Dog color
Light brown
A pale, warm brown: a light-brown eye, the shell of light-brown layers, and the light brown fleece of alpacas.
150 Dog breeds list Light brown. It is in a club standard for 47 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 8 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Light brown
| Breed | FCI | KUSA | AKC | UKC | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghan HoundEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“eyes ... light in color”) | Standard (“lighter shades of brown are acceptable in light-colored dogs”) | No ruling |
| Alaskan MalamuteEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“in red and white dogs where light eyes are permissible”) |
| American Water SpanielEyes | Standard (“a light yellowish brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“a light yellowish brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Appenzeller SennenhundEyes | Standard (“in havana brown dogs lighter brown, but as dark as possible”) | Standard (“in havana-brown dogs lighter brown, but as dark as possible”) | Standard (“in havana brown dogs lighter brown, but as dark as possible”) | Standard (“in Havana brown dogs, they may be lighter brown”) | No ruling |
| Australian KelpieEyes | Standard (“In the case of blue dogs a lighter coloured eye is permissible”) | Standard (“In the case of blue dogs a lighter-coloured eye is permissible”) | Standard (“In the case of blue dogs a lighter coloured eye is permissible”) | Standard (“In the case of blue (gray) dogs, a lighter-colored eye is acceptable”) | No ruling |
| Bearded CollieEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“in a born blue or fawn, the distinctively lighter eyes are correct”) | Standard (“lighter-colored eyes are characteristic of the dogs born blue or fawn”) | No ruling |
| Bluetick CoonhoundEyes | No ruling | Standard (“never lighter than light brown”) | Standard (“never lighter than light brown”) | Standard (“not lighter than light brown”) | No ruling |
| BriardEyes | Standard (“in blue dogs, paler coloured eyes are permitted”) | Standard (“in blue dogs, paler-coloured eyes are permitted”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cane CorsoEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lighter shades are approved”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Carpathian SheepdogEyes | Standard (“Eyes maybe lighter in color but never yellow”) | No ruling | Standard (“Eyes maybe lighter in color but never yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cesky TerrierEyes | Standard (“light brown in light-coffee-brown dogs”) | Standard (“light brown in light coffee-brown dogs”) | Standard (“the color being lighter in coffee-colored dogs”) | Standard (“light brown in the light coffee brown dogs”) | Standard (“in light brown dogs – light to dark brown”) |
| ChihuahuaEyes | Fault (“Light eyes permissible, but not desired”) | Standard (“Light eyes in light colours permissible”) | Standard (“Light eyes in blond or white-colored dogs permissible”) | Fault (“Light eyes in dogs with pale coat colors are permissible but not desirable”) | Standard (“Light eyes in light colours permissible”) |
| Chinese CrestedEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lighter-colored dogs may have lighter-colored eyes”) | Standard (“may be somewhat lighter in light colored dogs”) | No ruling |
| Chinese Shar-PeiEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Dogs with self-coloured pigment and amber or light brown eyes”) |
| Chow ChowEyes | Standard (“A matching coloured eye permissible in blues and fawns”) | Standard (“In blues and fawns, lighter colours permissible in keeping with coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“In blues and fawns, lighter colours permissible in keeping with coat colour”) |
| DachshundEyes | No ruling | Standard (“except in chocolates, where they can be lighter”) | No ruling | Fault (“insufficiently dark eyes”) | Standard (“except in chocolates, where they can be lighter”) |
| DalmatianEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“light brown to amber in liver spotted dogs”) | No ruling |
| Dogue de BordeauxEyes | Standard (“lighter colour tolerated but not sought after (brown mask or no mask)”) | Standard (“lighter colour tolerated, but not sought after (brown mask or no mask)”) | Standard (“lighter color tolerated but not sought after (brown mask or no mask)”) | Standard (“Lighter eye colors are acceptable but not preferred”) | Standard (“lighter colour tolerated in dogs with brown mask or no mask”) |
| English SetterEyes | Standard (“In liver beltons only, a lighter eye acceptable”) | Standard (“In liver beltons only, a lighter eye acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“In liver beltons only, a lighter eye acceptable”) |
| Finnish LapphundEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lighter in lighter colored dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| French BulldogEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Lighter brown colored eyes are acceptable, but not desirable”) | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling |
| German ShepherdEyes | Fault (“light, piercing eyes are undesirable”) | Fault (“light, piercing eyes are undesirable”) | No ruling | Fault (“light eyes”) | Standard (“lighter shade tolerated”) |
| German SpitzEyes | Fault (“too big and too light eyes”) | Fault (“too big or too light eyes”) | Standard (“the brown dog may have a lighter brown eye”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Great DaneEyes | Standard (“in blue dogs slightly lighter eyes are tolerated”) | Standard (“in blue dogs slightly lighter eyes are tolerated”) | No ruling | Standard (“A slightly lighter shade of brown is acceptable, but not preferred, in the blue Danes”) | No ruling |
| HarrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Lighter eye color in the lighter colored dogs is acceptable”) | No ruling |
| HavaneseEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate dogs may have somewhat lighter brown eyes”) | No ruling | Standard (“In brown shades eyes can be a slightly lighter colour”) |
| Icelandic SheepdogEyes | Standard (“can be slightly lighter in chocolate brown and some cream dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“can be slightly lighter in chocolate brown and some cream dogs”) | Standard (“the eyes may be somewhat lighter”) | Standard (“can be slightly lighter in chocolate brown and some cream dogs”) |
| Kangal Shepherd DogEyes | Standard (“Dark brown to light brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown to light brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lancashire HeelerEyes | Standard (“except in liver brown where they may be lighter to match coat colour”) | Standard (“except in liver brown where they may be lighter to match coat colour”) | Standard (“except in liver where they may be lighter to match coat color”) | No ruling | Standard (“except in liver where they may be lighter to match coat colour”) |
| LeonbergerEyes | Standard (“Light brown to as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“Light brown to as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“Dark brown is preferred over light brown”) | Standard (“light to dark brown in color, with dark brown preferred”) | No ruling |
| LöwchenEyes | Disqualifying (“too light”) | Disqualifying (“too light”) | Standard (“lighter colored dogs may have lighter brown eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Miniature PinscherEyes | No ruling | Fault (“light eyes undesirable in any coat colour”) | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate, blue & fawn (Isabella) dogs may have a lighter eye pigment”) | Fault (“light eyes undesirable in any coat colour”) |
| MudiEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown, gray and gray-brown may have lighter brown eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| NewfoundlandEyes | Standard (“lighter shades permitted in brown dogs”) | Standard (“lighter shades permitted in brown dogs”) | Standard (“Browns and Grays may have lighter eyes”) | Standard (“lighter shades are permitted in the brown and gray dogs”) | Standard (“lighter shades of brown ... permitted in brown dogs”) |
| Olde English BulldoggeEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark to light brown”) | No ruling |
| PointerEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Lighter-colored eyes are acceptable in dogs with self-colored pigment”) | No ruling |
| Polish Lowland SheepdogEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“it is natural in a dog with chocolate pigment to have a lighter eye”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Portuguese Podengo PequenoEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“from light to dark brown”) |
| Romanian Mioritic Shepherd DogEyes | Standard (“or slightly lighter”) | No ruling | Standard (“or slightly lighter”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Russian ToyEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate and Tan dogs have eyes that are brown to light brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Lighter eyes permitted in self-coloured dogs”) |
| Russian Tsvetnaya BolonkaEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Lighter brown color is allowed in brown, fawn and cream dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Shih TzuEyes | Standard (“In liver or liver-marked dogs, lighter eye colour permissible”) | Standard (“In liver or liver-marked dogs, lighter eye colour permissible”) | Standard (“Lighter on liver pigmented dogs and blue pigmented dogs”) | Standard (“may be lighter in liver and blue-pigmented dogs”) | Standard (“In liver or liver-marked dogs, lighter eye colour permissible”) |
| Spanish Water DogEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“White dogs may have either light brown or dark brown eyes”) | No ruling |
| StabyhounEyes | Standard (“a lighter brown colour for dogs with a brown and white coat colour”) | Standard (“a lighter brown colour for dogs with a brown and white coat colour”) | Standard (“a lighter brown colour for dogs with a brown and white coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tibetan MastiffEyes | Standard (“any shade of brown”) | Standard (“any shade of brown”) | Standard (“any shade of brown”) | Standard (“Any shade of brown”) | No ruling |
| Welsh Springer SpanielEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“lighter shades of brown are acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Yugoslavian Shepherd DogEyes | Standard (“dark or light brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Light brown is a fault
| Breed | FCI | KUSA | AKC | UKC | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AffenpinscherEyes | Fault (“Light eyes”) | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Airedale TerrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light or bold eyes are highly undesirable”) | No ruling |
| AkitaEyes | Fault (“light eyes (American Akita)”) | Fault (“light eyes (American Akita)”) | Fault (“light colored irises (Japanese Akitainu)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AkitaJapanese · Eyes | Fault (“iris light in colour”) | Fault (“iris light in colour”) | Fault (“light colored irises”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AkitaAmerican · Eyes | Fault (“light eyes”) | Fault (“light eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Hairless TerrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light-colored eyes in a dog with black coat color or black pigment”) | No ruling |
| American Staffordshire TerrierEyes | Fault (“Light eyes”) | Fault (“Light ... eyes”) | Fault (“light ... eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australian TerrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light-colored ... eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AzawakhEyes | Disqualifying (“Light eyes”) | Disqualifying (“Light eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light eyes undesirable”) |
| BarbetEyes | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Basset Artésien NormandEyes | Fault (“Eyes light”) | Fault (“Eyes light”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Basset Fauve de BretagneEyes | Fault (“Eyes: Light”) | Fault (“Eyes: Light”) | Fault (“A light eye”) | Disqualifying (“Extremely light eyes”) | No ruling |
| Basset HoundEyes | Fault (“Light or yellow eye highly undesirable”) | Fault (“Light or yellow eye undesirable”) | Fault (“A somewhat lighter-colored eye ... is acceptable but not desirable”) | No ruling | Fault (“Light or yellow eye undesirable”) |
| Belgian LaekenoisEyes | Fault (“Eyes: light, round”) | Fault (“Eyes: light, round”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Belgian MalinoisEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light eyes are a fault”) | Fault (“very light ... eyes”) | No ruling |
| Belgian ShepherdEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“very light ... eyes”) | No ruling |
| Belgian TervurenEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light, yellow or round eyes are a fault”) | Fault (“very light ... eyes”) | No ruling |
| Berger PicardEyes | Fault (“eyes very light in colour”) | Fault (“eyes very light in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bichon FriseEyes | Fault (“Eyes: Light-coloured”) | No ruling | Fault | Fault | No ruling |
| Black and Tan CoonhoundEyes | Fault (“Yellow or light eyes”) | No ruling | Fault (“Penalize yellow or light eyes”) | No ruling | Fault (“Yellow or light eyes undesirable”) |
| Black Russian TerrierEyes | Fault (“light coloured eyes”) | Fault (“light-coloured eyes”) | Fault (“Light eyes are a serious fault”) | Fault (“Light colored eyes”) | No ruling |
| BorzoiEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light-colored eyes”) | No ruling |
| Bouvier des FlandresEyes | Fault (“light ... eyes should be strongly penalised”) | Fault (“light ... eyes should be strongly penalised”) | Fault (“yellow or light eyes”) | Fault (“yellow or light eyes”) | No ruling |
| Braque du BourbonnaisEyes | Fault (“Eyes too light”) | No ruling | Fault (“Eyes too light”) | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling |
| BrittanyEyes | Fault (“Eyes: Light, mean look”) | Fault (“Eyes: Light, mean look”) | Fault (“Light and mean-looking eyes should be heavily penalized”) | Fault (“Light-colored eyes”) | No ruling |
| Brussels GriffonEyes | Fault (“Small, oval or light-coloured eyes are a fault”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BullmastiffEyes | Fault (“Light or yellow eyes highly undesirable”) | Fault (“Light or yellow eyes undesirable”) | No ruling | Fault (“Light or yellow eyes”) | Fault (“Light or yellow eyes undesirable”) |
| CanaanEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“the lighter the eye, the more serious the fault”) | No ruling |
| Cavalier King Charles SpanielEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Clumber SpanielEyes | Fault (“Full light eyes highly undesirable”) | Fault (“Full light eyes highly undesirable”) | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Full light eyes highly undesirable”) |
| Coton de TulearEyes | Fault (“Eyes: Light”) | Fault (“Eyes: Light”) | Disqualifying | No ruling | No ruling |
| Doberman PinscherEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light eyes in black dogs undesirable”) |
| Dogo ArgentinoEyes | Fault (“light or yellow”) | Fault (“light or yellow”) | No ruling | Disqualifying | No ruling |
| DreverEyes | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling | Fault (“Light eyes”) | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling |
| English Springer SpanielEyes | Fault (“Light eyes undesirable”) | Fault (“Light eyes undesirable”) | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light eyes undesirable”) |
| Estrela Mountain DogEyes | Fault (“Eyes: Light coloured”) | Fault (“Eyes: Light-coloured”) | Fault (“Eyes: Light coloured”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Finnish SpitzEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light eyes should be faulted”) | Fault (“Light”) | No ruling |
| French SpanielEyes | Fault (“Eye colour too light”) | No ruling | Fault (“Eye colour too light”) | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling |
| German Shorthaired PointerEyes | Fault (“Eyes too light”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Giant SchnauzerEyes | Fault (“Light, too large or round eyes”) | Fault (“Light, too large or round eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Glen of Imaal TerrierEyes | Fault (“Light eyes should be penalised”) | Fault (“Light eyes should be penalised”) | Fault (“Light eyes should be penalized”) | Fault (“Light eyes”) | Fault (“Light eyes undesirable”) |
| Golden RetrieverEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling |
| Grand Basset Griffon VendéenEyes | Fault (“Light eye”) | Fault (“light eye”) | No ruling | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling |
| Greater Swiss Mountain DogEyes | Fault (“Light eyes”) | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| HamiltonstovareEyes | Fault (“Light eyes”) | Fault (“Light eyes”) | Fault (“Light eyes”) | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling |
| HovawartEyes | Fault (“One lightbrown eye or two lightbrown eyes”) | No ruling | Fault (“One lightbrown eye or two lightbrown eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Irish TerrierEyes | Fault (“A yellow or light eye is most objectionable”) | Fault (“A light or yellow eye undesirable”) | Fault (“The light or yellow eye is most objectionable, and is a bad fault”) | Fault (“Light or yellow eyes”) | Fault (“A light or yellow eye undesirable”) |
| Irish WolfhoundEyes | Fault (“Very light eyes”) | Fault (“Very light eyes”) | No ruling | Fault (“Very light eyes”) | No ruling |
| Italian GreyhoundEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Very light eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| JagdterrierEyes | Fault (“Light, too big or protruding eyes”) | No ruling | Fault (“Light, too big or protruding eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kai KenEyes | Fault (“Light-coloured eyes”) | No ruling | Fault (“light colored eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| KeeshondEyes | Fault (“Too big and too light eyes”) | Fault (“Too big and too light eyes”) | Fault (“eyes light of color”) | Fault (“Light-colored eyes”) | No ruling |
| Kerry Blue TerrierEyes | Fault (“Yellow or light coloured eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light eyes”) | No ruling |
| KomondorEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light-colored eyes”) | No ruling |
| KromfohrlanderEyes | Fault (“Light eyes”) | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lakeland TerrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light eyes undesirable”) |
| Lapponian HerderEyes | Fault (“Very light eyes in black dogs”) | No ruling | Fault (“Very light eyes in black dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Miniature SchnauzerEyes | Fault (“Light, too large or round eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling |
| Norwegian BuhundEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light eyes”) | No ruling |
| Norwegian ElkhoundEyes | Fault (“Light eyes”) | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English SheepdogEyes | Fault (“light eyes undesirable”) | Fault (“light eyes undesirable”) | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light eyes undesirable”) |
| PapillonEyes | Fault (“light in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Parson Russell TerrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light ... eye”) | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling |
| Petit Basset Griffon VendéenEyes | Fault (“Light eye”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| PomeranianEyes | Fault (“too big and too light eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Poodle (Miniature)Eyes | Fault (“not dark enough”) | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“very light eyes”) | No ruling |
| Poodle (Standard)Eyes | Fault (“not dark enough”) | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“very light eyes”) | No ruling |
| Poodle (Toy)Eyes | Fault (“Eyes: too big and too round, or sunken, not dark enough”) | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“very light eyes”) | No ruling |
| PorcelaineEyes | Disqualifying (“Eyes ... light”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Eyes ... light”) | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling |
| Portuguese PointerEyes | Fault (“Eyes: Small, light, inexpressive”) | No ruling | Fault (“Eyes: Small, light, inexpressive”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Portuguese Water DogEyes | Fault (“Eyes: Light”) | Fault (“Eyes: Light”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pyrenean ShepherdEyes | Fault (“light ... eyes”) | Fault (“light ... eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rafeiro do AlentejoEyes | Fault (“Eyes: Light coloured”) | No ruling | Fault (“Eyes: Light coloured”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rat TerrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light-colored eyes in a dog with black coat color or black pigment”) | No ruling |
| RottweilerEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light eye undesirable”) |
| Russell TerrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling |
| SamoyedEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light or black eyes undesirable”) |
| SchipperkeEyes | Fault (“light in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling |
| Scottish DeerhoundEyes | Fault (“Light eyes undesirable”) | Fault (“Light eyes undesirable”) | No ruling | Fault (“Very light-colored eyes”) | Fault (“Light eyes undesirable”) |
| Scottish TerrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light eyes”) | Fault (“light eyes”) | No ruling |
| Sealyham TerrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light ... eye bad faults”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Shetland SheepdogEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Eyes too light”) | No ruling |
| Shiba InuEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light brown ... eyes”) | No ruling |
| Silky TerrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light eyes are a serious fault”) | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling |
| SloughiEyes | Fault (“Too light-coloured eyes”) | Fault (“Too light-coloured eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Slovensky KopovEyes | Fault (“light eye”) | No ruling | Fault (“light eye”) | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling |
| Small Munsterlander PointerEyes | Fault (“Eyes too light”) | Fault (“Eyes too light”) | Fault (“Eyes too light or light-yellow hawk eyes are severe faults”) | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling |
| Smooth Fox TerrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light eyes”) | No ruling |
| Spanish GreyhoundEyes | Fault (“Eyes light”) | Fault (“Eyes light”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Staffordshire Bull TerrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light eyes ... to be considered a fault”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Standard SchnauzerEyes | Fault (“Light, too large or round eyes”) | Fault (“Light, too large, or round eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sussex SpanielEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Swedish VallhundEyes | Fault (“light eyes giving wrong expression”) | Fault (“light eyes giving wrong expression”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tibetan SpanielEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“light eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Toy Fox TerrierEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light color”) | No ruling |
| Treeing Walker CoonhoundEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“yellow or light eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| West Highland White TerrierEyes | Fault (“light coloured eyes highly undesirable”) | Fault (“light-coloured eyes undesirable”) | No ruling | Fault (“light-colored eyes”) | Fault (“light-coloured eyes undesirable”) |
| WhippetEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light eyes are undesirable”) | Fault (“Yellow or light eyes”) | No ruling |
| Wire Fox TerrierEyes | Fault (“light eyes highly undesirable”) | Fault (“light eyes undesirable”) | No ruling | Fault (“light eyes”) | Fault (“light eyes undesirable”) |
| XoloitzcuintliEyes | Fault (“Light coloured ... eyes”) | Fault (“Light-coloured ... eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Light brown is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | FCI | KUSA | KC |
|---|---|---|---|
| BeauceronEyes | Disqualifying (“eyes too light”) | Disqualifying (“eyes too light”) | No ruling |
| Ca de BouEyes | Disqualifying (“Light or yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Cocker SpanielEyes | Not recognised (“never light”) | Not recognised (“never light”) | Not recognised (“never light”) |
Color changes
How Light brown can appear or change over an animal's life.
Bluechanges toLight brown
Eyes · With age · from 2 weeks