Teddy the Golden Retriever's mom says ... work with the two basic pigments that create the color, eumelanin (black) and phaeomelanin (red). Every variation is made from these two pigments and ...

Goldens’ coats, meanwhile, can only be “from very pale cream to nearly fox red.” So you can’t always be sure you’re looking at a yellow Labrador or a golden retriever based on color alone.