |
| PAINTED DESERT SHEEP PATTERNS AND MARKINGS |
| Some sheep may exhibit what is called the 'ticking gene'. This will cause the white areas of the sheep that is distinctly spotted when young to slowly be filled in with color or 'ticks' as the sheep ages making the spots less distinctive. |
| OTHER INFLUENCES ON COLOR |