http://www.americanpomeranianclub.org/colors.htm for a description of each color, point markings and pictures of the variations within each color.

http://www.angelfire.com/or3/poms/different_colors_of_pomeraninas.htm  this is a wonderful reading of how to come up with particular colors in breeding.

  Color Abbreviations on AKC Pedigrees
SBL = Sable
ORG = Orange
RD = Red
BLK = Black
BL = Blue
CHLT = Chocolate
CR = Cream
WH = White
WLF = Wolf (for wolf sable)
TN = Tan or "& Tan"
PRTI = Parti
MRL = Merle
MRKGS = Markings

~~~~Explanation of AKC DNA #'s on Pedigrees~~~~

To further understand what "AKC DNA #V" on pedigrees means please read the following information:

 http://www.akc.org/dna/ 

Not all dogs have DNA files. 

The facets of colors in the Pomeranian breed are unbelievable. In our pom family, at House of Poms, we have three different sable colors: 1 red, 1 orange, and 1 wolf. All of our sables carry the dilution factor. Their black is blue or chocolate. Tigger also carries the dilution gene in his sabling.  As his adult coat continually changes, different breeders across the board want to classify him as a sable in a class of his own.  He simply does not fit into one specific sable category of his own.  We have him classified as a blue & tan sable because that is what his puppy coat was the first six months.  However, according to American Pomeranian Club color descriptions, he would be classified a shaded sable.  We also have two creams, a solid dark blue parti-factored, a spotted blue parti, a piebald orange parti, a chocolate & tan parti-factored, a blue & tan merle parti-factored.