The Color Domino describes the color pattern on the dog. There are many different shades and variations of this color pattern. They come in black, blue, silver, reds and creams and also Brindle.
Just recently our dogs have produced an interesting blue domino. She is considered a blue but she carries the domino gene and to tell of this her domino making fade in as she grows older. Her face feet under tail and under carriage silvers in as she gets older and the rest stays blue.
Dominos come in all shades in between those colors and majority of the time the color markings fade to what you see above in the sire and dam. It is rare to see the dogs keep the color in its long silky coat, but more often you will see some dogs that kept the color makings on the short saddle coat under the silky that has grown in a light cream or white like you would see in the dam.
The domino gene is considered a dilute gene of a Black and tan or black and silver but the black and tans has been seen as blue and silver as they grow older
The domino gene is seen in other breeds like Salukis and Husky’s but they are not called Dominos.
Historically the domino marking did not come up till the early 1900’s from a Dutch Champion named Domino. He has sired many litters in his day and produced many pups like him. The official kennel club back then did not have a name for this color or marking. So kennel club and the afghan breeders decided to name this color patter after the dog named Domino