Dog color
Black
Solid black pigment. In birds often with a green or purple sheen; on skin, legs, beak, comb and tongue the dark pigment some standards call for.
577 Dog breeds list Black. It is in a club standard for 520 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 35 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Black
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affenpinscher | Standard (“Pure black with black undercoat”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Pure black with black undercoat”) |
| AffenpinscherNose | Standard (“Noseleather round, full, and black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black nose”) | Standard (“black nose”) | Standard (“Nose leather round, full, and black”) |
| Afghan Hound | Standard (“All colours acceptable”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“All colours”) |
| Afghan HoundNose | Standard (“Preferably black”) | Standard (“black in color”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“preferably black”) | Standard (“preferably black”) |
| Airedale Terrier | Standard (“Body saddle black”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Body saddle black”) | Standard (“Body saddle black”) |
| Airedale TerrierNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“nose black”) |
| AkbashNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“solid black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Akita | Standard (“any colour (American Akita)”) | Standard (“Black (Akita)”) | Standard (“any color including white (Akita)”) | Standard (“Black (Akita)”) | Standard (“any colour (American Akita)”) |
| AkitaJapanese | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“black brindle”) | No ruling | Standard (“Brindle: defined striping”) | Standard (“brindle”) |
| AkitaAmerican | Standard (“any colour”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“any color including white”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“any colour”) |
| AkitaNose | Standard (“large and black (Japanese Akita)”) | Standard (“broad and black (Akita)”) | Standard (“black and broad (Akita)”) | Standard (“large and black (Akita)”) | Standard (“large and black (Akita)”) |
| AkitaJapanese · Nose | Standard (“large and black”) | Standard (“nose is black”) | No ruling | Standard (“large and black”) | Standard (“large and black”) |
| AkitaAmerican · Nose | Standard (“broad and black”) | Standard (“broad and black”) | Standard (“black and broad”) | Standard (“large and black”) | Standard (“broad and black”) |
| Alaskan Klee Kai | No ruling | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard (“shades of black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Alaskan Klee KaiNose | No ruling | Standard (“coat colors in shades of black with white or gray with white have a nose that is black”) | Standard (“black for dogs whose coat colors are shades of black or gray”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Alaskan Malamute | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Alaskan MalamuteNose | Standard (“in all coat colours, except reds, ... black”) | Standard (“in all coat colors, except reds, ... black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“in all coat colours except reds, ... black”) |
| American Cocker Spaniel | Standard (“Black variety: Solid colour black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black, to include the Black and Tan”) | Standard (“Jet black”) | Standard (“Black Variety: Solid colour black”) |
| American Cocker SpanielBlack | Standard (“Black variety: Solid colour black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black, to include the Black and Tan”) | Standard (“Jet black”) | Standard (“Black Variety: Solid colour black”) |
| American Cocker SpanielParticolour | Standard (“black and white”) | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard (“Two or more definite well-broken colors, one of which must be white”) | Standard (“Black & White Particolour”) | Standard (“black and white”) |
| American Cocker SpanielEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown to black in blacks, black and tans, buffs and creams”) | No ruling |
| American Cocker SpanielNose | Standard (“black in colour in the blacks, black and tans and black and whites”) | Standard (“black in color in the blacks, black and tans, and black and whites”) | Standard (“The nose is black in the Black and Black and Tan dogs”) | Standard (“Nostrils black in black and tans”) | Standard (“black in colour in the blacks, black and tans and black and whites”) |
| American English Coonhound | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“white and black”) | No ruling | Standard (“white and black”) |
| American English CoonhoundNose | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) |
| American Eskimo DogNose | No ruling | Standard (“Nose pigment is black to dark brown”) | Standard (“The nose leather is black to dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Foxhound | Standard (“Any colour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Any color is acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Hairless Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black (Coated Variety)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Hairless TerrierSkin and scales | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Any skin color is acceptable (Hairless Variety)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Hairless TerrierHairless · Skin and scales | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Any skin color is acceptable (Hairless Variety)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Hairless TerrierNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Leopard Hound | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black (may have brindle or tan trim)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Leopard HoundNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark, usually black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Pit Bull Terrier | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Any color, color pattern, or combination of colors is acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Staffordshire Terrier | Standard (“Any colour ... is permissible”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Any colour ... is permissible”) |
| American Staffordshire TerrierNose | Standard (“Definitely black”) | Standard (“definitely black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Definitely black”) |
| American Water SpanielNose | Standard (“Dark in colour, black or dark brown”) | Standard (“Nose dark in color, black or dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Anatolian ShepherdNose | No ruling | Standard (“solid black or brown”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | No ruling |
| Appenzeller Sennenhund | Standard (“Basic colour black”) | Standard (“Black Brown & White”) | Standard (“a base color of black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Basic colour black”) |
| Appenzeller SennenhundNose | Standard (“In black dogs black”) | Standard (“In black dogs black”) | Standard (“black or brown, depending on the color of the coat”) | No ruling | Standard (“In black dogs, black”) |
| Australian Cattle Dog | Standard (“black, blue or tan markings on the head”) | Standard (“black, blue or tan markings on the head”) | Standard (“black, blue or tan markings on the head”) | Standard (“black, blue or tan markings on head”) | Standard (“black, blue or tan markings on head”) |
| Australian Cattle DogNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“black, regardless of the coat color”) | Standard (“nose always black”) | Standard (“nose always black”) |
| Australian Kelpie | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black with or without tan markings”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) |
| Australian Shepherd | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“solid black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Australian ShepherdNose | Standard (“blue merles and blacks have black pigmentation on the nose”) | Standard (“blue merles and blacks have black pigmentation on the nose”) | Standard (“the blue merle and black have black pigmentation on nose”) | Standard (“black in blue merles and blacks”) | Standard (“blue merles and blacks have black pigmentation on the nose”) |
| Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle DogNose | Standard (“Black, irrespective of the colour of the dog”) | Standard (“Black, irrespective of the colour of the dog”) | Standard (“always black, regardless of the color of the individual dog”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australian TerrierEyes | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown to black (the darker the better)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australian TerrierNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Azawakh | Disqualifying | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Not recognised | Disqualifying |
| AzawakhNose | Standard (“Black or dark brown colour is obligatory”) | No ruling | Standard (“generally either black or brown”) | Standard (“either black or brown”) | Standard (“Black or dark brown colour is obligatory”) |
| Barbet | Standard (“Solid black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Solid black”) | Standard (“All shades of black”) | No ruling |
| BarbetNose | Standard (“black or brown depending on the colour of the coat”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black or brown in color, depending on the color of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Basenji | Standard (“Pure black and white”) | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard (“pure black”) | Standard (“Pure black and white”) | Standard (“Pure black and white”) |
| BasenjiNose | Standard (“Black nose desirable”) | Standard (“Black greatly desired”) | Standard (“A black nose is greatly desired”) | Standard (“black nose desirable”) | Standard (“Black nose desirable”) |
| Basset Artésien Normand | Standard (“The black blanket or the black patches”) | No ruling | Standard (“The black blanket or patches”) | No ruling | Standard (“The black blanket or the black patches”) |
| Basset Artésien NormandNose | Standard (“Black and large”) | No ruling | Standard (“The nose is black and wide”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black and large”) |
| Basset Fauve de BretagneNose | Standard (“Black or dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably black or dark brown”) | Standard (“Black or dark brown”) | Standard (“black or very dark”) | Standard (“Black or dark brown”) |
| Basset Hound | Standard (“Generally black, white and tan (tri-colour)”) | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard (“Generally black, tan and white”) | Standard (“Generally black, white and tan (tricolour)”) | Standard (“Generally black, white, and tan (tricolour)”) |
| Basset HoundNose | Standard (“Entirely black”) | Standard (“preferably black”) | Standard (“Entirely black”) | Standard (“Nose entirely black”) | Standard (“Nose entirely black”) |
| Bavarian Mountain Scent HoundNose | Standard (“Black or dark red”) | Standard (“Black or dark red”) | Standard (“Black or dark red”) | Standard (“black or dark red”) | Standard (“Black or dark red”) |
| Beagle | Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan and white)”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“Usually tri-color (black, white and tan)”) | Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan and white)”) | Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan, and white)”) |
| BeagleNose | Standard (“preferably black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“preferably black”) | Standard (“preferably black”) |
| Bearded Collie | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Bearded CollieNose | Standard (“generally black”) | Standard (“in a born black, the eye rims, nose and lips are black”) | Standard (“in a born black, pigmentation is black”) | Standard (“generally black”) | Standard (“generally black”) |
| Beauceron | Standard (“the black is pure black”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“the black is deep”) | Standard (“black and tan”) | Standard (“the black is pure black”) |
| BeauceronNose | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“always black in color”) | No ruling | Standard (“always black”) |
| Bedlington TerrierNose | Standard (“Blue and blue and tan must have black noses”) | Standard (“Blues and blues and tans have black noses”) | Standard (“Blue- and blue and tan-colored dogs have black noses”) | Standard (“Blues and blue and tans must have black noses”) | Standard (“Blue and blue and tan must have black noses”) |
| Belgian LaekenoisNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black without spots or discolored areas”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Belgian MalinoisNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“the nose is black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Belgian Shepherd | Standard (“only uniform black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“the long-haired black”) | Standard (“Groenendael - Black”) | Standard (“only uniform black”) |
| Belgian ShepherdNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“nose black without spots or discolored areas”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Belgian Tervuren | Standard (“with black overlay, with black mask”) | Standard (“Fawn & Black”) | Standard (“the tip of each hair is blackened”) | Standard (“with black overlay”) | Standard (“with black overlay, with black mask”) |
| Belgian TervurenNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“nose black without spots or discolored areas”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Bergamasco Sheepdog | Standard (“an all-black coat is allowed providing the black is really opaque”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“up to and including solid black, provided it is not shiny or lustrous”) | Standard (“black ... acceptable”) | Standard (“an all-black coat is allowed providing the black is really opaque”) |
| Bergamasco SheepdogNose | Standard (“the colour of the nose leather is black”) | Standard (“large and black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“the colour of the nose leather is black”) |
| Berger PicardNose | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“large, and always black”) | Standard (“large and always black”) | Standard (“nose large, black”) | Standard (“always black”) |
| Bernese Mountain Dog | Standard (“Jet black main colour”) | Standard (“Black Rust & White”) | Standard (“The ground color is always jet black”) | Standard (“Jet black”) | Standard (“Jet black main colour”) |
| Bernese Mountain DogNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The nose is always black”) | Standard (“The nose is always black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) |
| Bichon FriseEyes | No ruling | Standard (“black or dark brown”) | Standard (“black or dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bichon FriseNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Biewer Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“black or blue and white”) | No ruling | Standard (“blue/black”) |
| Biewer TerrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black/dark brown”) |
| Biewer TerrierNose | No ruling | Standard (“completely black”) | Standard (“completely black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Nose black”) |
| Black and Tan Coonhound | Standard (“coal black”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | No ruling | Standard (“Coal black”) | No ruling |
| Black and Tan CoonhoundNose | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“always black”) | No ruling | Standard (“always black”) | No ruling |
| Black Russian Terrier | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Black Russian TerrierNose | Standard (“Large and black”) | Standard (“The nose is large and black”) | Standard (“The nose is large and black”) | Standard (“Large black nose”) | Standard (“Large and black”) |
| Bloodhound | Standard (“black and tan”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“black and tan”) | Standard (“Black and tan”) | Standard (“black and tan”) |
| BloodhoundNose | Standard (“Black or brown, always black on black and tan dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“black or brown, but always black on black and tan dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black or brown, always black on black and tan dogs”) |
| Bluetick Coonhound | No ruling | Standard (“spotted by various shaped black spots on back, ears and sides”) | Standard (“spotted by various shaped black spots on back, ears and sides”) | No ruling | Standard (“spotted by various-shaped black spots on back, ears, and sides”) |
| Bluetick CoonhoundNose | No ruling | Standard (“Fully pigmented, black in color”) | Standard (“Fully pigmented, black in color”) | No ruling | Standard (“Fully pigmented, black in colour”) |
| BoerboelNose | No ruling | Standard (“The nostrils are completely black”) | Standard (“Nose leather is black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Only dogs with black eumelanin pigmentation are acceptable”) |
| Bohemian Shepherd | Standard (“Black to gunmetal-black”) | Standard (“Black to gunmetal-black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bohemian ShepherdNose | Standard (“black pigmented”) | Standard (“black pigmented”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BologneseNose | Standard (“Large and must be black”) | Standard (“Nose is large and black”) | Standard (“Large and black”) | Standard (“Nose large, black”) | Standard (“Large, and must be black”) |
| Border Collie | Standard (“variety of colours permissible”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard (“variety of colours permissible”) |
| Border CollieNose | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“nose black”) |
| Border TerrierNose | Standard (“Black nose preferable”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“black preferred”) | Standard (“Black nose preferable”) | Standard (“Black nose preferable”) |
| Borzoi | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“Self Black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| BorzoiNose | Standard (“always black in any coat colour”) | Standard (“Nose large and black”) | Standard (“The black nose”) | Standard (“nose large and black”) | Standard (“always black in any coat colour”) |
| Boston Terrier | Standard (“black with white markings”) | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard (“Black, with white markings”) | Standard (“black or seal with white markings acceptable”) | Standard (“black with white markings”) |
| Boston TerrierNose | Standard (“Black and wide”) | Standard (“black and wide”) | Standard (“black and wide”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“Black and wide”) |
| Bouvier des Flandres | Standard (“a completely uniform black is also accepted, without being favoured”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“all colors from fawn to black”) | Standard (“from fawn to black”) | Standard (“a completely uniform black is also accepted, without being favoured”) |
| Bouvier des FlandresNose | Standard (“always black in colour”) | Standard (“nose large, black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“always black in colour”) |
| Boxer | Standard (“dark or black stripes”) | Standard (“black stripes”) | Standard (“black stripes”) | Standard (“Black stripes”) | Standard (“dark or black stripes”) |
| BoxerNose | Standard (“Nose is broad and black”) | Standard (“The nose should be broad and black”) | Standard (“The nose is broad and black”) | Standard (“Nose broad, black”) | Standard (“Nose is broad and black”) |
| Briard | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“all black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| BriardEyes | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BriardNose | Standard (“always black except in blue dogs”) | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“always black except in blue dogs”) |
| Brittany | Standard (“white and black”) | Disqualifying (“Black & White”) | Standard (“black and white”) | Standard (“black/white”) | Standard (“white and black”) |
| BrittanyNose | No ruling | Disqualifying (“A black nose is a disqualification”) | Standard (“Accepted colors include black, brown, fawn, tan and deep pink”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Broholmer | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BroholmerNose | Standard (“Full and black”) | Standard (“Full and black”) | Standard (“Large and black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Brussels Griffon | Standard (“Griffon Belge: Black, black and tan”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Solid black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Brussels GriffonRough | Standard (“Griffon Belge: Black, black and tan”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Solid black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Brussels GriffonSmooth | Standard (“Petit Brabançon: The same colours are accepted as for the Griffons”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Solid black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Brussels GriffonEyes | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Brussels GriffonNose | Standard (“Nose: Black”) | Standard (“very black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) |
| Bull Terrier | Standard (“Black brindle ... acceptable (Coloured)”) | Standard (“Black Brindle”) | Standard (“Any color other than white (Colored)”) | Standard (“Black brindle ... acceptable (Coloured)”) | Standard (“Black brindle ... acceptable (Coloured)”) |
| Bull TerrierColoured | Standard (“Black brindle ... acceptable”) | Standard (“Black Brindle”) | Standard (“Any color other than white”) | Standard (“Black brindle ... acceptable”) | Standard (“Black brindle ... acceptable”) |
| Bull TerrierEyes | Standard (“black or as dark brown as possible so as to appear almost black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black or as dark brown as possible so as to appear almost black”) | Standard (“black or as dark brown as possible so as to appear almost black”) |
| Bull TerrierNose | Standard (“Should be black”) | Standard (“Should be black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“nose which should be black”) | Standard (“nose, which should be black”) |
| Bulldog | Fault (“Dudley, black and black with tan highly undesirable”) | Standard (“a minimal amount of solid black in piebalds”) | Fault (“Solid black and black and tan are very undesirable”) | Not recognised (“Black”) | Not recognised |
| BulldogNose | Standard (“large, broad and black”) | Standard (“large, broad and black”) | Standard (“large, broad and black in color”) | Standard (“large, broad and black”) | Standard (“large, broad and black”) |
| BullmastiffNose | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ca de Bou | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ca de BouNose | Standard (“Black and broad”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black and broad”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cairn Terrier | Standard (“nearly black. Not solid black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“nearly black”) | Standard (“nearly black ... including solid black ... unacceptable”) | Standard (“nearly black ... including solid black ... unacceptable”) |
| Cairn TerrierNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) |
| Canaan | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| CanaanNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“darkly pigmented”) | Standard (“solid black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Cane Corso | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) |
| Cane CorsoNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Dogs with black pigment have black noses”) | Standard (“Large and black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) |
| Cardigan Welsh Corgi | Standard (“tricolour with brindle points and tri colour with red points”) | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard (“black, with or without tan or brindle points”) | Standard (“tricolour with brindle points and tricolour with red points”) | Standard (“tricolour with brindle points and tricolour with red points”) |
| Cardigan Welsh CorgiNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“the nose is black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Carolina Dog | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“solid black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Carolina DogNose | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Carolina DogTongue | No ruling | Standard (“black-spotted, fully black”) | Standard (“fully black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Carpathian Sheepdog | Standard (“overlaid with black”) | Standard (“Wolfgray & Black”) | Standard (“overlaid with black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Carpathian SheepdogNose | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“always black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Catahoula Leopard Dog | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“an endless variety of coat colors”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Caucasian Shepherd DogNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The nose is large, broad, and black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) |
| Cavalier King Charles Spaniel | Standard (“Black and Tan: Raven black”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“Black and Tan. Raven black”) | Standard (“Black and Tan: raven black”) | Standard (“Black and tan: Raven black”) |
| Cavalier King Charles SpanielNose | Standard (“Nostrils black and well developed without flesh marks”) | Standard (“Nose pigment uniformly black without flesh marks”) | Standard (“Nostrils should be well developed, open and black”) | Standard (“Nostrils black and well developed without flesh marks”) | Standard (“Nostrils black and well developed without flesh marks”) |
| Central Asian Shepherd Dog | Standard (“Any”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Any colour”) |
| Central Asian Shepherd DogNose | Standard (“Colour of the nose is black”) | Standard (“Colour of the nose is black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Colour of the nose is black”) |
| Cesky Terrier | Standard (“grey-blue (puppies are born black)”) | Standard (“All puppies are born black”) | Standard (“Blue gray dogs are born black”) | Standard (“solid black coat is only acceptable in dogs under two years of age”) | Standard (“grey-blue (puppies are born black)”) |
| Cesky TerrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“In blue-grey dogs – black or brown”) | No ruling |
| Cesky TerrierNose | Standard (“black on Terriers with a grey-blue coat”) | Standard (“black in gray dogs”) | Standard (“Black in the blue-gray dogs”) | Standard (“Nose black in grey-blue dogs”) | Standard (“black on Terriers with a grey-blue coat”) |
| Chihuahua | Standard (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) |
| ChihuahuaNose | Standard (“Any colour permitted”) | Standard (“Self-colored in blond types, or black”) | Standard (“Accepted nose colors include black, brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chinese Crested | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) |
| Chinese Shar-Pei | Standard (“All solid colours acceptable”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“any solid color”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“All solid colours acceptable”) |
| Chinese Shar-PeiNose | Standard (“preferably black”) | Standard (“preferably black”) | Standard (“Nose color is black in fawns, reds and blacks”) | Standard (“preferably black”) | Standard (“preferably black”) |
| ChinookNose | No ruling | Standard (“the leather is solid black”) | Standard (“always solid black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chow Chow | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Chow ChowNose | Standard (“black (... black preferable in all cases)”) | Standard (“Reds, Blacks and Cinnamons must have a solid black nose”) | Standard (“Black nose is preferable in all cases”) | Standard (“black (... black preferable in all cases)”) | Standard (“black (... black preferable in all cases)”) |
| Collie | No ruling | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“tri-color: predominately black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| CollieNose | No ruling | Standard (“the black nose”) | Standard (“must be black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Coton de TulearEyes | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown or black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Coton de TulearNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“pigmented in black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Croatian Sheepdog | Standard (“The colour is black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Croatian SheepdogEyes | Standard (“The eye colour varies from black to dark chestnut brown”) | Standard (“The eye colour varies from black to dark chestnut brown”) | Standard (“brown or black in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Croatian SheepdogNose | Standard (“completely black pigmented”) | Standard (“completely black pigmented”) | Standard (“Always black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Curly-Coated Retriever | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Curly-Coated RetrieverEyes | No ruling | Standard (“Black or brown in black dogs”) | Standard (“black or brown in black dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Curly-Coated RetrieverNose | Standard (“Black in blacks”) | Standard (“black on black dogs”) | Standard (“Black in the black dogs”) | Standard (“Nose black in blacks”) | Standard (“Black in blacks”) |
| Czechoslovakian VlcakNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dachshund | Standard (“deep black”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“deep black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| DachshundSmooth | Standard (“deep black”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“deep black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| DachshundWirehaired | Standard (“deep black”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“deep black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| DachshundLonghaired | Standard (“deep black”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“deep black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| DachshundNose | Standard (“Nose, nails and pads black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Dalmatian | Standard (“Black spotted variety with black spots”) | Standard (“White & Black”) | Standard (“In black-spotted dogs, the spots are dense black”) | Standard (“Black spotted having dense black spots”) | Standard (“Black-spotted dogs having dense black spots”) |
| DalmatianNose | Standard (“The colour must be in accordance to the colour of the spotting”) | Standard (“black in black-spotted dogs”) | Standard (“black in black-spotted dogs”) | Standard (“Nose in black-spotted variety always black”) | Standard (“Nose in black-spotted variety always black”) |
| Dandie Dinmont TerrierNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black or dark colored”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Danish-Swedish Farmdog | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“White & Black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Doberman Pinscher | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black & Rust”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Doberman PinscherNose | Standard (“black - in black dogs”) | Standard (“solid black on black dogs”) | Standard (“black in black dogs”) | Standard (“solid black in black dogs”) | Standard (“black in black dogs”) |
| Dogo ArgentinoNose | Standard (“Strongly Black pigmented”) | Standard (“completely black”) | Standard (“large and black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Strongly black-pigmented”) |
| Dogue de BordeauxNose | Standard (“Black mask: The nose is black”) | Standard (“Pigmentation of the nose will be black”) | Standard (“black on black-masked dogs”) | Standard (“Black mask ... Nose black”) | Standard (“Black mask: The nose is black”) |
| Drever | Standard (“All colours with white markings are permissible”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | Standard (“All colors with white markings are acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| DreverNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch Shepherd | Fault (“Too much black is undesirable”) | Standard (“The brindle may be black or a dark brown”) | Standard (“a black or very dark streaked or striped effect”) | No ruling | Fault (“Too much black is undesirable”) |
| Dutch ShepherdNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black without spots or discolored areas”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) |
| English Cocker Spaniel | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| English Cocker SpanielNose | No ruling | Standard (“color black”) | Standard (“Acceptable colors include: black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Foxhound | Standard (“Any recognized hound colour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Any good hound color is acceptable”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Any recognised Hound colour”) |
| English Setter | Standard (“Black and white (blue belton)”) | Standard (“blue belton (white with black markings)”) | Standard (“black and white”) | Standard (“Black and white (blue belton)”) | Standard (“Black and white (blue belton)”) |
| English SetterNose | Standard (“black or liver, according to colour of coat”) | Standard (“black or dark brown”) | Standard (“black or dark liver in color”) | Standard (“colour of nose black or liver”) | Standard (“black or liver, according to colour of coat”) |
| English Shepherd | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“a well-defined black coat with white trim”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Springer Spaniel | Standard (“black and white”) | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard (“black and white”) | Standard (“black and white”) | Standard (“Black and white”) |
| English Springer SpanielEyes | No ruling | Standard (“black or deep brown in the black and white dogs”) | Standard (“black or deep brown in black dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Springer SpanielNose | No ruling | Standard (“liver or black in color, depending on the color of the coat”) | Standard (“liver or black, depending on the color of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Toy Spaniel | Standard (“Black and Tan: Rich glossy black”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“The King Charles (black and tan). A rich, glossy black”) | Standard (“Black and Tan: rich glossy black”) | Standard (“Black and Tan: Rich glossy black”) |
| English Toy SpanielPrince Charles | Standard (“well distributed black patches”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“evenly distributed black patches”) | Standard (“well-distributed black patches”) | Standard (“well distributed black patches”) |
| English Toy SpanielKing Charles | Standard (“Rich glossy black”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“A rich, glossy black”) | Standard (“rich glossy black”) | Standard (“Rich glossy black”) |
| English Toy SpanielEyes | No ruling | Standard (“very dark brown or black”) | Standard (“very dark brown or black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Toy SpanielNose | Standard (“Nose: Black”) | Standard (“jet black”) | Standard (“jet black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Nose: Black”) |
| Entlebucher Mountain Dog | Standard (“Basic colour black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“jet black ground color”) | Standard (“predominant colour black”) | No ruling |
| Entlebucher Mountain DogNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The nose pigment is always black”) | Standard (“Prominent, black nose”) | No ruling |
| Estrela Mountain DogNose | Standard (“large and black”) | Standard (“large and black”) | Standard (“Always darker than the coat, preferably black”) | Standard (“Large black nose”) | Standard (“large and black”) |
| Eurasier | Standard (“all colours”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“all colors”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling |
| EurasierNose | Standard (“black pigmentation”) | Standard (“black pigmentation”) | Standard (“black pigment”) | Standard (“black, medium sized nose”) | No ruling |
| Field Spaniel | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Field SpanielNose | No ruling | Standard (“light to dark brown or black as befits the color of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Fila Brasileiro | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black”) |
| Fila BrasileiroNose | Standard (“Colour: black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Colour: black”) |
| Finnish Lapphund | Standard (“all colours are permitted”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“all colors are allowed”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“all colours are permitted”) |
| Finnish LapphundNose | Standard (“black or brown, according to coat colour”) | Standard (“preferably black”) | Standard (“preferably black”) | Standard (“as dark as compatible with coat colour”) | Standard (“black or brown, according to coat colour”) |
| Finnish SpitzNose | Standard (“jet-black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Nose pitch black”) | Standard (“jet-black”) |
| Flat-Coated Retriever | Standard (“Black or liver only”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black or liver only”) | Standard (“Black or liver only”) |
| Flat-Coated RetrieverNose | No ruling | Standard (“Black on black dogs”) | Standard (“black in the black dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| French BulldogNose | Standard (“always black, in all coat colours”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“always black, in all coat colors”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“always black in all coat colours”) |
| German Pinscher | Standard (“Lacquer black with red or brown markings”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black with reddish/tan markings”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“lacquer black with red or brown markings”) |
| German PinscherNose | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“full, and black”) | Standard (“The nose is full and black”) | Standard (“Nose full and black”) | Standard (“always black”) |
| German Shepherd | Standard (“single-coloured black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“all black”) | Standard (“single-coloured black”) |
| German ShepherdNose | Standard (“the nose must be black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“the nose must be black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“nose must be black”) |
| German Shorthaired Pointer | Standard (“Black colour in the same nuances as the brown”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“solid black”) | Standard (“solid black”) | Standard (“Solid black”) |
| German Shorthaired PointerNose | Standard (“black in black or black roan dogs”) | Standard (“black on a black dog”) | Standard (“black in black-colored dogs”) | Standard (“Nose solid brown or black depending on coat colour”) | Standard (“Nose solid brown or black depending on coat colour”) |
| German Spitz | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“all colors”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| German SpitzGiant | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“all colors”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| German SpitzNose | Standard (“pure black”) | Standard (“small and solid black”) | Standard (“black in black, white, black and white parti-colors and black and tan dogs”) | Standard (“nose black in black, white, black/white parti-colours”) | Standard (“pure black”) |
| German Wirehaired Pointer | Standard (“Black roan, with or without patches”) | Fault (“Black & White”) | Standard (“Solid black”) | Standard (“black and white”) | Standard (“Black roan, with or without patches”) |
| German Wirehaired PointerNose | Standard (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the colour of the coat”) | No ruling | Standard (“black in black dogs”) | Standard (“Nose liver or black”) | Standard (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the colour of the coat”) |
| Giant Schnauzer | Standard (“Pure black with black undercoat”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Pure black (with black undercoat)”) | Standard (“Pure black”) | Standard (“Pure black with black undercoat”) |
| Giant SchnauzerNose | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“The nose is large, black, and full”) | Standard (“The nose is large, full and black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“always black”) |
| Glen of Imaal TerrierNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Golden RetrieverNose | Standard (“Preferably black”) | Standard (“Nose black or brownish black”) | Standard (“The nose leather is black”) | Standard (“Nose preferably black”) | Standard (“Nose preferably black”) |
| Gordon Setter | Standard (“Deep, shining coal black, without rustiness”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“Deep, shining coal black”) | Standard (“Deep, shining coal black, without rustiness”) | Standard (“Deep, shining coal black, without rustiness”) |
| Gordon SetterNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black in color”) | Standard (“black in color”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen | Standard (“Black with white spotting (white and black)”) | Standard (“White & Black”) | Standard (“Black with white spotting (white and black)”) | Standard (“black markings”) | Standard (“Black with white spotting (white and black)”) |
| Grand Basset Griffon VendéenNose | Standard (“Black and developed”) | Standard (“Solid black”) | Standard (“It is black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black and developed”) |
| Great Dane | Standard (“Black: Jet black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black: Glossy black”) | Standard (“Black is black”) | Standard (“Black: Jet black”) |
| Great DaneNose | Standard (“Must be black with the exception of harlequins”) | Standard (“Nose shall be black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“Nose always black, except in blues and harlequins”) | Standard (“Must be black with the exception of harlequins”) |
| Great PyreneesNose | Standard (“Totally black”) | Standard (“The nose and lips are black”) | Standard (“Always completely black”) | Standard (“Black nose”) | Standard (“Totally black”) |
| Greater Swiss Mountain Dog | Standard (“Main colour black”) | Standard (“Black, White & Red”) | Standard (“The ground color is jet black”) | Standard (“Main colour black”) | Standard (“Main colour black”) |
| Greater Swiss Mountain DogNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“In adult dogs the nose leather is always black”) | Standard (“The nose is always black”) | Standard (“Full black pigmentation”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Greyhound | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Immaterial”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Hamiltonstovare | Standard (“black colour to form a mantle”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black colour to form a mantle over body”) | Standard (“black colour to form a mantle”) |
| HamiltonstovareNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black, fully pigmented”) | Standard (“Nose always black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Hanoverian ScenthoundNose | Standard (“mostly black”) | Standard (“mostly black”) | Standard (“usually black”) | No ruling | Standard (“mostly black”) |
| Harrier | Standard (“all shades of black to orange”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Any good hound color”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | No ruling |
| HarrierNose | Standard (“Black, well developed”) | No ruling | Standard (“Well developed and black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Havanese | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| HavaneseNose | Standard (“Black or brown”) | Standard (“solid black for all colors except for chocolate dogs”) | Standard (“all other coat colors require jet black pigment”) | Standard (“Nose and lips solid black”) | Standard (“Black or brown”) |
| Hokkaido | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| HokkaidoNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hovawart | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| HovawartNose | Standard (“In black & tan and black dogs the nose is black”) | Standard (“In black & tan and black dogs the nose is black”) | Standard (“black in color”) | No ruling | Standard (“In black/gold and black dogs pigmentation is black; in blonde dogs it is black”) |
| Icelandic Sheepdog | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling |
| Icelandic SheepdogNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“nose and lips black”) | No ruling |
| Irish Red and White SetterNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black or dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Irish SetterNose | Standard (“dark mahogany, or dark walnut or black”) | Standard (“Nose black or chocolate”) | Standard (“Black or chocolate”) | Standard (“dark mahogany, dark walnut or black”) | Standard (“dark mahogany, dark walnut or black”) |
| Irish TerrierNose | Standard (“Must be black”) | Standard (“Must be black”) | Standard (“The nose must be black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) |
| Irish Wolfhound | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Irish WolfhoundNose | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | Standard (“The nose is dark”) | Standard (“Nose and lips black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Italian Greyhound | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Italian GreyhoundNose | Standard (“Of a dark colour, preferably black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Dark, preferably black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jagdterrier | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| JagdterrierNose | Standard (“Always black”) | Standard (“Always black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese Chin | Standard (“White with markings of black or red”) | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard (“black and white”) | Standard (“Black and white”) | Standard (“White with markings of black or red”) |
| Japanese ChinEyes | Standard (“lustrous black in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lustrous black in colour”) |
| Japanese ChinNose | Standard (“the nose colour is black or deep flesh coloured, according to the coat colour”) | Standard (“Nose leather is black in the black and white”) | Standard (“In a black and white dog, nose pigment is black”) | Standard (“black, except in red and whites”) | Standard (“the nose colour is black or deep flesh coloured, according to the coat colour”) |
| Japanese SpitzNose | Standard (“small, round and black”) | Standard (“small, round and black”) | Standard (“small, round, and black”) | Standard (“a small, black, round nose”) | Standard (“small, round, and black”) |
| Jindo | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling |
| JindoNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kai Ken | Standard (“Black brindle”) | Standard (“Black Brindle”) | Standard (“All brindle colors are equally acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kai KenNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“solid black except in red brindles, where it may be brownish black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kangal Shepherd DogNose | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard (“large and solid black”) | Standard (“large and black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Karelian Bear Dog | Standard (“Black, may be dull or with nuances of brown”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Brownish-black, matte black, and shiny black are all acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Karelian Bear DogNose | Standard (“black in colour”) | Standard (“black in colour”) | Standard (“solid black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Keeshond | Standard (“a silver-grey with black hair-tips”) | Standard (“Black & Silver”) | Standard (“a mixture of gray, black and cream”) | Standard (“A mixture of grey and black”) | Standard (“a silver-grey with black hair-tips”) |
| KeeshondNose | Standard (“pure black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Nose pigment is black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“pure black”) |
| Kerry Blue Terrier | Standard (“Black is permissible only up to the age of 18 months”) | Standard (“an apparent black at birth”) | Standard (“puppies are born black or nearly black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“a dark colour up to the age of 18 months”) |
| Kerry Blue TerrierNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Nose is black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“nose black”) |
| Kishu KenNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Generally black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| KomondorNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“the nose is black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| KromfohrlanderNose | Standard (“preferably black, brown permitted”) | No ruling | Standard (“preferably black, but brown is permitted”) | No ruling | Standard (“preferably black, brown permitted”) |
| KuvaszNose | Standard (“the black noseleather”) | Standard (“nose large, black”) | Standard (“the large, black nose”) | No ruling | Standard (“the black nose leather”) |
| Labrador Retriever | Standard (“wholly black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“solid black”) | Standard (“wholly black”) | Standard (“whole black”) |
| Labrador RetrieverNose | No ruling | Standard (“black on black or yellow dogs”) | Standard (“black on black and yellow dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lakeland Terrier | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Lakeland TerrierEyes | No ruling | Standard (“In all other colors, the eyes are warm brown to black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lakeland TerrierNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Lancashire Heeler | Standard (“Black and tan”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“Black and tan”) | Standard (“Black and tan”) | Standard (“Black and tan”) |
| Lancashire HeelerNose | Standard (“Black or brown, in accordance to coat colour”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black in the black and tan dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black or brown, in accordance to coat colour”) |
| Lapponian Herder | Standard (“Black in different shades”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lapponian HerderNose | Standard (“Black or brown”) | Standard (“Black or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LeonbergerNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“Must be black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Lhasa Apso | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Lhasa ApsoNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Löwchen | Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) |
| LöwchenNose | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black or brown according to coat colour”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| MalteseNose | Standard (“absolutely black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) |
| Manchester Terrier (Standard) | Standard (“Jet black”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“jet black”) | Standard (“Jet black”) | Standard (“Jet black”) |
| Manchester Terrier (Standard)Eyes | No ruling | Standard (“The nearly black ... eyes”) | Standard (“as near black as possible”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Manchester Terrier (Standard)Nose | Standard (“Jet black”) | Standard (“the nose is black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“nose and nasal bone jet black”) | Standard (“Jet black”) |
| Manchester Terrier (Toy) | No ruling | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“jet black and rich mahogany tan”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Manchester Terrier (Toy)Nose | No ruling | Standard (“the nose is black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| MastiffNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“always dark in color, the blacker the better”) | Standard (“always dark, the blacker the better”) | Standard (“muzzle, ears and nose should be black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Miniature American Shepherd | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Self Black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Miniature American ShepherdNose | Standard (“blue merles and blacks have black pigmentation on the nose leather”) | Standard (“blue merles and blacks have black pigmentation on the nose leather”) | Standard (“blacks and blue merles have black nose leather pigmentation”) | Standard (“black in blue merles and blacks”) | Standard (“blue merles and blacks have black pigmentation on the nose leather”) |
| Miniature Bull Terrier | Standard (“Black brindle ... acceptable”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“Any color other than white”) | Standard (“Black brindle ... acceptable”) | Standard (“Black brindle ... acceptable”) |
| Miniature Bull TerrierEyes | Standard (“black or as dark brown as possible so as to appear almost black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black or as dark brown as possible so as to appear almost black”) | Standard (“black, or as dark brown as possible so as to appear almost black”) |
| Miniature Bull TerrierNose | Standard (“Should be black”) | Standard (“The nose should be black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“nose which should be black”) | Standard (“nose, which should be black”) |
| Miniature Pinscher | Standard (“Lacquer black with red or brown markings”) | Standard (“Black & Rust”) | Standard (“Black, with sharply defined rust-red markings”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“Black ... with sharply defined tan markings”) |
| Miniature PinscherEyes | No ruling | Standard (“dark even to a true black”) | Standard (“dark, almost a true black”) | Standard (“Black to dark brown according to coat colour”) | Standard (“Black to dark brown according to coat colour”) |
| Miniature PinscherNose | Standard (“Noseleather well developed and black”) | Standard (“Nose black only”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) |
| Miniature Schnauzer | Standard (“Pure black with black undercoat”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Pure Black”) | Standard (“Pure black”) |
| Miniature SchnauzerNose | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“the nose must be solid black”) | Standard (“Nose is always black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) |
| Mountain Cur | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black (with or without tan or brindle points)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mountain CurNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Pigment is black or self-colored”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mudi | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| MudiNose | Standard (“Colour is black”) | Standard (“Black Dogs – Black nose”) | Standard (“Black dogs will have black pigmentation”) | Standard (“Nose colour generally black”) | Standard (“Colour is black”) |
| Neapolitan Mastiff | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Neapolitan MastiffNose | Standard (“black for black subjects”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black for black subjects”) |
| Nederlandse KooikerhondjeNose | Standard (“Black and well developed”) | Standard (“Black and well developed”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Black and well-developed”) |
| Newfoundland | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black: dull jet black may be tinged with bronze”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| NewfoundlandNose | Standard (“Black on black and white and black dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black in black, and in white and black dogs”) | Standard (“Black on black and white and black dogs”) |
| Norfolk Terrier | Standard (“black and tan”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“black and tan”) | Standard (“black and tan”) | Standard (“black and tan”) |
| Norfolk TerrierEyes | Standard (“dark brown or black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown or black”) | Standard (“dark brown or black”) |
| Norfolk TerrierNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Always black”) |
| Norrbottenspets | Standard (“Patches in black ... are tolerated”) | Standard (“Black Mask”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| NorrbottenspetsNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegian Buhund | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“solid black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Norwegian BuhundNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Norwegian Elkhound | Standard (“the black tips of the hair of the outer coat”) | Standard (“Black & Gray”) | Standard (“The muzzle, ears and tail tip are black”) | Standard (“Grey & Black”) | Standard (“the black tips of the hair of the outer coat”) |
| Norwegian ElkhoundNose | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard (“The nose is black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) |
| Norwegian Lundehund | No ruling | Standard (“Black Markings”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegian LundehundNose | No ruling | Standard (“Nose and lips are black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwich Terrier | Standard (“black and tan”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“black and tan”) | Standard (“black and tan”) | Standard (“black and tan”) |
| Norwich TerrierNose | No ruling | Standard (“Nose and lip pigment black”) | Standard (“Nose pigment is black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Nova Scotia Duck Tolling RetrieverNose | Standard (“Colour should blend with that of the coat or be black”) | Standard (“The color should blend with that of the coat, or be black”) | Standard (“Color should blend with the color of the coat or be black”) | Standard (“Nose flesh coloured or black”) | No ruling |
| Old English Sheepdog | Not recognised | Alternate (“Black & White”) | Not recognised | Standard (“Black & White”) | Not recognised |
| Old English SheepdogNose | Standard (“large and black”) | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“large and black”) | Standard (“nose large and black”) | Standard (“nose large and black”) |
| Olde English Bulldogge | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Olde English BulldoggeNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Nose color is black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Otterhound | Standard (“Black and tan”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“Black and tan”) | Standard (“Black and tan”) |
| OtterhoundNose | No ruling | Standard (“black, liver, or slate, depending on the color of the hound”) | Standard (“Dogs with black-pigmented eye rims and noses”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Papillon | Standard (“All colours are admitted on a coat with a white background”) | Standard (“White & Black”) | Standard (“white with patches of any color”) | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard (“White with patches: may be any colour except liver”) |
| PapillonNose | Standard (“Small, black and round”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“The small, black, rounded nose”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) |
| Parson Russell Terrier | Standard (“black markings”) | Standard (“white with black ... markings”) | Standard (“black ... markings”) | Standard (“black markings”) | Standard (“black markings”) |
| Parson Russell TerrierNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Must be black and fully pigmented”) | Standard (“The nose is black and fully pigmented”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Pekingese | Standard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are equally permissible”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) |
| PekingeseNose | Standard (“Black pigment essential on nose, lips and eye rims”) | Standard (“broad, short and black”) | Standard (“black in color”) | Standard (“Black pigment essential on nose, lips and eye rims”) | Standard (“Black pigment essential on nose, lips, and eye-rims”) |
| Pembroke Welsh Corgi | Standard (“black and tan”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“black and tan”) | Standard (“black and tan”) | Standard (“black and tan”) |
| Pembroke Welsh CorgiNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black and fully pigmented”) | Standard (“the black nose is fully pigmented”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“nose black”) |
| Perro de Presa Canario | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) |
| Perro de Presa CanarioNose | Standard (“strong black pigmentation”) | Standard (“strong black pigmentation”) | Standard (“wide and black”) | No ruling | Standard (“strong, black pigmentation”) |
| Peruvian Inca Orchid | Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black through slate, blue-black”) | No ruling | Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) |
| Peruvian Inca OrchidSkin and scales | Standard (“black, slate black, elephant black, bluish black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black through slate, blue-black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black, slate black, elephant black, bluish black”) |
| Peruvian Inca OrchidHairless · Skin and scales | Standard (“black, slate black, elephant black, bluish black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black through slate, blue-black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black, slate black, elephant black, bluish black”) |
| Peruvian Inca OrchidEyes | Standard (“The colour can vary from black, going through all shades of brown to yellow”) | Standard (“The color can vary from black, going through all shades of brown up to yellow”) | Standard (“They range in color from black, through all shades of brown, to yellow”) | No ruling | Standard (“The colour can vary from black, going through all shades of brown to yellow”) |
| Peruvian Inca OrchidNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black in the darker colored dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen | Standard (“Black with white spotting (white and black)”) | Standard (“White & Black”) | Standard (“tricolor”) | Standard (“black markings”) | Standard (“black markings”) |
| Petit Basset Griffon VendéenNose | Standard (“black apart from the white and orange coats”) | Standard (“Nose black and large”) | Standard (“It is black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) |
| Plott Hound | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“solid black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Plott HoundNose | No ruling | Standard (“Eye rims, lips and nose are black”) | Standard (“Fully pigmented, black in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pointer | Standard (“black and white”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black and white”) | Standard (“black and white”) |
| PointerNose | No ruling | Standard (“In the darker colors, the nose should be black or brown”) | Standard (“The nose leather may be black or self-colored”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Polish Lowland Sheepdog | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) |
| Polish Lowland SheepdogNose | No ruling | Standard (“black or brown, depending on the coat color”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pomeranian | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“any solid color”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| PomeranianNose | Standard (“pure black”) | Standard (“pigment is black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“nose black in white, orange and shaded sable dogs”) | Standard (“nose black in white, orange, and shaded sable dogs”) |
| Poodle (Miniature) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“All solid colours”) |
| Poodle (Miniature)Eyes | Standard (“Black or dark brown colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Poodle (Miniature)Nose | Standard (“Black nose in black, white and grey subjects”) | Standard (“black noses”) | Standard (“black pigment”) | Standard (“black nose”) | Standard (“black nose”) |
| Poodle (Standard) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“All solid colours”) |
| Poodle (Standard)Eyes | Standard (“Black or dark brown colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Poodle (Standard)Nose | Standard (“Black nose in black, white and grey subjects”) | Standard (“black noses”) | Standard (“black pigment”) | Standard (“black nose”) | Standard (“black nose”) |
| Poodle (Toy) | Standard (“Solid colours: Black, white, brown”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Blacks”) | Standard (“Blacks”) |
| Poodle (Toy)Eyes | Standard (“Black or dark brown colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Poodle (Toy)Nose | Standard (“Black nose in black, white and grey subjects”) | Standard (“black noses”) | Standard (“black noses”) | Standard (“black nose”) | Standard (“black nose”) |
| PorcelaineNose | Standard (“very black”) | Standard (“very black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Portuguese Podengo | Standard (“In the Small Podengo, the following colours are accepted but not preferred: black”) | Standard (“White & Black”) | Standard (“In the Pequeno ... also acceptable, but ... not preferred: tones of black”) | Standard (“black (diluted or faded)”) | No ruling |
| Portuguese Podengo Pequeno | Standard (“In the Small Podengo ... accepted but not preferred: black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“In the Pequeno ... tones of black”) | Standard (“black (diluted or faded)”) | No ruling |
| Portuguese Podengo PequenoNose | No ruling | Standard (“black or darker colored than the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Portuguese PointerNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black on dogs with chamois or similar color coats”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | No ruling |
| Portuguese Sheepdog | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Portuguese SheepdogNose | Standard (“preferably black”) | Standard (“preferably black”) | Standard (“Black color is preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Portuguese Water Dog | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Portuguese Water DogEyes | Standard (“The iris is black or brown”) | Standard (“Black or various tones of brown”) | Standard (“brown or black”) | Standard (“Black or dark brown”) | Standard (“The iris is black or brown”) |
| Portuguese Water DogNose | Standard (“Black in black, white and pied animals”) | Standard (“black in dogs with black, black and white, or white coats”) | Standard (“black in dogs with black, black and white, or white coats”) | Standard (“Black nose in black, black and white, and white dogs”) | Standard (“Black in black, white, and pied animals”) |
| Pudelpointer | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| PudelpointerNose | Standard (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the coat colour”) | Standard (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the coat colour”) | Standard (“Strongly pigmented according to the color of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pug | Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”) | Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”) | Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”) |
| PugNose | Standard (“Nose: Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) |
| Puli | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black, with or without intermingling of white hairs”) | Standard (“black”) |
| PuliNose | Standard (“rather small, black”) | Standard (“the nose is always black”) | Standard (“rather small, and always black”) | Standard (“nose relatively large and black”) | Standard (“rather small, black”) |
| Pumi | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| PumiNose | Standard (“always black in all coat colours”) | Standard (“always black in all coat colors”) | Standard (“it is always black”) | Standard (“nose black in all coat colours”) | Standard (“always black in all coat colours”) |
| Pyrenean Mastiff | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“White & Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling |
| Pyrenean MastiffNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black pigment only”) | Standard (“Large, broad and black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | No ruling |
| Pyrenean Shepherd | Standard (“black coats”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black coats”) |
| Pyrenean ShepherdSmooth-Faced | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black”) | No ruling |
| Pyrenean ShepherdNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Rafeiro do Alentejo | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rafeiro do AlentejoNose | Standard (“black coloured”) | Standard (“black coloured”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rastreador Brasileiro | Standard (“Fully mottled black and white”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rastreador BrasileiroNose | Standard (“completely black in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rat Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rat TerrierNose | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The nose is black or self-colored”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rater Valenciá | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rater ValenciáNose | Standard (“black or blending with coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Redbone CoonhoundNose | No ruling | Standard (“black in color, never pink”) | Standard (“Black in color, fully pigmented”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rhodesian RidgebackNose | Standard (“The nose should be black or brown”) | Standard (“Should be black, or brown, also known as liver”) | Standard (“The nose has black or brown pigment”) | Standard (“Nose black or brown”) | Standard (“The nose should be black or brown”) |
| Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog | Standard (“white with well-defined black or grey markings”) | Standard (“white with well-defined black or grey markings”) | Standard (“white with well defined black or gray markings”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Romanian Mioritic Shepherd DogNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Wide and black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rottweiler | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| RottweilerNose | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“The nose is broad and black in color”) | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“always black”) |
| Rough Collie | Standard (“Tricolour: predominantly black”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Tri-color: predominately black”) | Standard (“Tricolour: predominantly black”) | Standard (“Tricolour: predominantly black”) |
| Rough CollieNose | Standard (“black nose”) | Standard (“the black nose”) | Standard (“Must be black”) | Standard (“Nose always black”) | Standard (“Nose always black”) |
| Russell Terrier | Standard (“black and/or tan markings”) | Standard (“black and/or tan markings”) | Standard (“black, tan, or brown markings”) | Standard (“black and/or tan markings”) | Standard (“black and/or tan markings”) |
| Russell TerrierNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black and fully pigmented”) | Standard (“The nose is black and fully pigmented”) | Standard (“Nose and lips black”) | Standard (“The nose should be black”) |
| Russian Toy | Standard (“Black and tan”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“Black and tan”) | Standard (“Black and tan”) | Standard (“Black and tan”) |
| Russian ToyEyes | No ruling | Standard (“darkest brown to black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Russian ToyNose | Standard (“black or matching the coat colour”) | Standard (“black noses”) | Standard (“black or matches the main hair color”) | Standard (“Nose black or self-coloured”) | Standard (“black or matching the coat colour”) |
| Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Russian Tsvetnaya BolonkaNose | No ruling | Standard (“solid black or matches the coat color”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Saint Bernard | Standard (“Slight touch of black shading on body tolerated”) | No ruling | Fault (“Black on any other part of the dog is a minor fault”) | Standard (“Orange Black & White”) | Standard (“Slight touch of black shading on body tolerated”) |
| Saint BernardNose | Standard (“Black, broad and square”) | No ruling | Standard (“Nose leather is black”) | Standard (“Nose large and black”) | Standard (“Black, broad, and square”) |
| Saluki | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours is permissible”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is permissible”) | Standard (“Black Particolour”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”) |
| SalukiNose | Standard (“Black or liver brown”) | Standard (“Nose black or liver”) | Standard (“black or liver”) | Standard (“Nose black or liver”) | Standard (“Nose black or liver”) |
| SamoyedNose | Standard (“preferably black”) | Standard (“black for preference”) | Standard (“black is preferred”) | Standard (“black for preference”) | Standard (“preferably black”) |
| Schapendoes | Standard (“Preference is given to blue-grey to black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“preference is given to blue-grey to black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Schipperke | Standard (“Totally black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“solid black”) | Standard (“jet black”) | Standard (“jet black”) |
| SchipperkeNose | Standard (“nose leather always black”) | Standard (“The nose is small and black”) | Standard (“black for the black and blonde”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) |
| Scottish Deerhound | Not recognised | Standard (“Black”) | Not recognised | Standard (“Black & Grey”) | Not recognised |
| Scottish DeerhoundNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“The nose should be black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Scottish Terrier | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Scottish TerrierEyes | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown or nearly black, the darker the better”) | Standard (“dark brown or nearly black, the darker the better”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish TerrierNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black, regardless of coat color”) | Standard (“black, regardless of coat color”) | Standard (“Nose large, black”) | Standard (“Nose large, black”) |
| Sealyham TerrierNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Fully pigmented, black in color”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Segugio Italiano | Standard (“the black and tan”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“black and tan”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Segugio ItalianoShorthaired | Standard (“the black and tan”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“black and tan”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Segugio ItalianoWirehaired | Standard (“black and tan”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“black and tan”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Segugio ItalianoNose | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“always black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Shetland Sheepdog | Standard (“Tricolour: intense black on body”) | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Tricolour: intense black on body”) | Standard (“Tricolour: intense black on body”) |
| Shetland SheepdogNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Nose must be black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“Nose, lips and eye rims black”) | Standard (“Nose, lips, and eye-rims black”) |
| Shiba Inu | Standard (“black and tan, ... black sesame”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“BLACK-AND-TAN”) | Standard (“Black and Tan: Dull black with a bronze cast”) | Standard (“black and tan, ... black sesame”) |
| Shiba InuNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Nose is black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“Black nose preferred”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Shih Tzu | Standard (“All colours permissible”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standard (“Solid Black”) | Standard (“All colours permissible”) |
| Shih TzuNose | Standard (“Nose: Black”) | Standard (“black on all colors”) | Standard (“Nose pigment is black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) |
| Shikoku | Standard (“black and tan”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“black sesame (more black than white hairs)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| ShikokuNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siberian Husky | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“all colors, from black to pure white”) | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Siberian HuskyNose | Standard (“black in black, grey, sable or agouti dogs”) | Standard (“black in black, gray, sable, or agouti dogs”) | Standard (“black in black, gray or tan dogs”) | Standard (“black in grey, tan or black dogs”) | Standard (“black in black, grey, sable, or agouti dogs”) |
| Silky Terrier | Standard (“Black colouring is permissible in puppies”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“Black coloring is acceptable in puppies”) | Standard (“Black colouring permissible in puppies”) | Standard (“Black colouring is permissible in puppies”) |
| Silky TerrierNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Skye Terrier | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Skye TerrierNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The nose is always black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Sloughi | Standard (“with or without black mantle”) | Standard (“black mantle (black and sand or black and brindle)”) | Standard (“black mantle”) | Standard (“Black mantle with sand or brindle points”) | Standard (“With or without black mantle”) |
| SloughiNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Nose and lips black, may be slightly lighter in dilute colours”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Slovensky CuvacNose | Standard (“Black, especially in summer”) | Standard (“Black, especially in summer”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Slovensky Kopov | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Slovensky KopovNose | Standard (“Always black in colour”) | Standard (“Always black in colour”) | Standard (“The black nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Smooth Collie | Standard (“Tricolour: Predominantly black”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Tri-color: predominately black”) | Standard (“Tricolour: predominantly black”) | Standard (“Tricolour: predominantly black”) |
| Smooth CollieNose | Standard (“Always black”) | Standard (“the black nose”) | Standard (“Must be black”) | Standard (“Nose always black”) | Standard (“Always black”) |
| Smooth Fox Terrier | Standard (“black and tan or black markings”) | Standard (“White & Black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black and tan or black markings”) | Standard (“black and tan, or black markings”) |
| Smooth Fox TerrierNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“should be black”) | Standard (“The nose is black and fully pigmented”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) |
| Soft Coated Wheaten TerrierNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“solid black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Spanish Greyhound | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) |
| Spanish GreyhoundNose | Standard (“black mucous membrane”) | No ruling | Standard (“Small, moist and black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black mucous membrane”) |
| Spanish Mastiff | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Spanish MastiffNose | Standard (“Black, wet, big and broad”) | Standard (“Black, wet, big and broad”) | Standard (“Large, broad and black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Spanish Water Dog | Standard (“white, black and chestnut in their different shades”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“all shades of black or brown”) | Standard (“Solid black, brown or white of various shades”) | No ruling |
| Spanish Water DogNose | No ruling | Standard (“Beige or white dogs may have either black or brown pigment”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Stabyhoun | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black”) |
| StabyhounNose | Standard (“Black in dogs with a black and white coat colour”) | Standard (“Black in dogs with a black and white coat colour”) | Standard (“black or brown in color, depending on the color of the coat”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black in dogs with a black and white coat colour”) |
| Staffordshire Bull Terrier | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Staffordshire Bull TerrierNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black nose”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black or as dark as possible in blue dogs”) | Standard (“black or as dark as possible in blue dogs”) |
| Standard Schnauzer | Standard (“Pure black with black undercoat”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Pure black”) | Standard (“Pure black with black undercoat”) |
| Standard SchnauzerNose | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“Nose is large, black and full”) | Standard (“Always black in color”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“always black”) |
| Swedish Lapphund | Standard (“Usually solid black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“usually solid black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling |
| Swedish LapphundNose | Standard (“Preferably charcoal black, very dark or in harmony with coat colour”) | Standard (“Preferably charcoal black, very dark or in harmony with coat colour”) | No ruling | Standard (“Nose dark, preferably black”) | No ruling |
| Swedish Vallhund | Disqualifying (“black ... coat colour”) | Fault (“Black”) | Standard (“a black sable coat ... is permissible”) | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“black ... coat colour”) |
| Swedish VallhundNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“pigmentation - black”) | Standard (“always solid black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Taiwan Dog | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Taiwan DogNose | Standard (“Black in colour, but can be slightly lighter in other colours than black”) | Standard (“Black in colour, but can be slightly lighter in other colours than black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Teddy Roosevelt Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Black & White”) | Standard (“any variety of colors”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Teddy Roosevelt TerrierNose | No ruling | Standard (“self-colored, corresponding with the body color”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Thai Ridgeback | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black”) |
| Thai RidgebackNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) |
| Tibetan Mastiff | Standard (“Rich black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Rich black”) | Standard (“Rich black”) |
| Tibetan MastiffNose | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Pigmentation on lips, nose and eye rims is black”) | Standard (“Broad, black”) | No ruling |
| Tibetan Spaniel | Standard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“All colors and combinations of colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”) |
| Tibetan SpanielNose | Standard (“Black preferred”) | Standard (“Black nose preferred”) | Standard (“A black nose is preferred”) | Standard (“black preferred”) | Standard (“Black preferred”) |
| Tibetan Terrier | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors, including white, are acceptable”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Tibetan TerrierNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“always black”) | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Tornjak | Standard (“dogs with a black mantle”) | Standard (“dogs with a black mantle”) | Standard (“dogs with a black mantle (all over the body)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tosa | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“dull black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black”) |
| TosaNose | Standard (“Large and black”) | Standard (“Large and black”) | Standard (“always solid black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Large and black”) |
| Toy Fox Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“White & Black”) | Standard (“White and Black”) | No ruling | Standard (“White and black”) |
| Toy Fox TerrierNose | No ruling | Standard (“Black only”) | Standard (“The nose is black in color”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black only”) |
| Transylvanian Hound | Standard (“The primary colour of the Hungarian Hound is black”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“a black base color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Transylvanian HoundNose | Standard (“the colour is black”) | Standard (“the colour is black”) | Standard (“The nose is wide and black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Treeing Tennessee Brindle | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black with brindle trim”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Treeing Walker Coonhound | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black may be the predominant color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Treeing Walker CoonhoundEyes | No ruling | Standard (“dark in color, brown or black”) | Standard (“Color is dark, brown or black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Treeing Walker CoonhoundNose | No ruling | Standard (“Nostrils large and black”) | Standard (“black pigment preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Welsh Springer SpanielNose | No ruling | Standard (“black or any shade of brown”) | Standard (“black or any shade of brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Welsh Terrier | Standard (“black and tan for preference”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“the black jacket”) | Standard (“black and tan for preference”) | Standard (“black and tan for preference”) |
| Welsh TerrierNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black in color”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| West Highland White TerrierNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“large and black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“nose black”) |
| Whippet | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Color is inconsequential”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) |
| WhippetNose | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“entirely black”) | Standard (“Nose black or blue depending on coat colour”) | Standard (“Nose black or blue depending on coat colour”) |
| White Swiss Shepherd DogNose | Standard (“black pigmentation desired”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Nose black”) | Standard (“black pigmentation desired”) |
| Wire Fox Terrier | Standard (“black ... markings”) | Standard (“White & Black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black ... markings”) | Standard (“black ... markings”) |
| Wire Fox TerrierNose | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“nose should be black”) | Standard (“black and fully pigmented”) | Standard (“nose black”) | Standard (“nose black”) |
| Working Kelpie | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Xoloitzcuintli | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| XoloitzcuintliCoated | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| XoloitzcuintliSkin and scales | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| XoloitzcuintliHairless · Skin and scales | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| XoloitzcuintliEyes | Standard (“black, brown, hazel, amber or yellow tones”) | Standard (“The color varies from yellow to black”) | No ruling | Standard (“black, brown, hazel, amber or yellow tones”) | Standard (“black, brown, hazel, amber, or yellow tones”) |
| Yakutian Laika | Standard (“White and any patching (bicolour or tricolour)”) | Standard (“White & Black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black & White”) | No ruling |
| Yakutian LaikaNose | Standard (“black or brown in colour”) | Standard (“Black or brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“black or brown”) | No ruling |
| Yorkshire Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Standard (“Puppies are born black and tan”) | Standard (“Black & Tan”) | Not recognised |
| Yorkshire TerrierNose | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“The nose is black”) | Standard (“black nose”) | Standard (“black nose”) |
| Yugoslavian Shepherd DogNose | Standard (“Broad and black”) | No ruling | Standard (“broad and black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Belgian Laekenois | Disqualifying | Alternate (“Black & Tan”) | Not recognised (“the rough haired other than black”) | Not recognised | Disqualifying |
| Border Terrier | Not recognised | Alternate (“Black & Tan”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | Not recognised |
Breeds where Black is a fault
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AkitaTongue | No ruling | Fault (“black or spotted tongue (Japanese Akitainu)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AkitaJapanese · Tongue | No ruling | Fault (“black or spotted tongue”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australian Terrier | Not recognised | Fault (“All black body coat in the adult dog”) | Fault (“All black coat (except in puppies)”) | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound | Fault (“black colour with red markings”) | Fault (“black colour with red markings”) | Fault (“Any other color, including black and tan”) | No ruling | Fault (“black colour with red markings”) |
| Chinook | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Black”) | Fault | No ruling | No ruling |
| Czechoslovakian VlcakEyes | Fault (“Dark brown, black or different coloured eyes”) | No ruling | Fault (“Dark brown or black eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Golden Retriever | Not recognised | Fault (“Any noticeable area of black or other off-color hair is a serious fault”) | Fault (“Any noticeable area of black or other off-color hair”) | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Golden RetrieverEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“eyes too dark, creating a blank expression”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Great Pyrenees | Disqualifying | No ruling | Disqualifying | Fault (“Black patches going right down to the roots highly undesirable”) | Disqualifying |
| Kromfohrlander | Fault (“Black shaded patches without brown undercoat”) | No ruling | Fault (“Black shaded patches without brown undercoat”) | No ruling | Fault (“Black shaded patches without brown undercoat”) |
| Labrador RetrieverEyes | No ruling | Fault (“Black, or yellow eyes give a harsh expression and are undesirable”) | Fault (“eyes too dark”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever | Disqualifying (“black areas in coat”) | Disqualifying (“black areas in coat”) | Disqualifying (“black areas in coat”) | Fault (“Any black in coat”) | No ruling |
| Pembroke Welsh CorgiEyes | No ruling | Fault (“true black eyes are most undesirable”) | Fault (“black-... colored eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SamoyedEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light or black eyes undesirable”) | No ruling |
| SchapendoesEyes | Fault (“they should not give the impression of being black”) | Fault (“they should not give the impression of being black”) | Fault (“should not give the impression of being black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sealyham Terrier | Fault (“Much black ... undesirable”) | Not recognised | Fault (“Heavy black markings”) | Fault (“Black patches ... on body undesirable”) | Fault (“Much black ... undesirable”) |
| Vizsla | Not recognised | Not recognised | Fault (“Any noticeable area of black in the coat”) | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| VizslaEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Yellow or black eye undesirable”) | Fault (“Yellow or black eye undesirable”) |
| Wirehaired VizslaEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Yellow or black eye undesirable”) | No ruling |
Breeds where Black is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berger Picard | Disqualifying (“black”) | Disqualifying (“solid black”) | Disqualifying (“pure black”) | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“black”) |
| Boerboel | No ruling | Disqualifying | Disqualifying (“Solid black”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“A piebald or black dog”) |
| Bracco Italiano | Disqualifying (“Coat black, white and black”) | Disqualifying (“Any trace of black on coat or mucous membranes”) | Disqualifying (“Black, black and white”) | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“Coat black, white and black”) |
| Bracco ItalianoNose | Disqualifying (“Pigmentation of skin and annexes with traces of black”) | Disqualifying (“Any trace of black on coat or mucous membranes”) | Disqualifying (“Mucous membranes or skin that is black or has traces of black”) | Not recognised (“pale pink to dark brown, depending on coat colour, but never black”) | Disqualifying (“Pigmentation of skin and annexes with traces of black”) |
| Braque du Bourbonnais | Disqualifying (“Presence of black (hair or nose)”) | Disqualifying (“Presence of black (hair or nose)”) | Disqualifying (“Any black in coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Braque du BourbonnaisNose | Disqualifying (“Presence of black (hair or nose)”) | Disqualifying (“Presence of black (hair or nose)”) | Disqualifying (“Black nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Caucasian Shepherd Dog | Disqualifying (“Black colour in any variation; solid; diluted; piebald, spotted or as saddle”) | Disqualifying (“Black & Gray”) | Disqualifying (“Solid black”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Black colour in any variation; solid; diluted; piebald, spotted or as saddle”) |
| Chesapeake Bay Retriever | Disqualifying (“Black coloured”) | Disqualifying (“Black colored”) | Disqualifying (“Black color”) | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“Black coloured”) |
| Cirneco dell’Etna | Disqualifying (“Coat colour that is solid ... black; black or brown patches or black or brown hairs”) | Disqualifying (“any presence of black, whether patches, hairs, or pigmentation”) | Disqualifying (“Any black, brown or brindle in the coat”) | Not recognised | No ruling |
| Cirneco dell’EtnaNose | Disqualifying (“Nose leather black or without any pigmentation”) | Disqualifying (“any presence of black ... pigmentation including of mucous membranes”) | Disqualifying (“Black nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Coton de Tulear | Disqualifying (“any marking of a definite black”) | Disqualifying (“Black”) | Disqualifying (“Any black marking on the coat”) | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“any marking of a definite black”) |
| Deutscher Wachtelhund | Disqualifying (“Black coat colour”) | Disqualifying (“Black coat colour”) | Disqualifying (“Black hair color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| French Bulldog | Disqualifying (“black”) | Disqualifying (“solid black”) | Disqualifying (“black”) | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“black”) |
| Ibizan HoundNose | Disqualifying (“black spots on nose leather”) | Disqualifying (“never black or liver”) | Disqualifying (“black spots on the nose leather”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“black spots on nose leather”) |
| Kangal Shepherd Dog | No ruling | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Dogs with a white, black, chocolate, red or liver main body color”) | Not recognised | No ruling |
| Lagotto Romagnolo | Disqualifying (“Black coat colour, black patches”) | Disqualifying (“Black or gray coat or patches”) | Not recognised | Not recognised (“black in any form”) | Disqualifying (“Black coat colour, black patches”) |
| Lagotto RomagnoloNose | Disqualifying (“black pigmentation”) | Disqualifying (“black pigmentation”) | No ruling | Not recognised (“black in any form”) | Disqualifying (“black pigmentation”) |
| Leonberger | Disqualifying (“Faulty colours (... black and tan; black ...)”) | Disqualifying (“black must not be the basic color”) | Disqualifying (“Off colors, such as ... black and tan”) | Not recognised (“Black must not dominate basic colour”) | Disqualifying (“Faulty colours (... black and tan; black ...)”) |
| Nederlandse Kooikerhondje | Disqualifying (“Colour that is black and white or tricolour”) | Disqualifying (“Color that is black and white or tri-color”) | Disqualifying (“Patches of black on a white background”) | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“Colour that is black and white or tricolour”) |
| Rhodesian Ridgeback | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“Solid black”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Spinone Italiano | Disqualifying (“black in any combination”) | Disqualifying (“Any black in the coat”) | Disqualifying (“Any black coat coloring”) | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“black in any combination”) |
| Spinone ItalianoNose | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Any black pigmentation”) | Disqualifying (“Black pigmentation of the skin or mucous membranes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| VizslaNose | No ruling | Disqualifying (“A partially or completely black nose is a disqualification”) | Disqualifying (“with the exception of black, which is a disqualification”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Weimaraner | Disqualifying | Disqualifying (“A distinctly blue or black coat”) | Disqualifying (“distinctly black-colored coat”) | Not recognised | Disqualifying |
| Wirehaired Pointing Griffon | No ruling | Disqualifying (“A black coat disqualifies”) | Disqualifying (“Black coat or nose color”) | Not recognised | No ruling |
| Wirehaired Pointing GriffonNose | No ruling | Disqualifying | Disqualifying (“Black coat or nose color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Wirehaired VizslaNose | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Any black on the nose is a disqualification”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Glen of Imaal Terrier | Not recognised (“Blue brindle but not toning to black”) | Not recognised (“Blue may range from silver to deepest slate, but not black”) | Not recognised (“The blue should not tone to black”) | Not recognised | Not recognised (“Blue brindle, but not toning to black”) |
| Andalusian Podenco | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Biewer Yorkshire a la Pom-Pon | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Biewer Yorkshire a la Pom-PonNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bodeguero Andaluz | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bodeguero AndaluzNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hortaya borzaya | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hortaya borzayaNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Welsh Sheepdog | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Color changes
How Black can appear or change over an animal's life.
Blackchanges toRust
Coat · With body condition · can change back
Blackchanges toGrey
Coat · Progressive
Blackchanges toBrown
Coat · In the sun · can change back
Blackchanges toSnow nose
Nose · With the season · can change back
Blackchanges toPink
Nose · With the season · can change back
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