British golden retrievers have the most unique coat of the three types. Their coats can be any shade of gold, but unlike the other two, they can also be a blondish cream color, or almost white.

Goldens’ coats, meanwhile, can only be “from very pale cream to nearly fox red.” So you can’t always be sure you’re looking at a yellow Labrador or a golden retriever based on color alone.

Instagram user @rosenberg_annica has a golden retriever named Irma. Her glossy cream fur typically shines ... The only part left looking like her original color was her snoot, although if you ...

Take, for example, this English Cream Golden Retriever, who has developed a liking for freshly-cut grass. With his new appearance, it's difficult to determine whether he's trying to channel the ...

Shamrock, the green golden retriever puppy ... She was born smaller than them, and instead of having the same cream-colored coat that goldens are known for, hers was green. But she's feisty ...

"We were kind of shocked," Carole DeBruler tells PEOPLE. She and her husband, Greg, have been raising light-colored golden retrievers for nearly 17 years at Golden Treasures Kennel. "We rubbed her ...