mountain_ waif, hes a a black/brown ...imagine that!!..lol..(but does have alot of brown highlights) and also has the cross. You can probably see his coloring alot better, when he was first born..its below "my jenny and her hinny", he has never changed color, but with his WOOLIES on he does look more black. I THINK when you register them to be considered a black they cant have any brown highlights, Maybe someone else can help out on this coloring. Corinne