Gold
The gold color is the ee gene and it is a masking gene.  Gold dogs can
be genetically any color because ee is a masking gene and it masks the
true color of the dog. An ee red dog can be blue, black, chocolate, or
lilac.  An ee red dog can also be a merle dog but the ee masks the
merle pattern.  Typically an ee red dog's true color is the color of the
dogs nose or eye rims when they are a puppy.  Some ee reds are born
with a black nose but the color turns chocolate as they age so you can't
always tell if you are looking at an adult dog.  
This is my gold pup charm at 2  
weeks old.
 This is a gold and white pup from the
same litter at 2 weeks.  
Here are two gold pups at 1 day old.  
The following photos are of my gold boy Trip. Trip came to us from
Arnpriors Border Collies in the United Kingdom.
This is Charm our little gold girl out of
our girl Suzi and Raider.  Raider is
owned by Rapid Fire Border Collies.