Tan Shade Chocolates

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There are three examples of chocolate Icelandics not counting short (medium) length hair/fur and long length hair/fur.

Tan Shade Chocolates can come in any of the many shades of tan from very light wheat-colored through cream (creme), fawn, tan, yellow, gold, red, etc. Because there are so many shades of the tannish colored Icelandics and because opinions differ slightly on 'what' to call them, I, perhaps unfortunately, lump them all together and call them all Tan Shade Chocolates. For simplicity's sake, I refer to them as TSCs.

Like all chocolate Icelandics, any black pigment they might have in their hair/fur or in their eyes appears as a chocolate-brown instead. Look carefully at the eye-rims, the color of the lips and the noses. Any fur on their bodies that might have been black is chocolate-brown instead. Foot pads are also chocolate-brown.

Like both of the other kinds of chocolate dogs, their eyes are a gorgeous amber color like the fossilized tree amber found in many parts of Northern Europe. As you know, amber stones are really formed from tree sap which often trapped insects while still in the semi-liquid form. Over thousands of years the sap turned to stone with the perfectly preserved trapped insects still inside. The eye color of chocolate dogs may darken slightly with age. If you look at their eyes closely, they also seem to have inclusions. To me that's a very interesting coincidence for a Nordic breed.

Let me be very clear: I personally do not prefer one type over another. I have always loved all the types and colors and patterns and fur lengths and fur textures of Icelandics. I love the diversity in Icelandics. I feel strongly that all types must be encouraged and maintained.