Preferable: red ginger with pale buff markings over the shoulders, and pale white along the muzzle.Classification / standardsAKC. Colors vary, and may include reddish ginger, buff, fawn, black-and-tan, or piebald with or without white areas on toes, chest, tail tip and muzzle. The snout and the notably elongated, fox-like ears are spitz-like. The tail is usually upturned and often has a hooked kink in it.