What Colors Look Best on Your Dog?

A dog’s color chart is grouped under four categories:

1. Autumn

2. Winter

3. Spring

4. Summer

Autumn:

Hair: Golden brown, red, auburn or chestnut.

Eyes: Dark brown, hazel or dark green.

Typical breeds: Brussels Griffons, Pomeranians, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Papillons

The Autumn palette includes:

• Neutrals: off whites, warm beiges, warm browns from light to dark, camel, gold.

• Mustard, pumpkin, terra cotta, rust, peach, and salmon

• Orange, orange-red, tomato red.

• Lime green, yellow-green, moss green, grayed green, olive green, jade green, forest green.

• Turquoise, teal blue, dark periwinkle blue.

• Jewelry: Gold

Winter:

Hair: Black, ash black, brown

Eyes: Blue, brown, hazel, or green

Typical breeds: Affenpinschers, Scotties, Yorkies, Poodles, and Min Pins

The Winter palette includes:

• Neutrals: white, light grays to charcoal gray, black, taupe, navy

• True blue, royal blue, turquoise, royal purple.

• True green, emerald green, pine green.

• Hot pink, magenta, fuchsia, burgundy, blue-red, and true red.

• Icy green, icy yellow, icy aqua, icy violet, icy pink, icy blue.

• Jewelry: Silver

Spring:

Hair: Golden blonde, golden brown, or red.

Eyes, blue, blue-gray, blue green or light turquoise green

Typical breeds: Pugs, Pekingese, Bichon Frises, and Maltese

The Spring palette includes:

• Neutrals: Ivory, light to medium beiges, light to medium browns, warm gray, and navy.

• Violet, periwinkle, true blue, aqua, and turquoise.

• Apricot, peach, salmon, corals warm pink, clear bright red, light orange, and orange-red.

• Pastel to bright yellow green, golden yellow, and clear gold.

• Jewelry: Gold

Summer:

Hair: Ash blonde, light ash brown

Eyes: Blue gray or blue green

Typical breeds: Chihuahuas, Shih Tzu, and Chinese Crested Dogs.

The Summer palette includes:

• Neutrals: Soft white, rose-beiges, rose-browns, blue-gray, navy.

• Powder blue from light to medium, periwinkle, aqua, blue-greens from light to deep.

• Blue pinks from light to medium, watermelon red, blue-red, burgundy.

• Lavender, raspberry, soft fuchsia, plum, and lemon yellow.

• Jewelry: Silver

In general most dogs look good in black. The color of Aqua is stunning on a white coat. Dressing your dog in the right color is a little hard than with humans. Have fun experimenting with which colors look best on your dog. What really counts most is that you adore your dog. Dressing your dog helps to communicate those adoration feelings you have for him, and you know that dog will feel the same way about you!

Connie Limon is a Shih Tzu breeder. Buy designer dog clothes at: http://www.littleguysdogclothesshop.com