That's what gets me. I've never seen a purple tri before,all these made up colors are making us look like complete idiots. What about ghost tris? They are like a blue tri with light fawn makings.
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This is an excerpt from an article by Ed Faron:
The tan point pattern is caused by a recessive gene on the Agouti series gene locus, the following are the alleles (variations) that are definitely known to occur in the American Pit Bull Terrier. There are also a couple of other genes on this same locus, but they are most likely not present in this breed, so we will ignore them in this article to try and keep things simple.
A dog needs to inherit two copies of the tan-point gene to be a black & tan. If a pup inherits one copy of the gene and one copy of the dominant yellow gene, which causes a red or buckskin coloration, then the dog will be red or buckskin, not black and tan. If the dog inherits one copy of the tan-point gene and one of the dominant black gene, the result will be a solid black dog. because of the recessive nature of the tan-point gene, it can actually remain hidden in the gene pool for many generations without expressing itself. In the case of our breed (where this is not a common color) this is what often happens, but it is important to realize that when the tan-point pattern does pop up it is not some new color mutation that appeared out of nowhere, but rather the manifestation of a gene that has been present in this breed all throughout the known history of the American Pit Bull Terrier. Though it is impossible to say for sure where the coloration originated, our best guess would be that it came from some sort of terrier blood that was introduced many, many years ago, probably during the early formation of the breed in the British Isles.
The tan point gene does not actually create a black & tan animal, the gene itself does not produce any color but rather a pattern of a solid color with light-colored 'points'. These 'points' always appear in specific places but the actual size and distribution of them is somewhat variable. The exact coloration that is produced by the tan-point gene is dependent on the color genes present at other loci, for instance if the pigmentation is black, the result will be a black & tan, but if the dog's pigmentation is chocolate or blue then the pattern would produce a chocolate & tan or a blue & tan, respectively.
EXAMPLES OF TRUE TRI COLOR DOGS (Notice the very distinct tan points appear on the face, legs, chest, and under the tail).
The word tri means three, hence the noticeable pattern of three clear and separate colors. Two of them are always tan and white and the third one can either be black, blue, champagne, chocolate, seal or red.
TRI=
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BLUE TRI COLOR (CH ESCOBAR OF AMERICAN IRON KENNELS)
CHAMPAGNE/PURPLE TRI COLOR (PURLE HAZE OF AIK)
BLACK & TAN POINT (also called tri-color)
The color pattern is the same on any dog regardless of breed
The tan point colored dogs have a set pattern that is the same as one would see on a Rottweiler, Doberman or Manchester Terrier(BELOW from LEFT to RIGHT).
SABLE/SMUT
Dilute Sable, also called Smut, has a fawn base coat with a heavy black overlay, which often creates the illusion of a tri, but it is NOT the same as a tan point tri color. The overlay darkness will very from heavy to light.
Sable or Smut dogs:
Oh, and be careful if you Google "Smut Dogs".
LOTS of porn comes up lol
Thanks to Idalis Lewis and American Iron Kennels for this info
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The purple tri is a washed out blue tri and you see it in the Bully dogs not APBT's. I have never seen a Blue tri of any color in the APBT it is a bully color. Who knows where it came from and who knows what breeds were bred into many of these lines so who cares 
Bullies come in blue tri's and that is just how it is now.
I have to agree the son looks great compared to the sire. I want a clean looking bully and the Sire is a little sloppy looking and it looks like that was cleaned up in the son. Thanks I will go check out those kennels.
Bullies come in blue tri's and that is just how it is now.I have to agree the son looks great compared to the sire. I want a clean looking bully and the Sire is a little sloppy looking and it looks like that was cleaned up in the son. Thanks I will go check out those kennels.
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BLUE & TAN POINT (also called tri-color)Here is "Disco". She is another variation of the "tri-color". You will hear this also called a blue-tri.
It is an Am Staff color.
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This little puppy is showing all the places that will have the tan 'points'. The points will be on the cheeks, dots over the eyes, inside of ears, somewhere on the chest, and on the bottom half of the legs and under the tail. The only place not shown on this puppy that is a dead giveaway is under the tail.
It is an Am Staff color.
This little puppy is showing all the places that will have the tan 'points'. The points will be on the cheeks, dots over the eyes, inside of ears, somewhere on the chest, and on the bottom half of the legs and under the tail. The only place not shown on this puppy that is a dead giveaway is under the tail.
Purple tris and ghost tris are just exotic terms used for marketing purposes.
This is an example of a "ghost tri"
Well there you go it is an AST color, see you learn something new everyday
So how does an amstaff color pop up? And not be possible in APBT. They run back to the same dogs. So aren't the same things possible in the APBT. I mean there were and are allot of people out there that say you can not have a Blue APBT.Well there you go it is an AST color, see you learn something new everyday
Just because a dog is an American Bully doesn't mean it can't be athletic. Lisa, like many members here, like clean,correct, and well-built bullies. Sorry to speak for you Lisa, but I have seen you say that many times.
I have never seen a blue-tri staff have you? This was taken from the Staff forum I don't believe even this color shows up in the staff very often and if it does according to the AKC standards and color charts those dog's would have a tuff time competing and winning. If they do happen well they probably are shown in the UKC as according to what I have read color is immaterial within that registry. I would like to see a blue-tri staff pedigree I am going to look around for one.Well there you go it is an AST color, see you learn something new everyday
Showing a blue-tri with the AKC would be difficult based on the AKC standards.
You have three things against you from the start....the dog has a blue nose and will be faulted to the extent that it is not BLACK (if it's real dark, not too bad...the lighter the nose, the more the fault).
Also the tri is what is referred to in the standard as "black and tan" (it refers to that tan point pattern seen in Dobermans). It is "not to be encouraged".
This color probably also has lighter eyes than the "dark" called for in the standard and that would be a fault as well.
There have certainly been blue champions and there have been black and tan champions....can't think specifically of a blue tan point, but I bet there have been. The dog would have to be very nice in all other aspects. Structure and temperament would be of more importance; the color/pattern combination is not a disqualification but won't be easy to overcome either.
In UKC, color is immaterial.
Carla
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