color, and any Shar-Pei with a 'flower-coat' (white with either black or blue patches) is a disqualification. Colors include black, blue, brown, red, fawn, red-fawn, five-point red, cream, apricot, chocolate, and various sables (e.g. sables, black silver sables and black bronze sables). The nose may be black or brick (pink with black), and the face may be with or without a black mask. A Shar-Pei can also have what is called a 'dilute' coloration, meaning that the nose and nails of the dog are the same color as the coat (e.g. a chocolate coat with a chocolate nose and nails); these include cream dilute, apricot dilute, and chocolate dilute. Dilutes can also have what is called an 'Isabella' coloration, meaning that there is silver shading on the coat color. All of these color variations are acceptable, but the coat color must be solid and well-blended throughout the whole body of the dog.