Color & Pattern Description for Goats Made Easy

Start with the background COLOR of the goat,  RED and BLACK are the basics.
Most BROWN goats have a red undertone, thus  we refer to brown goats as RED.
If no red undertones as in a ash brown then just BROWN .
Chocolate and Mahogany are terms used for darker shades of red brown.
Sable is just a step off of Black generally has some red undertones. Now to determined the color patterns: 

DAPPLED  or  MARBLED. 
PAINT,  TRI COLORED.
The below pictures are some examples with descriptions.

There is a clear belt of white separation colors usually around the belly