United Pet Club

Perro pattern

Tricolor

Three colors in distinct areas, typically black, tan and white in dogs, or red, black and white in koi.

109 Perro breeds list Tricolor. It is in a club standard for 89 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 22 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Tricolor

BreedKCAKCUKCKUSAFCI
AkitaEstándar (“Red Black & White (Akita)”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
AkitaAmericanoEstándar (“Red Black & White”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
American English CoonhoundNo rulingEstándar (“Tri-Colored”)Estándar (“tri color with ticking”)Estándar (“tricoloured with ticking”)No ruling
American Pit Bull TerrierNo rulingNo rulingEstándar (“Any color, color pattern, or combination of colors is acceptable”)No rulingNo ruling
BasenjiEstándar (“Black, tan and white”)Estándar (“Black Tan & White”)Estándar (“tricolor (pure black, chestnut red and white)”)Estándar (“black and tan, and white”)Estándar (“black and tan, and white”)
Basset Artesiano de NormandíaNo rulingNo rulingEstándar (“Tri-color”)Estándar (“Fawn with black blanket and white (tricolour)”)Estándar (“Fawn with black blanket and white (“tricolour”)”)
Basset HoundEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Black Tan & White”)Estándar (“black, tan and white”)Estándar (“black, white, and tan (tricolour)”)Estándar (“black, white and tan (tri-colour)”)
BeagleEstándar (“Tricolour (black, tan and white)”)Estándar (“Black Tan & White”)Estándar (“Usually tri-color (black, white and tan)”)Estándar (“Tricolour (black, tan, and white)”)Estándar (“Tricolour (black, tan and white)”)
Bichón HabaneroEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“All colors and marking patterns are permissible”)Estándar (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”)No rulingNo ruling
Biewer TerrierNo rulingEstándar (“tri-colored”)Estándar (“tri-colored”)Estándar (“Tri-colour”)No ruling
Border CollieEstándar (“Black Tricolour”)Estándar (“White Markings, Tan Points”)Estándar (“tri-color”)Estándar (“variety of colours permissible”)Estándar (“variety of colours permissible”)
BorzoiEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”)Estándar (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Estándar (“Any colours from white to black in any combination are acceptable”)Estándar (“Any colours from white to black in any combination are acceptable”)
Boyero de AppenzellNo rulingEstándar (“Black Brown & White”)Estándar (“tri-colored”)Estándar (“Tri-colour”)Estándar (“Tricolour”)
Boyero de BernaEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Black Rust & White”)Estándar (“The tri-colored coat is a breed characteristic”)Estándar (“tri-coloured”)Estándar (“tricoloured”)
Boyero de EntlebuchEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Black White & Tan”)Estándar (“tri-colored”)No rulingEstándar (“Typically tricolour”)
BretónEstándar (“tricolour”)Estándar (“Liver White & Orange”)Falta (“Tri-colors are allowed but not desirable”)Estándar (“tricolour coats”)Estándar (“tricolour coats”)
Bull TerrierEstándar (“tricolour acceptable (Coloured)”)Estándar (“Black Tan & White”)Estándar (“tricolor (Colored)”)Estándar (“tri-colour acceptable (Coloured)”)Estándar (“tricolour acceptable (Coloured)”)
Bull TerrierColoreadoEstándar (“tricolour acceptable”)Estándar (“Black Tan & White”)Estándar (“tricolor”)Estándar (“tri-colour acceptable”)Estándar (“tricolour acceptable”)
Bull Terrier MiniaturaEstándar (“tricolour acceptable”)Estándar (“Black Tan & White”)Estándar (“tricolor”)Estándar (“tri-colour acceptable”)Estándar (“tricolour acceptable”)
Caniche (Estándar)No reconocidoDescalificanteNo rulingNo reconocidoEstándar (“Tricoloured: Black, white and marked with fawn”)
Caniche (Miniatura)No reconocidoDescalificanteNo rulingNo reconocidoEstándar (“Tricoloured: Black, white and marked with fawn”)
Caniche (Toy)No reconocidoDescalificanteNo rulingNo reconocidoEstándar (“Tricoloured: Black, white and marked with fawn”)
Cavalier King Charles SpanielEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Tricolor”)Estándar (“Tri-color”)Estándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Tricolour”)
ChihuahuaEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Any color - Solid, marked or splashed”)Estándar (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”)Estándar (“Any colour or mixture of colours”)Estándar (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”)
Chin JaponésNo reconocido (“Never tricolour”)Estándar (“Black Tan & White”)Estándar (“black and white with tan points”)Descalificante (“Tricolour”)Descalificante (“Tricolour”)
Cocker Spaniel AmericanoEstándar (“Tricolours, any of above colours combined with tan markings”)Estándar (“Black White & Tan”)Estándar (“Tan points are acceptable”)Estándar (“to include any such colour combination with tan points”)Estándar (“to include any such colour combination with tan points”)
Cocker Spaniel AmericanoMulticolorEstándar (“Tricolours, any of above colours combined with tan markings”)Estándar (“Black White & Tan”)Estándar (“Tan points are acceptable”)Estándar (“to include any such colour combination with tan points”)Estándar (“to include any such colour combination with tan points”)
Cocker Spaniel InglésEstándar (“Tricolours: Black, white and tan; liver, white and tan”)Estándar (“Black White & Tan”)Estándar (“tan markings may appear on solid colored or parti-colored dogs”)Estándar (“Tricolours: Black, white and tan; liver, white and tan”)Estándar (“Tricolours: Black, white and tan; liver, white and tan”)
CollieNo rulingEstándar (“Black White & Tan”)Estándar (“tri-color”)No rulingNo ruling
Collie BarbudoEstándar (“Black Tricolour”)Estándar (“White & Tan Markings”)Estándar (“tan trim may occur on all colors”)Estándar (“tan markings ... on legs where white joins main colour”)Estándar (“tan markings ... on legs where white joins main colour”)
Collie de Pelo CortoEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Black White & Tan”)Estándar (“tri-color”)Estándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Tricolour”)
Collie de Pelo LargoEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Black White & Tan”)Estándar (“tri-color”)Estándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Tricolour”)
Crestado ChinoEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Black White & Tan”)Estándar (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”)Estándar (“Any colour or combination of colours”)Estándar (“Any colour or combination of colours”)
DreverNo rulingEstándar (“Tri-Colored”)Estándar (“All colors with white markings are acceptable”)No rulingEstándar (“All colours with white markings are permissible”)
Fox Terrier de Pelo DuroEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“White Black & Tan”)No rulingEstándar (“black and tan markings”)Estándar (“black and tan ... markings”)
Fox Terrier de Pelo LisoEstándar (“black and tan ... markings”)Estándar (“White Black & Tan”)Estándar (“White is the predominant color”)Estándar (“black and tan ... markings”)Estándar (“black and tan ... markings”)
Foxhound AmericanoNo rulingEstándar (“Black White & Tan”)Estándar (“Any color is acceptable”)No rulingEstándar (“Any colour”)
Foxhound InglésEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Black White & Tan”)Estándar (“Any good hound color is acceptable”)Estándar (“Any recognised Hound colour and markings”)Estándar (“Any recognized hound colour and markings”)
Gran Basset Grifón VendeanoEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“White Black & Tan”)Estándar (“Fawn with black mantle and white spotting (tricolour)”)Estándar (“Fawn with black mantle and white spotting (tricolour)”)Estándar (“Fawn with black mantle and white spotting (tricolour)”)
Gran Boyero SuizoEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Black, White & Red”)Estándar (“tri-colored”)Estándar (“Typically tricolour”)Estándar (“Typically tricolour”)
HarrierEstándar (“Tri-colour”)Estándar (“Black White & Tan”)No rulingNo rulingEstándar (“in France generally tricolour with black mantle”)
Husky SiberianoEstándar (“Black Grey & White”)Estándar (“Black Tan & White”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Laika de YakutiaEstándar (“tricolour”)Estándar (“Tri-Colored”)No rulingNo rulingEstándar (“tricolour”)
Lhasa ApsoEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“All colors equally acceptable”)Estándar (“All colors are acceptable”)No reconocidoNo reconocido
Mastín del PirineoFalta (“Tricolour or pure white dogs undesirable”)Estándar (“Tri-Colored”)Falta (“Tri-color or pure white dogs without markings are undesirable”)No rulingFalta (“Tricolour or pure white dogs are undesirable”)
OtterhoundNo reconocido (“a white-bodied hound with distinctly separate black patches and tan patches”)Estándar (“White Black & Tan”)Estándar (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)No reconocido (“a white-bodied Hound with black and tan patches distinctly separate”)No reconocido (“a white-bodied hound with black and tan patches distinctly separate”)
PapillónEstándar (“Tricolours, black and white with tan spots over eyes”)Estándar (“White Black & Tan”)Estándar (“They may be any parti-color”)Estándar (“Tri-colours: black and white with tan spots over eyes”)Estándar (“All colours are admitted on a coat with a white background”)
Parson Russell TerrierEstándar (“or any combination of these colours”)Estándar (“Tri Color Markings”)Estándar (“black and tan ... markings”)Estándar (“or any combination of these colours”)Estándar (“or any combination of these colours”)
Pastor Americano MiniaturaEstándar (“Black, white & copper points”)Estándar (“White Markings, Tan Points”)Estándar (“with or without white and/or tan (copper) markings”)Estándar (“with or without white and/or tan (copper) markings”)Estándar (“with or without white and/or tan (copper) markings”)
Pastor AustralianoEstándar (“Black Tricolour”)Estándar (“White Markings, Tan Points”)Estándar (“with white markings and/or tan (copper) points”)Estándar (“with white markings and/or tan markings”)Estándar (“with white markings and/or tan markings”)
Pastor de AnatoliaEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“All color patterns and markings are equally acceptable”)Estándar (“All colors are acceptable”)No rulingNo ruling
Pastor de ShetlandEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Black White & Tan”)Estándar (“marked with varying amounts of white, tan, or white and tan trim”)Estándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Tricolour”)
Pastor InglésNo rulingNo rulingEstándar (“Black, White and Tan”)No rulingNo ruling
Pequeño Basset Grifón VendeanoEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“White Black & Tan”)Estándar (“tricolor”)Estándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Fawn with black mantle and white spotting (tricolour)”)
Perro de CanaánEstándar (“Tricolour”)No reconocidoNo reconocido (“tri-color ... unacceptable color patterns”)No reconocido (“tricolour ... unacceptable”)No reconocido (“tricolour ... unacceptable”)
Perro Lapón FinlandésEstándar (“Tricolour”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Perro Pastor IslandésEstándar (“tri-colour dogs have a black coat, white markings ... and tan markings”)Estándar (“White Tan & Black”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Perro Pastor Polaco de las LlanurasEstándar (“Black Grey & White”)Estándar (“Tri-Colored”)No rulingEstándar (“all colours and patches are acceptable”)Estándar (“all colours and patches are acceptable”)
Perro sin Pelo del PerúNo rulingEstándar (“Tri-Colored”)No rulingEstándar (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”)Estándar (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”)
Pointer InglésEstándar (“Self colours and tricolours also permissible”)Estándar (“A good Pointer cannot be a bad color”)Falta (“Tri-color is also acceptable but is a hound trait and should be faulted accordingly”)Estándar (“Self colours and tricolours are also correct”)Estándar (“Self colours and tricolours are also correct”)
PomeraniaNo reconocidoEstándar (“Tri-Colored”)No rulingNo reconocidoNo ruling
Rastreador BrasileñoNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingEstándar (“tricolor (white and black with fawn markings)”)
Rat TerrierNo rulingEstándar (“White Black & Tan”)Estándar (“tri-color”)No rulingNo ruling
Ratonero ValencianoNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingEstándar (“tricolour (black-tan with white spots)”)
Russell TerrierEstándar (“black and/or tan markings”)Estándar (“Tri Color Markings”)Estándar (“any combination of black, tan, or brown markings”)Estándar (“black and/or tan markings”)Estándar (“black and/or tan markings”)
Sabueso de HamiltonEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Tri-Colored”)Estándar (“Tri-color”)Estándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Tricolour”)
Sabueso de TransilvaniaNo rulingEstándar (“Black Tan & White”)Estándar (“Tri-color”)No rulingEstándar (“On the nose, a white marking may occur”)
Sabueso ItalianoNo rulingEstándar (“in that case the Segugio is called tricolour”)Estándar (“They may also have a white star on the chest”)No rulingEstándar (“in that case the Segugio is called tricolour”)
Sabueso ItalianoDe pelo cortoNo rulingEstándar (“in that case the Segugio is called tricolour”)Estándar (“They may also have a white star on the chest”)No rulingEstándar (“in that case the Segugio is called tricolour”)
Sabueso ItalianoPelo duroNo rulingEstándar (“in that case the Segugio is called tricolour”)Estándar (“They may also have a white star on the chest”)No rulingEstándar (“in that case, the Segugio is called tricolour”)
SalukiEstándar (“Black & Tan Tricolour”)Estándar (“tricolor (white, black and tan)”)Estándar (“Any color or combination of colors is permissible”)Estándar (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”)Estándar (“Any colour or combination of colours is permissible”)
San BernardoEstándar (“Tricolour”)No rulingFalta (“Black on any other part of the dog is a minor fault”)No rulingNo ruling
SchapendoesNo rulingEstándar (“Tri-Colored”)Estándar (“All colors are permitted”)No rulingEstándar (“All colours are permitted”)
Setter InglésEstándar (“tricolour, that is blue belton and tan or liver belton and tan”)Estándar (“Blue Belton & Tan (Tri-Color)”)Estándar (“tri-colored”)Estándar (“tricolour, that is blue belton and tan or liver belton and tan”)Estándar (“tricolour, that is blue belton and tan or liver belton and tan”)
Shih TzuEstándar (“All colours permissible except merle”)Estándar (“Black Gold & White”)Estándar (“All colors and markings are acceptable”)Estándar (“All colours permissible”)Estándar (“All colours permissible”)
Spitz AlemánEstándar (“Black Tricolour”)No reconocidoEstándar (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)Estándar (“the patches must be uniformly in one colour ... black-and-tan”)Estándar (“coats with patches ... black-and-tan (Medium, Miniature)”)
Spitz AlemánGrandeNo rulingNo reconocidoEstándar (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)No rulingDescalificante (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”)
Springer Spaniel InglésEstándar (“either of these colours with tan markings”)Estándar (“Black White & Tan”)Estándar (“tricolor”)Estándar (“Either of these colours with tan markings”)Estándar (“either of these colours with tan markings”)
Teddy Roosevelt TerrierNo rulingEstándar (“tri-color”)Estándar (“tri-color”)No rulingNo ruling
Terrier Americano sin PeloNo rulingEstándar (“Any color or combination of colors is allowed”)Estándar (“tri-color (Coated Variety)”)No rulingNo ruling
Terrier TibetanoEstándar (“tricolours”)Estándar (“Black White & Gold”)Estándar (“Any color or combination of colors, including white, are acceptable”)Estándar (“tricolours”)Estándar (“tricolours”)
Toy Fox TerrierNo rulingEstándar (“White Black & Tan”)Estándar (“White and black with tan trim”)Estándar (“Tri-colour”)No ruling
Toy Spaniel InglésEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“The Prince Charles (tricolor)”)Estándar (“The Prince Charles (tri-color)”)Estándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Tricolour”)
Toy Spaniel InglésPrince CharlesEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Black White & Tan”)Estándar (“The Prince Charles (tri-color)”)Estándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Tricolour”)
Treeing Walker CoonhoundNo rulingEstándar (“Tri-Colored”)Estándar (“Tri-colored (white-black-tan) is preferred”)No rulingNo ruling
Welsh Corgi CardiganEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“Tan Points”)Estándar (“black, with or without tan or brindle points”)Estándar (“tricolour with brindle points and tricolour with red points”)Estándar (“tricolour with brindle points and tri colour with red points”)
Welsh Corgi PembrokeEstándar (“Tricolour”)Estándar (“black and tan with ... white markings”)Estándar (“black and tan; with ... white markings”)Estándar (“black and tan, with ... white markings”)Estándar (“black and tan, with ... white markings”)
XoloitzcuintleEstándar (“Tricolour”)Alternativo (“Black White & Tan”)Estándar (“Any color combination is allowed”)DescalificanteDescalificante
XoloitzcuintleCon pelajeEstándar (“Tricolour”)Alternativo (“Black White & Tan”)Estándar (“Any color combination is allowed”)DescalificanteDescalificante

Breeds where Tricolor is a fault

BreedKCAKCUKCKUSAFCI
Braco Alemán de Pelo DuroFalta (“Solid black and tricoloured highly undesirable”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Braco ItalianoFalta (“Tricolour highly undesirable”)Descalificante (“Tricolor”)Descalificante (“tricolor”)Descalificante (“tricolour”)Descalificante (“tricolour”)

Breeds where Tricolor is disqualified or not accepted

BreedKCAKCUKCKUSAFCI
BoerboelNo rulingNo rulingDescalificante (“Tri-color”)No reconocidoNo ruling
Braco Alemán de Pelo CortoNo reconocido (“not tricolour”)DescalificanteNo rulingNo reconocido (“Not tri-colour”)No ruling
DálmataNo reconocido (“Tricolours and spotting other than black or liver unacceptable”)Descalificante (“Tri-color”)Descalificante (“Tri-color”)No reconocido (“Tricolours and spotting other than black or liver unacceptable”)Descalificante (“Tricolour (black and brown spots on the same dog)”)
KooikerhondjeNo reconocidoDescalificante (“tri-color”)Descalificante (“black, white, tan tri-color”)Descalificante (“tricolour”)Descalificante (“tricolour”)
Perro de Agua EspañolNo reconocido (“never tricoloured”)Descalificante (“Tricolor”)Descalificante (“Tricolor”)No rulingNo reconocido (“Tricoloured subjects, and black and tan as well as hazelnut and tan dogs are not admitted”)
Podengo PortuguésNo reconocidoNo rulingDescalificante (“tricolor”)No rulingDescalificante (“tricolour”)
Podengo Portugués PequeñoNo reconocidoDescalificante (“Tricolor”)Descalificante (“tricolor”)No rulingDescalificante (“tricolour”)
Spinone ItalianoNo reconocidoDescalificante (“tri-color in any combination”)Descalificante (“Tri-color coat”)Descalificante (“Coat tricoloured”)Descalificante (“Coat tricoloured”)
StabyhounNo rulingDescalificante (“Tan marking or tricolor is disqualifying”)No rulingDescalificante (“Tan marking or tri-colour is disqualifying”)Descalificante (“Tan marking or tricolor is disqualifying”)
TeckelNo reconocido (“tricolour”)DescalificanteNo rulingNo reconocido (“tricolour”)Descalificante
TeckelLisoNo reconocido (“tricolour”)DescalificanteNo rulingNo reconocido (“tricolour”)Descalificante
TeckelPelo duroNo reconocido (“tricolour”)DescalificanteNo rulingNo reconocido (“tricolour”)Descalificante
TeckelDe pelo largoNo reconocido (“tricolour”)DescalificanteNo rulingNo reconocido (“tricolour”)Descalificante
Yorkshire TerrierNo reconocidoDescalificanteDescalificante (“tri-color”)No reconocidoNo ruling
BarbetNo reconocido (“Tri colour”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Biewer Yorkshire a la Pom-PonNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Bodeguero AndaluzNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Perro Pastor GalésNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
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