Australian Shepherd Red Merle With White And Tan. The blue merle and black have black pigmentation on nose lips and eye rims. Reds and red merles have liver pigmentation on nose lips and eye rims.

The recognized colors are blue merle red liver merle solid black and solid red liver all with or without white markings and or tan copper points with no order of preference. The blue merle and white australian shepherd is a merle variation as marvelous as the blue merle tri color. If both white and tan are present we can call it a red tri australian shepherd puppy.
So as your red merle australian shepherd puppy grows up you may see red liver spectrum copper tan spectrum and white spectrum markings develop in the coat as well as black markings on occasion.
Blue merle tri color. They have such a breathtaking color combination that. The blue merle and black have black pigmentation on nose lips and eye rims. Still there are three versions of blue merle aussies.