Huh i never really gave much thought to that but now that you brought it up i think he would have looked great with a black coat, and maybe steele could have Brown >D i would have loved to scene that!

Mainly because he was a wolfdog, the black and white didn't look wolfish at all, brown settled nicely, and what DT Said

I think they chose brown because it was less striking, which was kind of the whole point of the movie. Balto wasn't a hero for his looks, but his heart.

Yeah! He would look soo much better! But, it would be harder to animate, so I guess that's a no.

fff He looks better in black.I s'pose brown was the new black when they made the movie?