![]() ![]() Merled dog (large areas of black or liver) is unlikely to have either of these traits. the more grey/diluted areas), the more likely they are to have blue eyes or a butterfly nose. The more dilution there is in the coat of a merle (i.e. Wall eyes, technically known as heterochromia, are when a dog has one blue eye and one brown or amber eye, and a split eye has some blue in it and the rest is brown or amber. ![]() Because of the random pigment loss, often merle dogs have "butterfly" noses (see nose page) and blue, wall or split eyes. Pigment around their eyes do not always have pink or red eyes like albino rodents do - lack of pigment or very diluted pigment often results inīlue eyes, as it does in albino humans). This sort of dilution causes blue colour in the iris (contrary to common belief, animals with no Random parts of the pigment, including the eyes and nose. The most common way is as a side effect of the merle gene. Three of these are linked with pigment loss in the coat. Genetically, there are four ways a dog can have blue eyes. The eyes of the second dog are paler and more of an amber shade. The striking shade shown by the first dog here is often referred to as copper. This English Springer shows very light amber eyes for a liver.Īlthough amber eyes most commonly occur on liver and blue dogs, they can also occur occasionally on dogs with black pigment. The pink/brown nose gives this dog away as a liver. Isabella (dd) Weimaraner, showing very pale eyes that almost match the shade of its coat. Liver dogs (bb) have amber eyes, and so do blue and isabella dogs (dd).Īmber eyes vary from light brown (overlapping with the lighter eyes sometimes found in black-pigmented dogs) to yellow, yellow-green or grey. However, a number of genes can affect eye colour.Īmber eyes usually occur when the eumelanin produced by the dog is diluted or modified by the recessive genes in the B or D series. Violet is more notably seen in those with albinism.The default eye colour for dogs is brown: Violet colours (a purplish blue) are also known to have occurred where a lack of pigment mixes with red light as it reflects off of red blood vessels in the eyes. Pink or red colours can occur in those with albinism (those who usually have very light coloured eyes), due to a leaking of blood into the iris. Silver eyes are considered to be one of the rarest colours around the world, but when they do occur, this is most often seen in eastern Europe areas. Silver (grey) eyes: A grey-silver colour is quite rare and occurs as a result of virtually no melanin in the iris.The colour (nicknamed ‘wolf-eyes’) is more common in animal species than it is humans. A pure amber colour is more solid and uniform (hazel eyes, which amber colour can be confused with, are not), and appears to glow. Amber-coloured eyes are most often seen in Asian and South American areas of the world. Amber eyes: A golden yellow or copper colour occurs due to higher quantities of the pigment lipochrome (yellow pigment) and very little melanin, and are considered very rare.Green eyes are more common in northern and central Europe, and in some western Asian areas too. Green eyes contain a mild amount of pigmentation in the iris with a golden tint. Green eyes: Pure green eyes (not confused with hazel coloured eyes), are a little rarer, making up approximately 2% of the world’s population.
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