Midwest Shetland Sheep Breeders Associaton
Shetland Colors & Markings

 
The Eleven Whole Main Colors
White
Greys to Black - from light to dark
Browns - from light to dark
Light Grey Musket - light greyish-brown

Emsket - dusky bluish-grey

Fawn
Shaela - dark steely-grey Mioget - light moorit (yellowish-brown)
Black Moorit - between fawn and dark reddish brown
  Dark Brown

Official Markings
Click on the marking name to view pictures of the marking

Bersugget

 irregular patches of different colors, irregular in nature 

Bielset

 a complete band of different color circling the neck

Bioget

 either a white or dark back, with sides and belly of an opposite color

Blaeget

 wool color that goes from dark to light from the skin to the tips

Blaget

 white base color, spotted with peppering of dark spots

Blettet

 head marked with white spots on nose and top of head

Bleset

 either dark stripe with light background, or opposite down the forehead

Brandet

stripes of another color across the body

Bronget

 chest color lighter than dark body, or the opposite

Flecket

 white body with large patches of darker color ("Holstein looking")

Fronet

 body with black spots with white head and black patches around the eyes

Gulmoget

 dark body with light colored legs, belly, and up the chest

Ilget

 white with different colored spots

Iset

 dark color wool with lots of white fibers throughout

Katmoget

 light colored body wool with dark belly an legs and moget face  

Katmollet

 head marking of light colored nose and jaws

Kraiget

 neck is a different color from the rest of the body

Kranset

 face marking with dark base wool and white around eyes and neck

Krunet

 dark colored face with white patch on top of the head

Marlit

 entire sheep is multi-colored throughout the body, legs, neck and head

Moget

 patches of either light or dark wool around the eyes, mouth and ears

Mirkface

 face marking, white with dark patches

Mullit

 white with dark nose and jaws or the opposite

Sholmet

 colored wool throughout with all white face

Skeget

 stripes of different color on the side of the animal

Smirslet

 dark base wool color with white wool around the face head and neck

Sokket

 the legs are a different color than the body

Sponget

 light or dark colored base wool with small spots in the opposite color

Snaelit

 light colored body wool with a white face

Yuglet

 dark or light colored body with opposite colored patches around the eyes.


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