Dog color
Amber
A golden orange to yellow-brown: amber eyes, and the amber coat of Norwegian Forest Cats, which darkens with age.
57 Dog breeds list Amber. It is in a club standard for 53 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 1 breed.
Breeds whose standards accept Amber
| Breed | FCI | KC | KUSA | UKC | AKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghan HoundEyes | Standard (“golden colour not debarred”) | Standard (“golden colour permissible”) | Standard (“golden colour permissible”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AkbashEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“golden brown”) | No ruling |
| American Hairless TerrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“from dark brown to amber”) | Standard (“Amber eyes are permissible for a blue dog”) |
| Anatolian ShepherdEyes | No ruling | Standard (“Golden to brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“golden to brown in color, according to coat color”) | Standard (“dark brown to light amber”) |
| Australian ShepherdEyes | Standard (“amber”) | Standard (“amber”) | Standard (“amber”) | Standard (“amber”) | Standard (“amber”) |
| AzawakhEyes | Standard (“sometimes amber”) | Standard (“amber”) | Standard (“sometimes amber”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bedlington TerrierEyes | Standard (“blue and tans have lighter eye with amber lights”) | Standard (“blue and tans have a lighter eye with amber lights”) | Standard (“blue and tans have a lighter eye with amber lights”) | Standard (“Blue and tan-colored dogs have less dark eyes with amber lights”) | Standard (“blues and tans, less dark with amber lights”) |
| BloodhoundEyes | Standard (“of a lighter hue (amber) in dogs without black saddle or mantle”) | No ruling | Standard (“of a lighter hue (amber) in dogs without black saddle or mantle”) | Standard (“may be amber in dogs without a black saddle or mantle”) | No ruling |
| Boykin SpanielEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Eyes range from yellow to amber to varying shades of brown”) |
| Bracco ItalianoEyes | Standard (“of a more or less dark ochre or brown colour depending on the coat colour”) | Standard (“Dark ochre or brown, depending on coat colour”) | Standard (“of a more or less dark ochre or brown colour depending on the coat colour”) | Standard (“Dark ochre or brown in color, depending on coat color”) | Standard (“a dark amber to orange or brown color depending on the color of the coat”) |
| Braque du BourbonnaisEyes | Standard (“hazel or dark amber depending on the colour of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Hazel or dark amber in color, depending on the coat”) | Standard (“hazel or dark amber depending on the colour of the coat”) |
| BrittanyEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lighter shades of amber are not to be penalized”) | Standard (“lighter shades of amber should not be penalized”) |
| BroholmerEyes | Standard (“Colour from light to dark amber”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“They range in color from light to dark amber”) | Standard (“Colour from light to dark amber”) |
| Carolina DogEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“amber”) | Standard (“amber”) |
| Chesapeake Bay RetrieverEyes | Standard (“of yellowish or amber color”) | Standard (“of yellow or amber colour”) | Standard (“of yellowish or amber color”) | Standard (“Eye color is yellow or amber”) | Standard (“of yellowish or amber color”) |
| Chinese Shar-PeiEyes | No ruling | Standard (“Amber and lighter colours permissible in paler shades”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ChinookEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lighter, amber eyes are acceptable”) | Disqualifying |
| Cirneco dell’EtnaEyes | Standard (“ochre, amber or hazel”) | Standard (“Amber or ochre, blending with coat colour”) | No ruling | Standard (“ochre or grey in color”) | Standard (“Amber or ochre blending with coat”) |
| Clumber SpanielEyes | Standard (“dark amber”) | Standard (“Clean, dark, amber”) | Standard (“dark amber”) | Standard (“dark amber in color”) | Standard (“dark amber in color”) |
| Curly-Coated RetrieverEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brown or amber in liver dogs”) | Standard (“brown or amber in liver dogs”) |
| Czechoslovakian VlcakEyes | Standard (“amber coloured”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“amber in color”) | Standard (“color can vary from amber to yellow”) |
| DalmatianEyes | No ruling | Standard (“amber in liver spotted”) | Standard (“amber in liver-spotted”) | Standard (“light brown to amber in liver spotted dogs”) | No ruling |
| Drentsche PatrijshondEyes | Standard (“The desired colour is amber”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The desired color is amber”) | Standard (“The desired colour is amber”) |
| Estrela Mountain DogEyes | Standard (“preferably dark amber in colour”) | Standard (“preferably amber or darker”) | Standard (“preferably dark amber in colour”) | Standard (“preferably dark amber in color”) | Standard (“preferably dark amber in colour”) |
| French SpanielEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark amber in color”) | No ruling |
| Great PyreneesEyes | Standard (“amber-brown”) | Standard (“dark amber-brown”) | Standard (“amber-brown”) | Standard (“amber-brown”) | No ruling |
| Ibizan HoundEyes | Standard (“light amber colour, reminiscent of caramel colour”) | Standard (“Clear amber”) | Standard (“light amber colour, reminiscent of caramel colour”) | Standard (“range in color from clear amber to caramel”) | Standard (“ranging in color from clear amber to caramel”) |
| Irish Water SpanielEyes | Standard (“dark amber or dark hazel”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark amber or dark hazel”) | Standard (“dark amber or dark hazel in color”) | Standard (“dark amber but never yellow”) |
| Kangal Shepherd DogEyes | No ruling | Standard (“Golden to brown in colour”) | No ruling | Standard (“Eye color ranges from deep brown to amber”) | No ruling |
| Lagotto RomagnoloEyes | Standard (“ranges from ochre to hazel and dark brown”) | Standard (“ranges from ochre to dark hazel and brown”) | Standard (“ranges from ochre to hazel and dark brown”) | Standard (“Color ranges from ochre through hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“ranges from ochre to hazel to dark brown”) |
| Miniature American ShepherdEyes | Standard (“amber”) | Standard (“amber”) | Standard (“amber”) | Standard (“amber”) | Standard (“amber”) |
| Mountain CurEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“ranging from dark to amber”) | No ruling |
| MudiEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“other colors may have brow, amber, or yellow eyes”) | No ruling |
| Neapolitan MastiffEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Shades of amber or brown, in accordance with coat color”) |
| Norwegian LundehundEyes | Standard (“the iris is yellowish brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The iris is yellowish brown”) | Standard (“yellow-brown to brown”) |
| Nova Scotia Duck Tolling RetrieverEyes | Standard (“amber to brown”) | Standard (“Brown to amber, blending with coat colour”) | No ruling | Standard (“amber to brown, harmonizing with the coat color”) | No ruling |
| Pharaoh HoundEyes | Standard (“Amber coloured, blending with coat”) | Standard (“Amber coloured, blending with coat”) | Standard (“Amber-coloured, blending with coat”) | Standard (“amber colored, blending with the coat”) | Standard (“amber colored, blending with coat”) |
| Poodle (Miniature)Eyes | Standard (“In brown subjects, the colour may be dark amber”) | Standard (“Browns to have dark amber eyes”) | Standard (“Browns: To have dark amber eyes”) | Standard (“dark brown to dark amber for dogs with liver pigment”) | Standard (“dark amber eyes”) |
| Poodle (Standard)Eyes | Standard (“In brown subjects, the colour may be dark amber”) | Standard (“Browns to have dark amber eyes”) | Standard (“Browns: To have dark amber eyes”) | Standard (“dark brown to dark amber for dogs with liver pigment”) | Standard (“dark amber eyes”) |
| Poodle (Toy)Eyes | Standard (“In brown subjects, the colour may be dark amber”) | Standard (“Browns to have dark amber eyes”) | Standard (“dark amber eyes”) | Standard (“dark amber eyes”) | Standard (“dark amber eyes”) |
| Portuguese PodengoEyes | Standard (“from honey to brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“from honey to brown”) | Standard (“from honey to brown”) |
| Portuguese Podengo PequenoEyes | Standard (“ranging from honey to brown, in accordance with the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“ranges from honey to brown, according to the color of the coat”) | Standard (“ranges from honey to dark brown in accordance with the coat”) |
| Portuguese SheepdogEyes | Standard (“may be hazelnut or amber in brown and yellow animals”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“may be hazelnut or amber in brown and yellow animals”) |
| PudelpointerEyes | Standard (“of a dark amber colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark amber in color”) | Standard (“of a dark amber colour”) |
| Rat TerrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Blue or amber eyes are permitted in blue-colored dogs only”) | No ruling |
| Rhodesian RidgebackEyes | Standard (“a brown nose by amber eyes”) | Standard (“brown nose by amber eyes”) | Standard (“a brown nose by amber eyes”) | Standard (“a brown-nosed dog has amber eyes”) | Standard (“a brown or liver nose with amber eyes”) |
| Segugio ItalianoEyes | Standard (“of a dark ochre colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark ochre in color”) | Standard (“of a dark ochre colour”) |
| SloughiEyes | Standard (“With a light coat, the eye can be amber-coloured”) | Standard (“dark to dark amber”) | Standard (“With a light coat, the eye can be amber-coloured”) | Standard (“shades of dark brown to dark amber”) | Standard (“shades of dark brown to dark amber”) |
| Slovakian Wirehaired PointerEyes | Standard (“of amber colour”) | Standard (“Amber coloured in adults”) | Standard (“of amber colour”) | No ruling | Standard (“of amber colour”) |
| Spinone ItalianoEyes | Standard (“The iris is of an ochre colour”) | Standard (“Iris ochre”) | Standard (“The iris is of an ochre colour”) | Standard (“Eye color is ochre”) | Standard (“Ochre (a soft golden brown) in color”) |
| Thai RidgebackEyes | Standard (“In blues, amber-coloured eyes are permitted”) | No ruling | Standard (“In blues, amber-coloured eyes are permitted”) | Standard (“in blue dogs, where amber eyes are permitted”) | Standard (“In blues, amber-coloured eyes are permitted”) |
| WeimaranerEyes | Standard (“amber colour, dark to pale”) | Standard (“shades of amber”) | Standard (“amber colour, dark to pale”) | Standard (“light amber”) | Standard (“light amber”) |
| XoloitzcuintliEyes | Standard (“black, brown, hazel, amber or yellow tones”) | Standard (“black, brown, hazel, amber or yellow tones”) | Standard (“black, brown, hazel, amber, or yellow tones”) | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Amber is a fault
| Breed | FCI | KUSA | UKC | AKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Eskimo DogEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“amber eye color”) |
| Great DaneEyes | Fault (“light piercing or amber coloured eyes are undesirable”) | Fault (“light piercing or amber-coloured eyes are undesirable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English SheepdogEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light amber ... eyes”) | Fault (“an amber ... eye is most objectionable”) |
Breeds where Amber is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed |
|---|
| Andalusian PodencoEyes |
Color changes
How Amber can appear or change over an animal's life.
Bluechanges toAmber
Eyes · With age · from 2 weeks