The 1892 Standard includes:
White, black, blue, brown, black and tan, fawn, sable, red and parti-colours.
Grey and shaded sable were added in 1901,
Orange in 1906
Beaver and Cream in 1909.
Fawn, grey and sable were omitted in 1909.
The current UK Standard does not list every variation but simply states 'All colour permissible, but free from black or white shadings' - however at shows whole colours and shaded sables are given preference (if exhibits are of equal merit) over colour patterns. At early shows black and tans and parti-colours were shown in Any/All Other Colours or special Parti-colour classes. In America (AKC) all colours and colour patterns are allowed and judged equally.
At present there are no disqualifying colours or colour patterns in either country. The FCI Standard allows 'black, brown, white, orange, grey shaded and other colours' (including black and tan and parti-colours). See notes below on black and tan in the UK
Poms were very fashionable in the early 1900s attracting many fanciers because of their colour and small size. It was once said ladies owned a Pom of every shade to match their gowns.
People noted in 1911 sables were not a 'fashionable colour' ten years ago. Interesting colours recorded in the KC Stud Books (but not mentioned in the Standard) pre-1910 included brindle, racoon sable, dove, smoke blue, chocolate, red chocolate, slate grey, grey sable,wolf colour, brindle sable, fawn and silver, chocolate and brown, lemon and white, chocolate and white, grey and white and various degrees of mismarks for example: - black, white spot on chest white tips to 3 feet. And over in America by 1921 they even had blue mottled Pomeranians!
Orange
It took some time for early breed fanciers to agree on the
colour 'orange'. Many Peoole felt some of the early examples were actually fawn,
cream or red. It was quite common for early Poms to have a brown nose.
Orange should be 'as self-coloured and bright as possible'
with no white shadings and black pigment on the nose.
Cream
Creams should have black noses and black eye rims. Cream
Poms are usually almost white at birth and have no dark undercoat or hairs.
WhiteWhite Poms should have black noses. Many early white Poms had fawn or lemon shading behind their ears and this is undesirable.
Black Black
Poms should be jet black and in sunlight a bluish hue is preferred over a rusty
hue (called foxy black in Germany). As they age the muzzle area usually
develops white hairs giving a frosted appearance. Some black Poms have white
tips to their toes - this results from incomplete colour development (migration
of melanocytes) before birth.
Blue The desired colour was very pale and was often described as
Maltese blue (as in the cat), pigeon, smoke blue, lavender and pearl grey.
Blues were sometimes bred with a light clear cream to lighten up the blue.
Sables
Red
Red should be very rich and intense and can be as deep as
the colour of an Irish Setter as 'brilliant red'. And they always had a black
nose and eye rims
Chocolate
Although the colour stated in the UK standard is light or dark brown the desired colour is a rich chocolate.
Beaver
Between 1903 and 1909 when this colour was added to the Standard only about a dozen Poms are found in the records so it's a wonder this colour was included. Beaver is a dilute of chocolate and is a sort of greyish beige - it has never been popular.
Sable Shade
Sable dogs can be clear sable, lightly tipped sables or shaded sables. To make this even more confusing the definition of sable differs from breed to breed whereas in Pomeranians it is generally thought to refer to dogs with black, chocolate or dark blue tips to guard hairs, in other breeds it can mean a darker tip than the root area not necessarily being a dark colour.
Orange sable
An orange sable should have a brilliant orange undercoat, not overwhelmed by over-dark tippings and the breeches and tail turn-up should be a rich cream
Some people believing that the ‘cream’ is no more than a diluted orange. In fact many geneticists and others feel that most cream coloured Poms are ‘probably dilute orange sables or dilute orange – Ledbetter 1987.’
The American Pomeranian Club defines Cream as a very pale orange, liver or yellow colour even throughout with no white shadings’. With all this in mind if we are prepared to call all cream whole coloured dogs cream then using the same yardstick it is appropriate to use the term cream sable.
Wolf sable
This colour pre-dates the Kennel Club and was called 'wolfsgrau' in Germany. Most early examples would have had light grey or silvery hue with black tippings but in Edwardian England breeders often intentionally bred wolf sables to orange or orange sables in order to add warmth to the undercoat colour - resulting in a tawny hue.
It is not a requirement in the UK for wolf sables to have the full attributes (spectacle markings etc) of wolf sable Keeshonds but is often desired elsewhere.
Black and Tan pattern
This colour pattern was deemed 'highly objectionable' in 1909 UK Standard but this was changed later on to 'highly undesirable'. According to the 1898 Standard black and tan (and black, brown and blue) should be free from white - there are no early references to pencil markings or thumb spots. Black and tans often have white hair in the tail area and this occurs in other Spitz breeds, like the Finnish Lapphund. The black in a black and tan is jet black and the 'tan' can range from cream to a rich mahogany rust colour.
This pattern is very popular internationally in the States/Canada and in all FCI countries there are colour specialists who do well at shows. Black and tan Poms can be shown in the UK (we have no disqualifying colours) but judging decisions may be influenced by the prejudicial clause in the Standard. There are some beautiful variations of the 'x and tan' pattern including blue and tan, black and silver and chocolate and tan.
Parti-Colour
Often called a tricolour such as Orange/White Parti and black/white
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