STEPS TO REGISTER YOUR "RARE COLOR" PUPPY
**NOTE THIS IS ONLY IF PAYING AKC BY CREDIT CARD. IF YOU PLAN TO SEND THEM A CHECK OR MONEY ORDER, YOU WILL HAVE TO SEND EVERYTHING IN THE SNAIL MAIL, AND THE ONY CHANGE TO MAILING VS EMAIL IS YOU MUST WRITE YOUR NAME, THE PUPPY AKC NUMBER, AND THE PUPPY COLOR ON THE BACK OF THE PUPPY PHOTOS

IF PAYING THEM BY CREDIT CARD (WHICH IS WHAT I DO), THEN FOLLOW THE EMAIL STEPS BELOW:

1. TAKE A FRONT PHOTO OF YOUR PUPPY AND TAKE A SIDE PHOTO OF YOUR PUPPY... YOUR WELCOME TO USE ANY PHOTOS IVE SENT YOU IF THAT HELPS.

2. FILL OUT YOUR AKC LIKE YOU NORMALLY WOULD, DONT FORGET THE BACK PAGE TOO AND SIGN/DATE IT.  DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING ON THE COLOR SECTION: (IVE ALREADY WRITTEN THE PROPER COLOR ON THE COLOR SECTION PER THEIR RULES. 
3. TAKE A PHOTO OF THE FRONT AND BACK OF YOUR AKC PAPERS
4. EMAIL ALL 4 PHOTOS (2 OF PUPPY, 2 OF AKC PAPERS), EMAIL THEM TO:
COLORS@AKC.ORG  (IN SUBJECT LINE PUT "RARE COLOR REGISTRATION"
** IN THE EMAIL ITSELF, JUST PUT YOU ARE SENDING IN YOUR RARE COLOR REGISTRATION FOR YOUR <insert color> PUPPY, PLEASE SEE ATTACHED PHOTOS. THANK YOU, "YOUR NAME"

ITS THAT SIMPLE!!   THIS WAY YOUR PUPPY IS PROPERLY REGISTERED A COLOR. AKC ASSIGNS LILAC TRI'S AS EITHER FALLOW, OR RED/TAN OR SOMETIMES THEYLL LIST THEM AS BROWN. (OR SOMETHING SIMILAR), THEY WILL ASSIGN BLUE TRI AS GRAY & WHITE WITH TAN MARKINGS, OR SOMETHING SIMILAR.  MERLES ARE USUALLY ASSIGNED A COLOR THEN THE WORD SPOTTED IS ADDED AT THE END. AKC MAKES THE DETERMINATION OF WHAT COLOR TO ASSIGN YOUR RARE COLOR PUP.