Australian Labradoodles come in a wonderful variety of coat colors and patterns
One of the unique features of Australian Labradoodles is the wide variety of coat colors and patterns.
While Labradoodle colours are interesting, we maintain that you are buying a living creature and not a coat colour. It is essential to retain the appearance of an Australian Labradoodle within the breed standard, but we feel charging for colour is not a fair practice. Van Isle Doodles looks for families whose focus is on adding a labradoodle puppy as a family member to their home.
Our article on Australian Labradoodle temperament explores the qualities that matter beyond appearance.
The Global Australian Labradoodle Association (GALA) establishes the breed standards for Australian Labradoodle coat colours and patterns.
This is Laynee, a dark red Labradoodle with black leathers. Depending on the intensity of the pigment, a red dog may appear to be a deep red colour or a lighter reddish brown. True reds have black pigment and usually very dark brown eyes.
Apricot Australian Labradoodles range from soft peachy gold to a richer warm apricot. The coat may become lighter as the dog matures. Apricots have black pigment, including a black nose, whereas a similarly coloured dog with a brown or rose-coloured nose would be described as caramel. Flynn is a gorgeous example of an apricot dog.
Cream Labradoodles range from almost white through to latte depending on the intensity of the pigment. Creams can have black or rose pigment, with eye colour usually reflecting that difference.
This is our Bruno Mars, who is light cream with black leathers.
Black Labradoodles have very dark brown eyes, often appearing almost black. Some black coats lighten to charcoal or silver over time. Rare blue Labradoodles may look black as puppies but have blue-grey skin pigment.
This is Cinder Ella, an example of a jet-black Labradoodle.
Chocolate Australian Labradoodles range from milk chocolate to deep, dark chocolate. They have brown noses and generally amber or hazel eyes.
Oceana (middle) is a dark chocolate Labradoodle with brown leathers.
Café is diluted chocolate, with shades sometimes described as lavender or parchment as the coat lightens. These dogs have brown pigment and generally amber or hazel eyes. Tatianna shows lavender tones, while Belle is an example of parchment.
Abstract means white markings on a coloured coat, ranging from a tiny patch on the head, chest or toes to the more extensive white markings of a tuxedo. Tuxedo dogs have less than 50% white. The second image is our Baci who is a dilute chocolate tuxedo.
A parti Labradoodle has at least 50% white, with patches of any base colour. Dogs with colour limited to a few markings, such as on the ears or around the eyes, are called extreme parti. Belle is an extreme parti.
This is our caramel and white parti girl, Bernadette.
A phantom is a solid color with tan points. The markings are similar to those found on Yorkies, Rottweilers and Dobermans.
Tan points for the phantom pattern are pips above the eyes, along the side of the jaw, a band across the chest, run halfway up all four legs, on the vent and sometimes on the underside of the tail.
Phantoms may be either black Labradoodles or Chocolate Labradoodles.
Un Bijou is a black phantom Labradoodle.
A tri colored Labradoodle is a phantom plus white. A tri Labradoodle may be black or chocolate.
This is Tawnee who is a black tri.
A sable Labradoodle has each single hair in their coat banded by color. Each strand of hair has two colors. The tip of the strand will be either black or brown and the color at the root may be red, tan or apricot.
Because the top inch or so of the strands of hair are either black or chocolate, at birth a sable Labradoodle will appear to be a black or chocolate dog.
Once the strands start to grow out, the change color becomes visible. The amount of time it takes to see the second color varies from birth through to about six weeks of age.
Since Labradoodles do not shed, at least as little as any dog is capable of not shedding, they do not generally grow new strands of hair. Once a sable Labradoodle has been groomed, the dark chocolate or black tips are lost and the dog then becomes red or tan in color.
For practical coat-care advice, see our Labradoodle grooming guide.
This is Ripple our chocolate sable parti girl.
Brindle is a pattern of alternating “tiger” like stripes of dark and light colors. Brindle Labradoodles are not common.
This puppy is a brindle Labradoodle. If you look at his feet, you will notice the stiped pattern of his color.
Roan is a mottled pattern created by coloured hairs among the white areas of the coat. It can become more obvious as a puppy matures. Samurai is an example of roan.
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