Recently there have been a couple of interesting discussions around declaring color when photo showing models. In one case a judge claimed that a shower couldn’t declare a color on an OF plastic model other than what Breyer had declared; in another the judge insisted that a Fjord color designation had to use the Fjord registry specific terms (and curiously, the English translation of those terms, not the original Norwegian).

So here are my questions for discussion:

  1. Should we require color next to breed and gender at all? And if so, how specific should that color be? (IE: “chestnut” or “flaxen chestnut sabino rabicano”?)

  2. Does it matter to you if a shower chooses a different label for a model’s color than the manufacturer or original artist did?

  3. Does it matter to you if the color matches the label that the registry would apply/require? (Chestnut vs sorrel, grulla vs grey dun or grå)

  • TheUnStable
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    1 month ago

    Only when it’s relevant for breed or explaining an OF factory finish as something other than what the model is marketed as is my vote. Only using Breyer marketing designations…yikes. Show me the gene for peppercorn.

    • elaineOPMA
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      1 month ago

      Or copenhagen! or, lol, whatever that gene is that Cinnamon has! 😅