D-gene

 

Has the influence on the intensity of the colours Black, Chocolate and Cinnamon (and Red).

The ressecive part of this gene [dd] dilute the normal dense colour and turns a Black colour into a Blue, a Chocolate into a Lilac and a Cinnamon into a Fawn (and a Red into a Cream).

The dense colour dominates over the dilute.

[DD] [Dd] [D-] is the dense colour.
[dd] is the dilute colour.