Difference in Steel blue and Silver

[taje]

How hard is it to tell the difference in color? Someone said to me that Pita looks blue, someone who has no clue about Yorkies, she's very silver but I don't know about blue.

If she is blue will it jump right out at me when her coat finishes changing or is it hard to tell the difference, does anyone have or know of pictures I can look at?

Technically, since Pita will be fixed it doesn't matter but I think it would be cool if she could be as close to the breed standard as possible.

Thanks,
Jennifer

[aimee]

What some people do to test the blueness is to take a black leather watch band and hold it up to the fur. If it matches, the coloring is not blue.

[taje]

Hmmm, I am so in the dark on this one.. is blue closer to black or is it a steel blue like silver color?

Sorry to be so ignorant but I don't have a clue! LOL

[aimee]

I'm pretty sure the blue is closer to black.. but honestly - I'm almost as in the dark as you are I'll let one of the more experienced people with the breed take on the rest of this - I don't want to give out the wrong information

[Chelsie1978]

I get confused here too..lol.but my vet told me that you can tell a blue coat when you look at your yorkies coat in the sunlight.If the black part of the coat looks as if it has blue highlights (dark blue),then this colour is considered steel blue.Ladys coat looks as if it has red highlights in the sun,but Jess does have the blue look.I dont know how true this is because Iv heard so many names for the colours of a yorkie that Im totally confused in this area..to me they are just black and brown! lol.

[Carters Mom]

Aimee:

I read online from a yorkie judge's website the same thing about the black watch.

[taje]

I see the blue is in the black color and has nothing to do with the silver she has. I was under the impression steel blue was a silver color cuz steel is silver...

[feminvstr]

The link will explain the steel blue coloring it's a great article that explains all coats and their coloring.

http://dandugmore.netfirms.com/color.html

hope this helps

[aimee]

Originally Posted by Carters Mom

Aimee:

I read online from a yorkie judge's website the same thing about the black watch.

Hm! You may very well be who I heard that from then Thanks!

[Luvmypupster]

I think my Mia has a pretty steel blue.

[Harbinger]

Originally Posted by feminvstr

The link will explain the steel blue coloring it's a great article that explains all coats and their coloring.

http://dandugmore.netfirms.com/color.html

hope this helps

Interesting read but why does almost every yorkie site have to have music?!

[Cielo]

Originally Posted by Harbinger

Interesting read but why does almost every yorkie site have to have music?!

i have also noticed that aloooootta animal sites have music, it gets annoying . . . but i do have to admit i think the dog sites that bark when ya click on things are cute.
the occasional bark isn't bad, i just can't take the looped neverending music.

*but then again, that's just my opinion*