Shetland Sheep Colors,
Markings & Patterns

Markings and Patterns in Shetland Sheep  

Bersugget - Having irregular patches of differing colours
Bielset - Having a circular band of a different colour round the neck
Bioget - With a white back and darker sides and belly, or vice-versa
Blaeget - Having a lighter shade on the outer part of the wool fibre, especially in moorit and dark brown sheep.
Blaget - White, with irregular dark patches resembling ground partly snow covered
Blettet - With white patches on nose and top of head
Bleset/Sneedled - Dark coloured with a white stripe (blaze) down the forehead
Brandet - Having stripes of another colour across the body (i.e. going over the back)
Bronget - Dark coloured with light coloured breast, or vice versa
Flecket - White with large black or brown patches (not as well defined as in Jacob sheep when in full fleece)
Fronet - Black/brown spotted with white head and black/brown spots around the eyes
Gulmoget - Having light underparts with a dark coloured body, white inside the ears and under the jaw ('Mouflon' pattern)
Ilget - White with spots of a different colour (usually grey or black)
Iset - Black or shaela with many white fibres, giving a bluish hue from a distance
Katmoget - Having a light coloured body with dark belly and legs and a moget face. The reverse of Gulmoget
Katmollet - Having light coloured nose and jaws
Kraiget - Having the neck a different colour from the rest of the body
Kranset - Dark coloured with white around eyes and head
Krunet - Dark coloured with a white patch on the top of the head
Marlit - Various shades of different colours, mottled
Mirkface - White with dark patches on the face
Moget-faced - Applied to the characteristic face markings of the Katmoget pattern on sheep not otherwise displaying that pattern
Mullit - White with dark nose and jaws - the reverse of Katmollet
Sholmet - Of any colour, other than white, with a white face
Sleget - Stripes of different colours on the sides, not going over the back
Smirslet - With white around the mouth head or neck
Snaelit - Light coloured body with snow-white face
Sokket - With legs of a different colour to the body - giving the effect of wearing socks
Sponget - Dark coloured with small white spots
Yuglet - Having colour around eyes different from remainder of the body