White and lemon Papillons are a very light yellow or cream color. They are sometimes
referred to as blonde. White and lemon Papillons will never have any black
hairs anywhere on its body.
Usually, lemons are born
pure white and their yellow color develops over the first 3 weeks of life. This light coat
color is caused by the same gene that produces the light shade of color in a
lemon sable. However, a lemon sable will have black hairs because it is the
result of this dilution gene working on a sable dog while a lemon dog will have
no black hairs for it is caused by a dilution of a true red Papillon.