Paint patterns Paint means a white splash over a colored background. This splash or splashes can actually take up virtually all of its body. There are some variations in how appaloosa is expressed in llamas. Appaloosa patterning tends to be hard to observe, especially in light dilute llamas, as the length of their coat causes the spots to be blended with the background coat color. When shorn, one can see the patterns quite clearly again.
Light dilute appaloosas have a cream coat with light brownish spots.
This happens to be a paint appaloosa. Notice that the coat appears to be an overall cream color. The picture for this color shows a red merle. These are very common. Blue merles are rare.