Dog color
Fawn
A light yellowish tan: fawn Pugs, Boxers and Great Danes; in cats the pale dilute of cinnamon; fawn rabbits, cavies and Indian Runner ducks.
119 Dog breeds list Fawn. It is in a club standard for 109 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 11 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Fawn
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akita | Standard (“fawn (American Akita)”) | Standard (“Fawn (Akita)”) | Standard (“any color including white (Akita)”) | Standard (“Fawn & White (Akita)”) | Standard (“fawn (American Akita)”) |
| AkitaAmerican | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“any color including white”) | Standard (“Fawn & White”) | Standard (“fawn”) |
| American Hairless Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Blue Fawn”) | Fault (“Fawn (pale yellowish tan with self-colored nose) (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 |
| American Staffordshire Terrier | Standard (“Any colour ... is permissible”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Any colour ... is permissible”) |
| Anatolian Shepherd | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“Fawn With Mask”) | No ruling |
| Australian Kelpie | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Not recognised | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) |
| Azawakh | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“All shades of light sand through to dark mahogany”) | Standard (“Fawn”) |
| Barbet | Standard (“All shades of red-fawn and pale fawn are permitted”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“All shades/hues of red-fawn and pale fawn are acceptable”) | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling |
| Basset Artésien Normand | Standard (“Fawn with black blanket and white”) | No ruling | Standard (“fawn and white”) | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn with black blanket and white”) |
| Basset Fauve de Bretagne | Standard (“Fawn coloured, from golden wheaten to red brick in hue”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Various shades of fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn coloured, from golden wheaten to red brick in hue”) |
| Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound | Standard (“clear fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“clear fawn”) |
| Bearded Collie | Standard (“reddish-fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“reddish-fawn”) | Standard (“reddish-fawn”) |
| Belgian Laekenois | Standard (“Laekenois: Only fawn with traces of black overlay”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn and Sable”) | Standard (“Reddish fawn”) | Standard (“Laekenois: Only fawn with traces of black overlay”) |
| Belgian Malinois | Standard (“only fawn with black overlay and with black mask”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn and sable”) | Standard (“all shades of red, fawn, grey, with black overlay”) | Standard (“only fawn with black overlay and with black mask”) |
| Belgian Tervuren | Standard (“fawn with black overlay ... is still preferred”) | Standard (“Fawn & Black”) | Standard (“fawn and sable”) | Standard (“all shades of red, fawn, grey, with black overlay”) | Standard (“fawn with black overlay ... is still preferred”) |
| Bergamasco Sheepdog | Standard (“tinges of ... light fawn permitted”) | Standard (“a superficial coloring includes shadings of tawny-brown and fawn”) | Standard (“shadings of ... fawn”) | Standard (“light fawn acceptable”) | Standard (“tinges of ... light fawn permitted”) |
| Berger Picard | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“light or dark fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) |
| Boerboel | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“all shades of red, brown, yellow (fawn)”) |
| Borzoi | Standard (“pale of different shadings (red-fawn, grey-fawn, silver-fawn)”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“Self Fawn”) | Standard (“Pale, of different shadings (red-fawn, grey-fawn, silver-fawn)”) |
| Bouvier des Flandres | Standard (“overlaid with black (pale fawn going from light to red disqualifying)”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“all colors from fawn to black”) | Standard (“from fawn to black”) | Standard (“overlaid with black (pale fawn going from light to red disqualifying)”) |
| Boxer | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) |
| Braque du Bourbonnais | Standard (“fawn flecking (formerly called “peach blossom”)”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fine brown or fawn ticking”) | Standard (“Fawn & White”) | No ruling |
| Briard | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Tawny”) | Standard (“various shades of tawny”) | Standard (“fawn in all its shades”) | Standard (“fawn”) |
| Bull Terrier | Standard (“fawn ... acceptable (Coloured)”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“they may also be ... fawn (Colored)”) | Standard (“fawn ... acceptable (Coloured)”) | Standard (“fawn ... acceptable (Coloured)”) |
| Bull TerrierColoured | Standard (“fawn ... acceptable”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“they may also be ... fawn”) | Standard (“fawn ... acceptable”) | Standard (“fawn ... acceptable”) |
| Bulldog | Standard (“fawns”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) |
| Bullmastiff | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) |
| Ca de Bou | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cane Corso | Standard (“light fawn; dark fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“all shades of grey and fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“Light fawn; dark fawn”) |
| Carolina Dog | No ruling | Standard (“Tawny”) | Standard (“various shades of ginger”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Carpathian Sheepdog | Standard (“Pale fawn overlaid with black (wolf-grey)”) | Standard (“Pale fawn overlaid with black (wolf-grey)”) | Standard (“Pale fawn overlaid with black (wolf grey)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Caucasian Shepherd Dog | Standard (“Any solid colour”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn or reddish fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“Any solid colour”) |
| Central Asian Shepherd Dog | Standard (“Any”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“straw-colored”) | No ruling | Standard (“Any colour”) |
| Chihuahua | Standard (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) |
| Chinese Crested | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors”) | Standard (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”) | Standard (“Fawn & White”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) |
| Chinese Shar-Pei | Standard (“All solid colours acceptable”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“any solid color”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“All solid colours acceptable”) |
| Chinook | No ruling | Standard (“Tawny”) | Standard (“tawny”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chow Chow | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Cinnamon”) | Standard (“cinnamon (light fawn to deep cinnamon)”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) |
| Collie | No ruling | Standard (“a fawn sable color of varying shades from light gold to dark mahogany”) | Standard (“any shade of light gold to rich mahogany”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Coton de Tulear | Standard (“red-roan (mixture of white and fawn hairs)”) | Fault | Standard (“red-roan (mixture of white & fawn hairs)”) | Standard (“slight shadings of ... fawn/apricot”) | Standard (“red-roan (mixture of white and fawn hairs)”) |
| Dachshund | Disqualifying | Alternate (“Fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn (miniature smooth-haired)”) | Standard (“cream (fawn) (miniature smooth-haired and miniature long-haired)”) |
| DachshundSmooth | Disqualifying | Alternate (“Fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn (miniature smooth-haired)”) | Standard (“cream (fawn) (miniature smooth-haired)”) |
| DachshundLonghaired | Disqualifying | Alternate (“Fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“cream (fawn) (miniature long-haired)”) | Standard (“cream (fawn) (miniature long-haired)”) |
| Danish-Swedish Farmdog | Standard (“all shades of fawn”) | Standard (“White & Fawn”) | Standard (“shades of fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dogue de Bordeaux | Standard (“Self-coloured, in all shades of fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Solid color in any shade of fawn”) | Standard (“Self-coloured, in all shades of fawn”) | Standard (“Self-coloured: in all shades of fawn”) |
| Drever | Standard (“All colours with white markings are permissible”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“All colors with white markings are acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Estrela Mountain Dog | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) |
| Eurasier | Standard (“all colours”) | Standard (“all colours and colour combinations are permitted”) | Standard (“all colors”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling |
| Fila Brasileiro | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) |
| French Bulldog | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Clear, self-coloured fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) |
| Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen | Standard (“Fawn with black overlay”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn with black overlay”) | Not recognised | Standard (“Fawn with black overlay”) |
| Great Dane | Standard (“Fawn: Light gold fawn to deep gold fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn: Yellow gold with a black mask”) | Standard (“Fawns: colour varies from lightest buff to deepest orange”) | Standard (“Fawn: Light gold fawn to deep gold fawn”) |
| Greyhound | Standard (“fawn, fallow”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Immaterial”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn, fallow”) |
| Havanese | Standard (“fawn in its different shades”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”) | Standard (“fawn in its different shades”) |
| Ibizan Hound | Standard (“Fawn dogs are permitted, provided it is an exceptionally good specimen; in smooth coats, however, this colour is not permitted”) | Standard (“light, yellowish-red called "lion"”) | Standard (“a light yellowish-red (called "lion")”) | Standard (“lion”) | Standard (“Fawn dogs are permitted, provided it is an exceptionally good specimen; in smooth coats, the fawn colour is not permitted”) |
| Icelandic Sheepdog | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn & White”) | Standard (“all shades of tan, ranging from cream to reddish brown”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling |
| Irish Wolfhound | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) |
| Italian Greyhound | Standard (“isabella (pale yellowish/beige) in all possible shades”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) |
| Jindo | Standard (“red fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“red fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling |
| Kangal Shepherd Dog | Standard (“from fawn to wolf sable”) | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“from fawn to wolf sable”) |
| Löwchen | Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) | Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) |
| Mastiff | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“silver fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) |
| Miniature Bull Terrier | Standard (“fawn ... acceptable”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“they may also be ... fawn”) | Standard (“fawn ... acceptable”) | Standard (“fawn ... acceptable”) |
| Mudi | Standard (“Fawn (from beige to red)”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“fawn (from beige to red)”) | Standard (“Fawn (from beige to red)”) |
| Neapolitan Mastiff | Standard (“fawn and deep fawn (red deer)”) | Standard (“Tawny”) | Standard (“tawny, and tawny stag”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn and deep fawn (red deer)”) |
| Norrbottenspets | Standard (“any nuance of fawn ... tolerated”) | Standard (“Fawn Markings”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegian Lundehund | Standard (“from red to fawn”) | Standard (“Fallow”) | Standard (“reddish-brown to fallow”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Olde English Bulldogge | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Papillon | Standard (“All colours are admitted on a coat with a white background”) | Standard (“Fawn & White”) | Standard (“white with patches of any color”) | Standard (“White with patches, which may be any colour except liver”) | Standard (“White with patches: may be any colour except liver”) |
| Pekingese | Standard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are equally permissible”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) |
| Pembroke Welsh Corgi | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) |
| Perro de Presa Canario | Standard (“All shades of fawn up to sand base color”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Any shade of fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“All shades of fawn up to sand base colour”) |
| Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen | Standard (“Fawn with black overlay”) | Alternate (“Fawn”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Plott Hound | No ruling | Standard (“Buckskin”) | Standard (“solid buckskin”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Polish Lowland Sheepdog | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) | Standard (“all coat colors are acceptable”) | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) |
| Poodle (Toy) | Standard (“Fawn must be uniform”) | No ruling | Disqualifying | Standard (“All solid colours”) | Standard (“All solid colours”) |
| Portuguese Podengo | Standard (“fawn in all shades from light to dark”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn of any shade”) | Standard (“fawn (in all shades from light to dark)”) | No ruling |
| Portuguese Podengo Pequeno | Standard (“fawn in all shades from light to dark”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn of any shade”) | Standard (“fawn (in all shades from light to dark)”) | No ruling |
| Portuguese Sheepdog | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pug | Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”) | Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”) | Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”) |
| Puli | Standard (“fawn (fakó) with a distinct black mask”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | Standard (“all shades of fawn”) | Standard (“fawn (fakó) with a distinct black mask”) |
| Pumi | Standard (“fawn (fakó)”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn (known as fako in its country of origin)”) | Standard (“fawn (fakó)”) |
| Pyrenean Shepherd | Standard (“fawn, lighter or darker”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“various shades of fawn”) | Standard (“fawn, lighter or darker”) |
| Pyrenean ShepherdSmooth-Faced | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“variations of fawn”) | No ruling |
| Rafeiro do Alentejo | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rastreador Brasileiro | Standard (“with or without fawn and/or black markings”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rat Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“White & Fawn”) | Fault (“Fawn (pale yellowish tan with self-colored nose)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Russian Toy | Standard (“fawn”) | Alternate (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) |
| Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Saluki | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours is permissible”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is permissible”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”) |
| Schipperke | Disqualifying | Disqualifying (“Fawn”) | Not recognised | Standard (“shades of cream, fawn and gold”) | Standard (“shades of cream, fawn and gold”) |
| Segugio Italiano | Standard (“solid fawn in all nuances, from intense red fawn to a faded (washed out) fawn”) | Standard (“Tawny”) | Standard (“all shades of fawn (from intense red to faded)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Segugio ItalianoShorthaired | Standard (“solid fawn in all nuances, from intense red fawn to a faded (washed out) fawn”) | Standard (“Tawny”) | Standard (“all shades of fawn (from intense red to faded)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Segugio ItalianoWirehaired | Standard (“the whole range of solid fawn, shading from the dark red fawn with black overlay to light fawn”) | Standard (“Tawny”) | Standard (“all shades of fawn (from intense red to faded)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Silky Terrier | Standard (“Silver blue or fawn top- knot desirable”) | Standard (“The topknot should be silver or fawn”) | Standard (“A silver-blue or fawn topknot is desirable”) | Standard (“Silver-blue or fawn top-knot”) | Standard (“Silver blue or fawn topknot desirable”) |
| Skye Terrier | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) |
| Spanish Greyhound | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) |
| Spanish Mastiff | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Staffordshire Bull Terrier | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) |
| Taiwan Dog | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Teddy Roosevelt Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn & White”) | Standard (“any variety of colors”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tibetan Spaniel | Standard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”) | Standard (“All colors, and mixtures of colors allowed”) | Standard (“All colors and combinations of colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”) |
| Tibetan Terrier | Standard (“in fact any colour ... permissible”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors, including white, are acceptable”) | Standard (“in fact any colour permissible”) | Standard (“in fact any colour ... permissible”) |
| Tosa | Standard (“fawn”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“All other shades of red, including fawn”) | No ruling | Standard (“fawn”) |
| Whippet | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Color is inconsequential”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) |
| Working Kelpie | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Xoloitzcuintli | Disqualifying | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Disqualifying |
| XoloitzcuintliCoated | Disqualifying | Standard (“Fawn”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“Fawn”) | Disqualifying |
| Beagle | Not recognised | Alternate (“Black Fawn & White”) | No ruling | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| DachshundWirehaired | Disqualifying | Alternate (“Fawn”) | No ruling | Not recognised | Not recognised |
Breeds where Fawn is a fault
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keeshond | Not recognised | Fault (“Tawny”) | Fault (“never tawny”) | Not recognised (“not tawny”) | Not recognised |
| Old English Sheepdog | Not recognised | Fault (“Fawn & White”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| White Swiss Shepherd Dog | Fault (“Slight fawn coloured overlay (light yellow or fawn shade) on eartips”) | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Fawn colour on ear tips, back and upper part of tail undesirable”) | Fault (“Slight fawn-coloured overlay (light-yellow or fawn shade) on ear-tips”) |
Breeds where Fawn is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgian Shepherd | Disqualifying | Disqualifying (“Fawn”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | Disqualifying |
| Bracco Italiano | Disqualifying (“fawn”) | Disqualifying (“fawn”) | Disqualifying (“fawn”) | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“fawn”) |
| Lapponian Herder | Disqualifying (“Blue, sable and fawn colour”) | Disqualifying (“Blue, sable and fawn colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Giant Schnauzer | Not recognised | Not recognised (“Fawn”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Hortaya borzaya | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |