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Dog pattern
Tricolour
Three colours in distinct areas, typically black, tan and white in dogs, or red, black and white in koi.
109 Dog breeds list Tricolour. It is in a club standard for 89 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 22 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Tricolour
| Breed | KC | FCI | AKC | UKC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akita | Standard (“Red Black & White (Akita)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AkitaAmerican | Standard (“Red Black & White”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American 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”) |
| American Cocker SpanielParticolour | 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”) |
| American English Coonhound | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | Standard (“tri color with ticking”) | Standard (“tricoloured with ticking”) |
| American Foxhound | No ruling | Standard (“Any colour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Any color is acceptable”) | No ruling |
| American Hairless Terrier | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is allowed”) | Standard (“tri-color (Coated Variety)”) | No ruling |
| American Pit Bull Terrier | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Any color, color pattern, or combination of colors is acceptable”) | No ruling |
| Anatolian Shepherd | 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”) |
| Australian 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”) |
| Bernese Mountain Dog | 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”) |
| Brittany | Standard (“tricolour”) | Standard (“tricolour coats”) | Standard (“Liver White & Orange”) | Fault (“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 TerrierColoured | Standard (“tricolour acceptable”) | Standard (“tricolour acceptable”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“tricolor”) | Standard (“tri-colour acceptable”) |
| Canaan | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Not recognised (“tricolour ... unacceptable”) | Not recognised | Not recognised (“tri-color ... unacceptable color patterns”) | Not recognised (“tricolour ... unacceptable”) |
| Cardigan Welsh Corgi | 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”) |
| 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”) |
| Chinese Crested | 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”) |
| 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 |
| English 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”) |
| English 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”) |
| English 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”) |
| English Shepherd | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black, White and Tan”) | No ruling |
| English 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”) |
| English Toy Spaniel | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“The Prince Charles (tricolor)”) | Standard (“The Prince Charles (tri-color)”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| English Toy SpanielPrince Charles | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“The Prince Charles (tri-color)”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| Entlebucher Mountain Dog | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Typically tricolour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“tri-colored”) | No ruling |
| Finnish Lapphund | Standard (“Tricolour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| German Spitz | Standard (“Black Tricolour”) | Standard (“coats with patches ... black-and-tan (Medium, Miniature)”) | Not recognised | Standard (“all colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standard (“the patches must be uniformly in one colour ... black-and-tan”) |
| German SpitzGiant | No ruling | Disqualifying (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”) | Not recognised | Standard (“all colors and markings are acceptable”) | No ruling |
| 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)”) |
| Greater Swiss Mountain Dog | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Typically tricolour”) | Standard (“Black, White & Red”) | Standard (“tri-colored”) | Standard (“Typically tricolour”) |
| Hamiltonstovare | 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 |
| Havanese | Standard (“Tricolour”) | No ruling | Standard (“All colors and marking patterns are permissible”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”) | No ruling |
| Icelandic Sheepdog | Standard (“tri-colour dogs have a black coat, white markings ... and tan markings”) | No ruling | Standard (“White Tan & Black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese Chin | Not recognised (“Never tricolour”) | Disqualifying (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“black and white with tan points”) | Disqualifying (“Tricolour”) |
| Lhasa Apso | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Not recognised | Standard (“All colors equally acceptable”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Not recognised |
| Miniature American 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 | Not recognised (“a white-bodied hound with distinctly separate black patches and tan patches”) | Not recognised (“a white-bodied hound with black and tan patches distinctly separate”) | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Not recognised (“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”) |
| Pembroke Welsh Corgi | 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”) |
| Peruvian Inca Orchid | 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”) | Fault (“Tri-color is also acceptable but is a hound trait and should be faulted accordingly”) | Standard (“Self colours and tricolours are also correct”) |
| Polish Lowland Sheepdog | Standard (“Black Grey & White”) | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | No ruling | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) |
| Pomeranian | Not recognised | No ruling | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | No ruling | Not recognised |
| Poodle (Miniature) | Not recognised | Standard (“Tricoloured: Black, white and marked with fawn”) | Disqualifying | No ruling | Not recognised |
| Poodle (Standard) | Not recognised | Standard (“Tricoloured: Black, white and marked with fawn”) | Disqualifying | No ruling | Not recognised |
| Poodle (Toy) | Not recognised | Standard (“Tricoloured: Black, white and marked with fawn”) | Disqualifying | No ruling | Not recognised |
| Pyrenean Mastiff | Fault (“Tricolour or pure white dogs undesirable”) | Fault (“Tricolour or pure white dogs are undesirable”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | Fault (“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 Valenciá | No ruling | Standard (“tricolour (black-tan with white spots)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rough Collie | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“tri-color”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| 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”) |
| Saint Bernard | Standard (“Tricolour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Black on any other part of the dog is a minor fault”) | No ruling |
| 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”) |
| 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 ItalianoShorthaired | 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 ItalianoWirehaired | 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 |
| Smooth Collie | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“tri-color”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| Smooth 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”) |
| Teddy Roosevelt Terrier | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“tri-color”) | Standard (“tri-color”) | No ruling |
| Tibetan 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”) |
| Transylvanian Hound | 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 |
| Wire Fox Terrier | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“black and tan ... markings”) | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | No ruling | Standard (“black and tan markings”) |
| Xoloitzcuintli | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Disqualifying | Alternate (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Disqualifying |
| XoloitzcuintliCoated | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Disqualifying | Alternate (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Disqualifying |
| Yakutian Laika | Standard (“tricolour”) | Standard (“tricolour”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Tricolour is a fault
| Breed | KC | FCI | AKC | UKC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracco Italiano | Fault (“Tricolour highly undesirable”) | Disqualifying (“tricolour”) | Disqualifying (“Tricolor”) | Disqualifying (“tricolor”) | Disqualifying (“tricolour”) |
| German Wirehaired Pointer | Fault (“Solid black and tricoloured highly undesirable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Tricolour is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | KC | FCI | AKC | UKC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boerboel | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Tri-color”) | Not recognised |
| Dachshund | Not recognised (“tricolour”) | Disqualifying | Disqualifying | No ruling | Not recognised (“tricolour”) |
| DachshundSmooth | Not recognised (“tricolour”) | Disqualifying | Disqualifying | No ruling | Not recognised (“tricolour”) |
| DachshundWirehaired | Not recognised (“tricolour”) | Disqualifying | Disqualifying | No ruling | Not recognised (“tricolour”) |
| DachshundLonghaired | Not recognised (“tricolour”) | Disqualifying | Disqualifying | No ruling | Not recognised (“tricolour”) |
| Dalmatian | Not recognised (“Tricolours and spotting other than black or liver unacceptable”) | Disqualifying (“Tricolour (black and brown spots on the same dog)”) | Disqualifying (“Tri-color”) | Disqualifying (“Tri-color”) | Not recognised (“Tricolours and spotting other than black or liver unacceptable”) |
| German Shorthaired Pointer | Not recognised (“not tricolour”) | No ruling | Disqualifying | No ruling | Not recognised (“Not tri-colour”) |
| Nederlandse Kooikerhondje | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“tricolour”) | Disqualifying (“tri-color”) | Disqualifying (“black, white, tan tri-color”) | Disqualifying (“tricolour”) |
| Portuguese Podengo | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“tricolour”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“tricolor”) | No ruling |
| Portuguese Podengo Pequeno | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“tricolour”) | Disqualifying (“Tricolor”) | Disqualifying (“tricolor”) | No ruling |
| Spanish Water Dog | Not recognised (“never tricoloured”) | Not recognised (“Tricoloured subjects, and black and tan as well as hazelnut and tan dogs are not admitted”) | Disqualifying (“Tricolor”) | Disqualifying (“Tricolor”) | No ruling |
| Spinone Italiano | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“Coat tricoloured”) | Disqualifying (“tri-color in any combination”) | Disqualifying (“Tri-color coat”) | Disqualifying (“Coat tricoloured”) |
| Stabyhoun | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Tan marking or tricolor is disqualifying”) | Disqualifying (“Tan marking or tricolor is disqualifying”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Tan marking or tri-colour is disqualifying”) |
| Yorkshire Terrier | Not recognised | No ruling | Disqualifying | Disqualifying (“tri-color”) | Not recognised |
| Barbet | Not recognised (“Tri colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Biewer Yorkshire a 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 |