Dog color
Cream
A pale yellowish white: cream dogs, cats and horses, cream earlobes and manes, cream-shelled eggs.
102 Dog breeds list Cream. It is in a club standard for 82 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 23 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Cream
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghan Hound | Standard (“All colours acceptable”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“All colours”) |
| Akita | Standard (“any colour (American Akita)”) | Standard (“any coloring including white (Akita)”) | Standard (“any color including white (Akita)”) | Standard (“any colour (Akita)”) | Standard (“any colour (American Akita)”) |
| AkitaAmerican | Standard (“any colour”) | Standard (“any coloring including white”) | Standard (“any color including white”) | Standard (“any colour”) | Standard (“any colour”) |
| American Cocker Spaniel | Standard (“ranging from the lightest cream to darkest red”) | Standard (“ranging from lightest cream to darkest red”) | Standard (“Any solid color other than black (ASCOB)”) | Standard (“Any solid colour other than black of uniform shades”) | Standard (“ranging from lightest cream to darkest red”) |
| American Cocker SpanielASCOB | Standard (“ranging from the lightest cream to darkest red”) | Standard (“ranging from lightest cream to darkest red”) | Standard (“Any solid color other than black (ASCOB)”) | Standard (“Any solid colour other than black of uniform shades”) | Standard (“ranging from lightest cream to darkest red”) |
| American Eskimo Dog | No ruling | Standard (“White & Biscuit”) | Standard (“white with biscuit or cream, and cream”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Foxhound | Standard (“Any colour”) | Standard (“White & Cream”) | Standard (“Any color is acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Hairless Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is allowed”) | Fault (“cream (pale yellow to off-white) (Coated variety)”) | 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 |
| Anatolian Shepherd | No ruling | Standard (“Biscuit & White”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“All colours”) | No ruling |
| Azawakh | Disqualifying | Standard (“Cream”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | Disqualifying |
| Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound | Standard (“clear fawn to biscuit colour”) | Standard (“clear fawn to biscuit colour”) | Standard (“Biscuit”) | No ruling | Standard (“clear fawn to biscuit colour”) |
| Bichon Frise | Disqualifying | Standard (“White & Cream”) | Standard (“shadings of buff, cream or apricot around the ears or on the body”) | Standard (“cream or apricot markings acceptable up to 18 months”) | Standard (“cream or apricot markings acceptable up to 18 months”) |
| Boerboel | No ruling | Standard (“Cream”) | Disqualifying | No ruling | Standard (“all shades of red, brown, yellow (fawn)”) |
| Bolognese | Standard (“very slight shades of ivory are not disqualifying”) | Disqualifying | Disqualifying | Not recognised | Standard (“very slight shades of ivory are not disqualifying”) |
| Border Collie | Standard (“variety of colours permissible”) | Standard (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings”) | Standard (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings permissible”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“variety of colours permissible”) |
| Borzoi | Standard (“Any colours from white to black in any combination are acceptable”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“Any colours from white to black in any combination are acceptable”) |
| Bouvier des Flandres | Disqualifying (“washed-out colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Blonde”) | Disqualifying (“washed-out colour”) |
| Cairn Terrier | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“Cream”) |
| Canaan | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“cream”) |
| Caucasian Shepherd Dog | Standard (“Any solid colour”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“cream”) | No ruling | Standard (“Any solid colour”) |
| Chihuahua | Standard (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) |
| Chinese Crested | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) |
| Chinese Shar-Pei | Standard (“All solid colours acceptable”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“any solid color”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“All solid colours acceptable”) |
| Chow Chow | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“cream”) |
| Dachshund | Disqualifying | Standard (“Cream”) | No ruling | Standard (“cream (fawn) (miniature smooth-haired and miniature long-haired)”) | Standard (“cream (fawn) (miniature smooth-haired and miniature long-haired)”) |
| DachshundSmooth | Disqualifying | Standard (“Cream”) | No ruling | Standard (“cream (fawn) (miniature smooth-haired)”) | Standard (“cream (fawn) (miniature smooth-haired)”) |
| DachshundWirehaired | Disqualifying | Standard (“Cream”) | No ruling | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| DachshundLonghaired | Disqualifying | Standard (“Cream”) | No ruling | Standard (“cream (fawn) (miniature long-haired)”) | Standard (“cream (fawn) (miniature long-haired)”) |
| Deutscher Wachtelhund | Not recognised | Not recognised | Standard (“shades of orange, blond, red, and dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Eurasier | Standard (“all colours”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“all colors”) | Standard (“Cream Black Mask”) | No ruling |
| Finnish Lapphund | Standard (“all colours are permitted”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“all colors are allowed”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“all colours are permitted”) |
| French Bulldog | Standard (“from light fawn”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“From light fawn”) | Standard (“Cream and red shades less desirable”) | Standard (“from light fawn”) |
| German Shepherd | Standard (“black with ... yellow to light grey markings”) | Standard (“Black & Cream”) | Standard (“Black and Cream”) | Standard (“gold to light grey markings”) | Standard (“black with ... yellow, to light grey markings”) |
| German Spitz | Standard (“cream (Medium, Miniature)”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“all colors”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“cream”) |
| German SpitzGiant | Disqualifying | Not recognised | Standard (“all colors”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Golden Retriever | Standard (“cream”) | No ruling | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“cream”) |
| Havanese | Not recognised | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Not recognised |
| Icelandic Sheepdog | Standard (“ranging from cream to reddish brown”) | Standard (“Cream & White”) | Standard (“ranging from cream to reddish brown”) | Standard (“ranging from cream to reddish brown”) | No ruling |
| Irish Wolfhound | Not recognised | Standard (“Cream”) | No ruling | Standard (“Cream”) | Not recognised |
| Italian Greyhound | Standard (“isabella (pale yellowish/beige) in all possible shades”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“cream”) |
| Kangal Shepherd Dog | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“cream”) | No ruling |
| Keeshond | Not recognised | Standard (“Gray Cream & Black”) | Standard (“a mixture of gray, black and cream”) | Standard (“Undercoat very pale grey or cream”) | Not recognised |
| Kuvasz | Standard (“ivory colour is permitted”) | Not recognised | Standard (“ivory does occur, but is not preferred”) | Not recognised | Standard (“ivory colour is permitted”) |
| Lhasa Apso | Not recognised | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Not recognised |
| Löwchen | Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) |
| Maltese | Standard (“a pale ivory tinge is permitted”) | Not recognised | Fault (“An ivory tinge, or traces of orange, are permitted but they are considered an imperfection”) | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Mountain Cur | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“blonde or buttermilk buckskin”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Neapolitan Mastiff | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“acceptable, but not preferred: ... cream”) | Standard (“Blonde”) | No ruling |
| Norrbottenspets | Standard (“in all nuances of red and yellow”) | Standard (“Cream Markings”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegian Buhund | Standard (“ranging from rather light to yellowish red”) | Standard (“any shade from pale cream to bright orange”) | Standard (“from pale cream to bright orange”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“ranging from rather light to yellowish-red”) |
| Otterhound | Standard (“black and cream”) | Standard (“Blue & Cream”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“black and cream”) | Standard (“black and cream”) |
| Pekingese | Standard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are equally permissible”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) |
| Peruvian Inca Orchid | Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“blonds”) | No ruling | Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) |
| Peruvian Inca OrchidSkin and scales | Standard (“dark brown going to light blond”) | No ruling | Standard (“browns and blonds”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown going to light blonde”) |
| Peruvian Inca OrchidHairless · Skin and scales | Standard (“dark brown going to light blond”) | No ruling | Standard (“browns and blonds”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown going to light blonde”) |
| Polish Lowland Sheepdog | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) | Standard (“all coat colors are acceptable”) | No ruling | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) |
| Pomeranian | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“any solid color”) | Standard (“cream dogs”) | Standard (“cream dogs”) |
| Poodle (Miniature) | Standard (“pale fawn”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“All solid colours”) |
| Poodle (Standard) | Standard (“pale fawn”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“All solid colours”) |
| Poodle (Toy) | Standard (“Can go from pale fawn to red fawn”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“White and creams”) | Standard (“White and creams”) |
| Pumi | Standard (“primary colours: red, yellow, cream”) | Standard (“shades of fawn from pale cream to red”) | Standard (“the fawn may run from cream through yellow to red”) | Standard (“primary colours of red, yellow, cream”) | Standard (“primary colours: red, yellow, cream”) |
| Russian Toy | Standard (“cream”) | Alternate (“Cream”) | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“cream”) |
| Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka | No ruling | Standard (“Cream”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Saluki | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours is permissible”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is permissible”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”) |
| Samoyed | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“cream, or all biscuit”) | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“cream”) |
| Schipperke | Disqualifying | Disqualifying (“Cream”) | Standard (“blonde (platinum to strawberry)”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“Cream”) |
| Shih Tzu | Standard (“All colours permissible”) | Standard (“All are permissible”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) | Alternate (“Cream”) | Standard (“All colours permissible”) |
| Siberian Husky | Standard (“all ranges of the allowable colours”) | Standard (“all ranges of the allowable colors”) | Standard (“all colors, from black to pure white”) | Standard (“Cream & White”) | Standard (“all ranges of the allowable colours”) |
| Skye Terrier | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“cream”) |
| Sloughi | Standard (“light sand”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“light sand (cream)”) | Standard (“Light to red sand”) | Standard (“light sand”) |
| Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier | Standard (“shades from light wheaten to a golden reddish hue”) | Standard (“any shade of wheaten”) | Standard (“from pale to golden red”) | Standard (“Blonde”) | Standard (“shades from light wheaten to a golden reddish hue”) |
| Spanish Water Dog | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Cream”) | No ruling |
| Tibetan Mastiff | Disqualifying (“All other colours than above mentioned e.g. ... cream”) | Disqualifying (“Cream”) | Standard (“The shades of gold ... may range from cream to dark red/gold”) | Fault (“Cream ... undesirable”) | Disqualifying (“All colours other than above-mentioned e.g. ... cream”) |
| Tibetan Spaniel | Standard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“All colors and combinations of colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”) |
| Tibetan Terrier | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors including white are acceptable”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors, including white, are acceptable”) | Standard (“cream”) | Standard (“cream”) |
| Whippet | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“Color is inconsequential”) | Standard (“Cream”) | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) |
| Xoloitzcuintli | Standard (“blond”) | No ruling | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“blonde”) | Standard (“blonde”) |
| XoloitzcuintliCoated | Standard (“blond”) | No ruling | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“blonde”) | Standard (“blonde”) |
| XoloitzcuintliSkin and scales | Standard (“blond”) | No ruling | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“blonde”) | Standard (“blonde”) |
| XoloitzcuintliHairless · Skin and scales | Standard (“blond”) | No ruling | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“blonde”) | Standard (“blonde”) |
| Yakutian Laika | Standard (“White and any patching (bicolour or tricolour)”) | Standard (“Any color, color pattern, or combination of colors is acceptable”) | No ruling | Standard (“Cream & White”) | No ruling |
| Basenji | Not recognised | Alternate (“Cream & White”) | Fault (“Creams”) | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Belgian Laekenois | Fault (“too light a fawn”) | Alternate (“Cream”) | No ruling | Not recognised | Fault (“too light a fawn”) |
Breeds where Cream is a fault
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AkitaJapanese | Not recognised | Fault (“biscuit coloring ... on a white dog”) | No ruling | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog | Fault (“White or cream coat colour”) | Fault (“White or cream coat colour”) | Fault (“Cream or white undercoat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Belgian Tervuren | Disqualifying | Fault (“Cream & Black”) | No ruling | Not recognised | Disqualifying |
| Pyrenean Mastiff | Fault (“yellowish-white basic colour”) | Fault (“a yellowish-white base color”) | Fault (“a yellow-white base coat”) | Fault (“yellowish-white base colour undesirable”) | No ruling |
| Rat Terrier | No ruling | Not recognised | Fault (“cream (pale yellow to off-white)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rough Collie | Fault (“Light straw or cream coloured highly undesirable”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | Fault (“Light straw or cream coloured highly undesirable”) | Fault (“Light straw or cream coloured highly undesirable”) |
| Shiba Inu | Not recognised | Fault (“Cream”) | Disqualifying | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Slovakian Wirehaired Pointer | Fault (“Colour much too light going to nearly white”) | Fault (“Cream”) | No ruling | Not recognised | Fault (“Colour much too light, going to nearly white”) |
| Smooth Collie | Fault (“Light straw or cream colour highly undesirable”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | Fault (“Light straw or cream colour is highly undesirable”) | Fault (“Light straw or cream colour is highly undesirable”) |
Breeds where Cream is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgian Shepherd | Disqualifying | Disqualifying (“Black & Cream”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | Disqualifying |
| Bulldog | No ruling | Disqualifying | No ruling | Not recognised (“Cream”) | Not recognised |
| Doberman Pinscher | Not recognised | Disqualifying | Disqualifying | Not recognised (“Cream (white ancestry)”) | Not recognised |
| Flat-Coated Retriever | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“cream”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Hovawart | Disqualifying (“Whitish-blond color, also on ears”) | Disqualifying (“Whitish-blond color, also on ears”) | Disqualifying | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“Whitish-blonde colour, also on ears”) |
| Kai Ken | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“cream”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Portuguese Water Dog | Disqualifying | Not recognised | No ruling | Not recognised (“Cream”) | Disqualifying |
| Pug | Not recognised | Disqualifying | Not recognised | Not recognised (“Cream - no Black Mask”) | Not recognised |
| Puli | Disqualifying | Not recognised (“Cream”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | Disqualifying |