What is the correct coloring of a reverse brindle?
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There is no correct colouring for reverse brindle.
"Reverse" brindle isn't a defined colour - any more than "light" brindle, "golden" brindle, "red" brindle, "mahogany" brindle, "fawn" brindle, "brown" brindle, "dark" brindle, "seal" brindle or any one of the other descriptions for the various shades of brindle that are in use around the world. Heck, it's not even a term in universal use.
There are only two correct colours for boxers - and those are fawn and brindle (and white, but that's not actually a colour). Anything else is just a subjective description of either the fawn ground colour the dog has (e.g. golden, red, mahogany, etc) OR the extent of the dark striping (e.g. light, dark, seal, reverse). What some people call "reverse", others might label dark or seal - depending on their opinion, and which part of the world they live in (local terminologies differ).
In general, however, a boxer that one is going to label a "reverse" brindle should have such a heavy concentration of dark stripes that the appearance is that of being a dark dog with fawn stripes, rather than a fawn dog with dark stripes.
Do note also that what constitutes "reverse" depends on which dog breed you're talking about. In certain other breeds it is the dog that appears dark with light stripes that is the "normal" brindle, and the fawn dog with dark stripes who is labelled "reverse".
"Reverse" brindle isn't a defined colour - any more than "light" brindle, "golden" brindle, "red" brindle, "mahogany" brindle, "fawn" brindle, "brown" brindle, "dark" brindle, "seal" brindle or any one of the other descriptions for the various shades of brindle that are in use around the world. Heck, it's not even a term in universal use.
There are only two correct colours for boxers - and those are fawn and brindle (and white, but that's not actually a colour). Anything else is just a subjective description of either the fawn ground colour the dog has (e.g. golden, red, mahogany, etc) OR the extent of the dark striping (e.g. light, dark, seal, reverse). What some people call "reverse", others might label dark or seal - depending on their opinion, and which part of the world they live in (local terminologies differ).
In general, however, a boxer that one is going to label a "reverse" brindle should have such a heavy concentration of dark stripes that the appearance is that of being a dark dog with fawn stripes, rather than a fawn dog with dark stripes.
Do note also that what constitutes "reverse" depends on which dog breed you're talking about. In certain other breeds it is the dog that appears dark with light stripes that is the "normal" brindle, and the fawn dog with dark stripes who is labelled "reverse".
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