Blacks should have black pigment, blues have gray-blue, and browns have brown. The pigment found in a fawn is a lighter brown, sometimes with a hint of lavender. The Beardie s eye color is an unusual characteristic. The breed standard states eye color should tone with coat color. Blacks and browns have brown eyes with varying degrees of darkness.
Blues have smoky or grayish-blue eyes.
A fawn has a lighter brown eye that may contain a hint of hazel or lavender. It is extremely difficult to predict the adult color of a puppy. Beardies are born dark. As they grow, they gray out and lighten. A puppy that is born a black may be silver at one year of age.