Hund pattern
Trefarvet
Three colors in distinct areas, typically black, tan and white in dogs, or red, black and white in koi.
109 Hund breeds list Trefarvet. It is in a club standard for 89 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 22 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Trefarvet
| Breed | KC | FCI | AKC | UKC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akita | Standard (“Red Black & White (Akita)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AkitaAmerikansk | Standard (“Red Black & White”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Amerikansk Cocker Spaniel | Standard (“Tricolours, any of above colours combined with tan markings”) | Standard (“to include any such colour combination with tan points”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Tan points are acceptable”) | Standard (“to include any such colour combination with tan points”) |
| Amerikansk Cocker SpanielFlerfarvet | Standard (“Tricolours, any of above colours combined with tan markings”) | Standard (“to include any such colour combination with tan points”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Tan points are acceptable”) | Standard (“to include any such colour combination with tan points”) |
| Amerikansk Engelsk Coonhound | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | Standard (“tri color with ticking”) | Standard (“tricoloured with ticking”) |
| Amerikansk Foxhound | No ruling | Standard (“Any colour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Any color is acceptable”) | No ruling |
| Amerikansk Nøgen Terrier | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is allowed”) | Standard (“tri-color (Coated Variety)”) | No ruling |
| Amerikansk Pitbull Terrier | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Any color, color pattern, or combination of colors is acceptable”) | No ruling |
| Anatolsk Hyrdehund | Standard (“Tricolour”) | No ruling | Standard (“All color patterns and markings are equally acceptable”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | No ruling |
| Appenzeller Sennenhund | No ruling | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Black Brown & White”) | Standard (“tri-colored”) | Standard (“Tri-colour”) |
| Australsk Shepherd | Standard (“Black Tricolour”) | Standard (“with white markings and/or tan markings”) | Standard (“White Markings, Tan Points”) | Standard (“with white markings and/or tan (copper) points”) | Standard (“with white markings and/or tan markings”) |
| Basenji | Standard (“Black, tan and white”) | Standard (“black and tan, and white”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“tricolor (pure black, chestnut red and white)”) | Standard (“black and tan, and white”) |
| Basset Artésien Normand | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn with black blanket and white (“tricolour”)”) | No ruling | Standard (“Tri-color”) | Standard (“Fawn with black blanket and white (tricolour)”) |
| Basset Hound | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“black, white and tan (tri-colour)”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“black, tan and white”) | Standard (“black, white, and tan (tricolour)”) |
| Beagle | Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan and white)”) | Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan and white)”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“Usually tri-color (black, white and tan)”) | Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan, and white)”) |
| Bearded Collie | Standard (“Black Tricolour”) | Standard (“tan markings ... on legs where white joins main colour”) | Standard (“White & Tan Markings”) | Standard (“tan trim may occur on all colors”) | Standard (“tan markings ... on legs where white joins main colour”) |
| Berner Sennenhund | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“tricoloured”) | Standard (“Black Rust & White”) | Standard (“The tri-colored coat is a breed characteristic”) | Standard (“tri-coloured”) |
| Biewer Terrier | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“tri-colored”) | Standard (“tri-colored”) | Standard (“Tri-colour”) |
| Border Collie | Standard (“Black Tricolour”) | Standard (“variety of colours permissible”) | Standard (“White Markings, Tan Points”) | Standard (“tri-color”) | Standard (“variety of colours permissible”) |
| Borzoi | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Any colours from white to black in any combination are acceptable”) | Standard (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“Any colours from white to black in any combination are acceptable”) |
| Bretagne Spaniel | Standard (“tricolour”) | Standard (“tricolour coats”) | Standard (“Liver White & Orange”) | Fejl (“Tri-colors are allowed but not desirable”) | Standard (“tricolour coats”) |
| Bull Terrier | Standard (“tricolour acceptable (Coloured)”) | Standard (“tricolour acceptable (Coloured)”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“tricolor (Colored)”) | Standard (“tri-colour acceptable (Coloured)”) |
| Bull TerrierFarvet | Standard (“tricolour acceptable”) | Standard (“tricolour acceptable”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“tricolor”) | Standard (“tri-colour acceptable”) |
| Canaan Hund | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Ikke anerkendt (“tricolour ... unacceptable”) | Ikke anerkendt | Ikke anerkendt (“tri-color ... unacceptable color patterns”) | Ikke anerkendt (“tricolour ... unacceptable”) |
| Cavalier King Charles Spaniel | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolor”) | Standard (“Tri-color”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| Chihuahua | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”) | Standard (“Any color - Solid, marked or splashed”) | Standard (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”) | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) |
| Collie | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“tri-color”) | No ruling |
| Drever | No ruling | Standard (“All colours with white markings are permissible”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | Standard (“All colors with white markings are acceptable”) | No ruling |
| Engelsk Cocker Spaniel | Standard (“Tricolours: Black, white and tan; liver, white and tan”) | Standard (“Tricolours: Black, white and tan; liver, white and tan”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“tan markings may appear on solid colored or parti-colored dogs”) | Standard (“Tricolours: Black, white and tan; liver, white and tan”) |
| Engelsk Foxhound | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Any recognized hound colour and markings”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Any good hound color is acceptable”) | Standard (“Any recognised Hound colour and markings”) |
| Engelsk Setter | Standard (“tricolour, that is blue belton and tan or liver belton and tan”) | Standard (“tricolour, that is blue belton and tan or liver belton and tan”) | Standard (“Blue Belton & Tan (Tri-Color)”) | Standard (“tri-colored”) | Standard (“tricolour, that is blue belton and tan or liver belton and tan”) |
| Engelsk Shepherd | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black, White and Tan”) | No ruling |
| Engelsk Springer Spaniel | Standard (“either of these colours with tan markings”) | Standard (“either of these colours with tan markings”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“tricolor”) | Standard (“Either of these colours with tan markings”) |
| Entlebucher Sennenhund | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Typically tricolour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“tri-colored”) | No ruling |
| Finsk Lapphund | Standard (“Tricolour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Glathåret Fox Terrier | Standard (“black and tan ... markings”) | Standard (“black and tan ... markings”) | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | Standard (“White is the predominant color”) | Standard (“black and tan ... markings”) |
| Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Fawn with black mantle and white spotting (tricolour)”) | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | Standard (“Fawn with black mantle and white spotting (tricolour)”) | Standard (“Fawn with black mantle and white spotting (tricolour)”) |
| Hamiltonstövare | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | Standard (“Tri-color”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| Harrier | Standard (“Tri-colour”) | Standard (“in France generally tricolour with black mantle”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Havaneser | Standard (“Tricolour”) | No ruling | Standard (“All colors and marking patterns are permissible”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”) | No ruling |
| Islandsk Fårehund | Standard (“tri-colour dogs have a black coat, white markings ... and tan markings”) | No ruling | Standard (“White Tan & Black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jack Russell Terrier | Standard (“black and/or tan markings”) | Standard (“black and/or tan markings”) | Standard (“Tri Color Markings”) | Standard (“any combination of black, tan, or brown markings”) | Standard (“black and/or tan markings”) |
| Jakutisk Lajka | Standard (“tricolour”) | Standard (“tricolour”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japansk Chin | Ikke anerkendt (“Never tricolour”) | Diskvalificerende (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“black and white with tan points”) | Diskvalificerende (“Tricolour”) |
| Kinesisk Nøgenhund | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) |
| King Charles Spaniel | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“The Prince Charles (tricolor)”) | Standard (“The Prince Charles (tri-color)”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| King Charles SpanielPrince Charles | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“The Prince Charles (tri-color)”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| Korthåret Collie | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“tri-color”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| Langhåret Collie | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“tri-color”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| Lhasa Apso | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Ikke anerkendt | Standard (“All colors equally acceptable”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Ikke anerkendt |
| Miniature Amerikansk Shepherd | Standard (“Black, white & copper points”) | Standard (“with or without white and/or tan (copper) markings”) | Standard (“White Markings, Tan Points”) | Standard (“with or without white and/or tan (copper) markings”) | Standard (“with or without white and/or tan (copper) markings”) |
| Miniature Bull Terrier | Standard (“tricolour acceptable”) | Standard (“tricolour acceptable”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“tricolor”) | Standard (“tri-colour acceptable”) |
| Otterhound | Ikke anerkendt (“a white-bodied hound with distinctly separate black patches and tan patches”) | Ikke anerkendt (“a white-bodied hound with black and tan patches distinctly separate”) | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Ikke anerkendt (“a white-bodied Hound with black and tan patches distinctly separate”) |
| Papillon | Standard (“Tricolours, black and white with tan spots over eyes”) | Standard (“All colours are admitted on a coat with a white background”) | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | Standard (“They may be any parti-color”) | Standard (“Tri-colours: black and white with tan spots over eyes”) |
| Parson Russell Terrier | Standard (“or any combination of these colours”) | Standard (“or any combination of these colours”) | Standard (“Tri Color Markings”) | Standard (“black and tan ... markings”) | Standard (“or any combination of these colours”) |
| Peruviansk Nøgenhund | No ruling | Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | No ruling | Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) |
| Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Fawn with black mantle and white spotting (tricolour)”) | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | Standard (“tricolor”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| Pointer | Standard (“Self colours and tricolours also permissible”) | Standard (“Self colours and tricolours are also correct”) | Standard (“A good Pointer cannot be a bad color”) | Fejl (“Tri-color is also acceptable but is a hound trait and should be faulted accordingly”) | Standard (“Self colours and tricolours are also correct”) |
| Polsk Lavlandshyrdehund | Standard (“Black Grey & White”) | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | No ruling | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) |
| Pomeranian | Ikke anerkendt | No ruling | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | No ruling | Ikke anerkendt |
| Puddel (Dværg) | Ikke anerkendt | Standard (“Tricoloured: Black, white and marked with fawn”) | Diskvalificerende | No ruling | Ikke anerkendt |
| Puddel (Mellem) | Ikke anerkendt | Standard (“Tricoloured: Black, white and marked with fawn”) | Diskvalificerende | No ruling | Ikke anerkendt |
| Puddel (Stor) | Ikke anerkendt | Standard (“Tricoloured: Black, white and marked with fawn”) | Diskvalificerende | No ruling | Ikke anerkendt |
| Pyrenæisk Mastiff | Fejl (“Tricolour or pure white dogs undesirable”) | Fejl (“Tricolour or pure white dogs are undesirable”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | Fejl (“Tri-color or pure white dogs without markings are undesirable”) | No ruling |
| Rastreador Brasileiro | No ruling | Standard (“tricolor (white and black with fawn markings)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rat Terrier | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | Standard (“tri-color”) | No ruling |
| Rater Valencià | No ruling | Standard (“tricolour (black-tan with white spots)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ruhåret Fox Terrier | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“black and tan ... markings”) | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | No ruling | Standard (“black and tan markings”) |
| Saluki | Standard (“Black & Tan Tricolour”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours is permissible”) | Standard (“tricolor (white, black and tan)”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is permissible”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”) |
| Sankt Bernhardshund | Standard (“Tricolour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Fejl (“Black on any other part of the dog is a minor fault”) | No ruling |
| Schapendoes | No ruling | Standard (“All colours are permitted”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | Standard (“All colors are permitted”) | No ruling |
| Segugio Italiano | No ruling | Standard (“in that case the Segugio is called tricolour”) | Standard (“in that case the Segugio is called tricolour”) | Standard (“They may also have a white star on the chest”) | No ruling |
| Segugio ItalianoKorthåret | No ruling | Standard (“in that case the Segugio is called tricolour”) | Standard (“in that case the Segugio is called tricolour”) | Standard (“They may also have a white star on the chest”) | No ruling |
| Segugio ItalianoStrithåret | No ruling | Standard (“in that case, the Segugio is called tricolour”) | Standard (“in that case the Segugio is called tricolour”) | Standard (“They may also have a white star on the chest”) | No ruling |
| Shetland Sheepdog | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“marked with varying amounts of white, tan, or white and tan trim”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| Shih Tzu | Standard (“All colours permissible except merle”) | Standard (“All colours permissible”) | Standard (“Black Gold & White”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standard (“All colours permissible”) |
| Siberian Husky | Standard (“Black Grey & White”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Stor Schweizisk Sennenhund | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Typically tricolour”) | Standard (“Black, White & Red”) | Standard (“tri-colored”) | Standard (“Typically tricolour”) |
| Teddy Roosevelt Terrier | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“tri-color”) | Standard (“tri-color”) | No ruling |
| Tibetansk Terrier | Standard (“tricolours”) | Standard (“tricolours”) | Standard (“Black White & Gold”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors, including white, are acceptable”) | Standard (“tricolours”) |
| Toy Fox Terrier | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | Standard (“White and black with tan trim”) | Standard (“Tri-colour”) |
| Transsylvansk Sporhund | No ruling | Standard (“On the nose, a white marking may occur”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“Tri-color”) | No ruling |
| Treeing Walker Coonhound | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | Standard (“Tri-colored (white-black-tan) is preferred”) | No ruling |
| Tysk Spids | Standard (“Black Tricolour”) | Standard (“coats with patches ... black-and-tan (Medium, Miniature)”) | Ikke anerkendt | Standard (“all colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standard (“the patches must be uniformly in one colour ... black-and-tan”) |
| Tysk SpidsStor | No ruling | Diskvalificerende (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”) | Ikke anerkendt | Standard (“all colors and markings are acceptable”) | No ruling |
| Welsh Corgi Cardigan | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“tricolour with brindle points and tri colour with red points”) | Standard (“Tan Points”) | Standard (“black, with or without tan or brindle points”) | Standard (“tricolour with brindle points and tricolour with red points”) |
| Welsh Corgi Pembroke | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“black and tan, with ... white markings”) | Standard (“black and tan with ... white markings”) | Standard (“black and tan; with ... white markings”) | Standard (“black and tan, with ... white markings”) |
| Xoloitzcuintle | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Diskvalificerende | Alternativ (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Diskvalificerende |
| XoloitzcuintleBehåret | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Diskvalificerende | Alternativ (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Diskvalificerende |
Breeds where Trefarvet is a fault
| Breed | KC | FCI | AKC | UKC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracco Italiano | Fejl (“Tricolour highly undesirable”) | Diskvalificerende (“tricolour”) | Diskvalificerende (“Tricolor”) | Diskvalificerende (“tricolor”) | Diskvalificerende (“tricolour”) |
| Ruhåret Hønsehund | Fejl (“Solid black and tricoloured highly undesirable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Trefarvet is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | KC | FCI | AKC | UKC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boerboel | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Diskvalificerende (“Tri-color”) | Ikke anerkendt |
| Dalmatiner | Ikke anerkendt (“Tricolours and spotting other than black or liver unacceptable”) | Diskvalificerende (“Tricolour (black and brown spots on the same dog)”) | Diskvalificerende (“Tri-color”) | Diskvalificerende (“Tri-color”) | Ikke anerkendt (“Tricolours and spotting other than black or liver unacceptable”) |
| Gravhund | Ikke anerkendt (“tricolour”) | Diskvalificerende | Diskvalificerende | No ruling | Ikke anerkendt (“tricolour”) |
| GravhundGlat | Ikke anerkendt (“tricolour”) | Diskvalificerende | Diskvalificerende | No ruling | Ikke anerkendt (“tricolour”) |
| GravhundStrithåret | Ikke anerkendt (“tricolour”) | Diskvalificerende | Diskvalificerende | No ruling | Ikke anerkendt (“tricolour”) |
| GravhundLanghåret | Ikke anerkendt (“tricolour”) | Diskvalificerende | Diskvalificerende | No ruling | Ikke anerkendt (“tricolour”) |
| Kooikerhondje | Ikke anerkendt | Diskvalificerende (“tricolour”) | Diskvalificerende (“tri-color”) | Diskvalificerende (“black, white, tan tri-color”) | Diskvalificerende (“tricolour”) |
| Korthåret Hønsehund | Ikke anerkendt (“not tricolour”) | No ruling | Diskvalificerende | No ruling | Ikke anerkendt (“Not tri-colour”) |
| Portugisisk Podengo | Ikke anerkendt | Diskvalificerende (“tricolour”) | No ruling | Diskvalificerende (“tricolor”) | No ruling |
| Portugisisk Podengo Pequeno | Ikke anerkendt | Diskvalificerende (“tricolour”) | Diskvalificerende (“Tricolor”) | Diskvalificerende (“tricolor”) | No ruling |
| Spansk Vandhund | Ikke anerkendt (“never tricoloured”) | Ikke anerkendt (“Tricoloured subjects, and black and tan as well as hazelnut and tan dogs are not admitted”) | Diskvalificerende (“Tricolor”) | Diskvalificerende (“Tricolor”) | No ruling |
| Spinone Italiano | Ikke anerkendt | Diskvalificerende (“Coat tricoloured”) | Diskvalificerende (“tri-color in any combination”) | Diskvalificerende (“Tri-color coat”) | Diskvalificerende (“Coat tricoloured”) |
| Stabyhoun | No ruling | Diskvalificerende (“Tan marking or tricolor is disqualifying”) | Diskvalificerende (“Tan marking or tricolor is disqualifying”) | No ruling | Diskvalificerende (“Tan marking or tri-colour is disqualifying”) |
| Yorkshire Terrier | Ikke anerkendt | No ruling | Diskvalificerende | Diskvalificerende (“tri-color”) | Ikke anerkendt |
| Barbet | Ikke anerkendt (“Tri colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Biewer Yorkshire à la Pom-Pon | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bodeguero Andaluz | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Welsh Sheepdog | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |