Chien color
Brun foncé
A deep brown: the eye color most dog standards ask for, and the shell of dark-brown layers such as Welsummers and Barnevelders.
245 Chien breeds list Brun foncé. It is in a club standard for 239 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 1 breed.
Breeds whose standards accept Brun foncé
| Breed | FCI | AKC | KC | KUSA | UKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AffenpinscherYeux | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark eyes”) | Standard (“Dark”) | No ruling |
| Airedale TerrierYeux | Standard (“Dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“Dark in colour”) | Standard (“Dark in colour”) | Standard (“Dark”) |
| AkbashYeux | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“golden brown to dark brown, with darker color preferred”) |
| AkitaYeux | Standard (“dark brown: the darker, the better (Japanese Akita)”) | Standard (“dark brown (Akita)”) | Standard (“dark brown (Akita)”) | Standard (“dark brown (American Akita)”) | Standard (“dark brown (Akita)”) |
| AkitaJaponais · Yeux | Standard (“dark brown: the darker, the better”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown: the darker, the better”) | No ruling |
| AkitaAméricain · Yeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| American English CoonhoundYeux | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown pigmentation”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown pigmentation”) | Standard (“Dark brown in color”) |
| American Staffordshire TerrierYeux | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark”) | No ruling |
| American Water SpanielYeux | Standard (“dark tone to harmonize with coat”) | Standard (“of dark tone to harmonize with coat”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“of dark color to harmonize with the coat”) |
| AzawakhYeux | Standard (“dark”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“hazel to dark brown”) |
| BarbetYeux | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“dark hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“dark hazel to dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) |
| BarzoïYeux | Standard (“dark brown to brown”) | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark brown to brown”) | Standard (“dark In color”) |
| BasenjiYeux | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Basset artésien normandYeux | Standard (“dark (in harmony with the coat)”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark (in harmony with the coat)”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Basset fauve de BretagneYeux | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“Dark brown is the preferred color”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“Dark brown in color”) |
| Basset HoundYeux | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown preferred”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | No ruling |
| BeagleYeux | Standard (“Dark brown or hazel”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“Dark brown or hazel”) | No ruling |
| BeauceronYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“always dark”) |
| Bedlington TerrierYeux | Standard (“Blues have a dark eye”) | Standard (“Blues have dark eyes”) | Standard (“Blues have a dark eye”) | Standard (“Blues have a dark eye”) | Standard (“Blue-colored dogs have darker eyes”) |
| Berger allemandYeux | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark brown preferred”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) |
| Berger anglaisYeux | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Dark or medium brown”) |
| Berger belgeYeux | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) |
| Berger blanc suisseYeux | Standard (“colour brown to dark-brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Brown to dark brown”) | Standard (“colour brown to dark-brown”) | No ruling |
| Berger d'AnatolieYeux | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown to light amber”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Berger d'Asie centraleYeux | Standard (“from dark brown to hazel. The darker colour is preferable”) | Standard (“from dark brown to hazel. The darker colour is preferable”) | No ruling | Standard (“from dark brown to hazel. The darker colour is preferable”) | Standard (“Eyes are dark”) |
| Berger de LaponieYeux | Standard (“Preferably dark in colour, yet harmonizing with the coat colour”) | Standard (“Preferably dark in colour, yet harmonizing with the coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Berger de PicardieYeux | Standard (“dark colour”) | Standard (“darker eye color is preferred”) | Standard (“dark, blending with coat colour”) | Standard (“dark colour”) | No ruling |
| Berger des CarpatesYeux | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown in color”) |
| Berger des PyrénéesYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling |
| Berger des ShetlandYeux | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Color must be dark”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Eye color is dark brown”) |
| Berger du CaucaseYeux | Standard (“different shades of brown from dark to hazelnut”) | Standard (“different shades of brown from dark to hazelnut”) | No ruling | Standard (“different shades of brown from dark to hazelnut”) | No ruling |
| Berger hollandaisYeux | Standard (“Dark coloured”) | Standard (“dark colored”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark-coloured”) | Standard (“The dark, medium-sized, almond-shaped eyes”) |
| Berger KangalYeux | Standard (“Dark brown to light brown, the darker, the better”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown to light brown, the darker, the better”) | Standard (“deep brown”) |
| Berger roumain de MioritzaYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Berger yougoslaveYeux | Standard (“dark or light brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown to chestnut”) |
| Bichon bolonaisYeux | Standard (“the iris of a dark ochre colour”) | Standard (“dark iris”) | Standard (“Large, round, dark”) | Standard (“the iris of a dark ochre colour”) | Standard (“the iris is a dark ochre color”) |
| Bichon friséYeux | Standard (“Very dark”) | Standard (“black or dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“black or dark brown”) |
| Bichon havanaisYeux | Standard (“of brown colour as dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“of brown colour, as dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Bichon maltaisYeux | Standard (“they are of a dark ochre colour”) | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Biewer TerrierYeux | No ruling | Standard (“dark, with the iris as dark as possible”) | No ruling | Standard (“black/dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Black and Tan CoonhoundYeux | Standard (“from hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“from hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“Hazel to dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bluetick CoonhoundYeux | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown in color”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown in color”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| BobtailYeux | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“if brown, very dark is preferred”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| BoerboelYeux | No ruling | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | No ruling |
| Bolonka tsvetnaya russeYeux | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Border TerrierYeux | Standard (“dark”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Boston TerrierYeux | Standard (“dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Bouledogue françaisYeux | Standard (“dark coloured”) | Standard (“dark, brown or approaching black in color”) | Standard (“Preferably dark”) | Standard (“dark-coloured”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Bouvier australienYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Bouvier australien courte queueYeux | Standard (“of dark brown colour”) | Standard (“of dark brown colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Bouvier bernoisYeux | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Bouvier de l'AppenzellYeux | Standard (“in black dogs dark brown, brown”) | Standard (“in black dogs dark brown, brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“in black dogs dark brown, brown”) | Standard (“In Black dogs they are brown to dark brown”) |
| Bouvier de l'EntlebuchYeux | Standard (“dark brown to hazel”) | Standard (“Must be brown, darker eye preferred”) | Standard (“dark brown to hazel”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown to hazel”) |
| Bouvier des FlandresYeux | Standard (“as dark as possible in relation to coat”) | Standard (“a dark brown”) | Standard (“as dark as possible in relation to coat colour”) | Standard (“as dark as possible in relation to coat”) | Standard (“a dark nut brown”) |
| BoxerYeux | Standard (“The dark eyes”) | Standard (“Dark brown in color”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“The dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Braque allemand à poil courtYeux | Standard (“The ideal colour is dark brown”) | Standard (“The preferred color is dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Darker brown is preferred”) |
| Braque allemand à poil durYeux | Standard (“As dark as possible”) | No ruling | Standard (“hazel or darker”) | Standard (“As dark as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) |
| Braque allemand à poil longYeux | Standard (“Brown colour, as dark as possible”) | Standard (“Brown colour, as dark as possible”) | Standard (“Brown, as dark as possible”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Braque hongrois à poil courtYeux | Standard (“as dark as possible preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Braque hongrois à poil durYeux | Standard (“as dark as possible preferred”) | Standard (“Iris color is as dark as possible”) | No ruling | Standard (“as dark as possible preferred”) | No ruling |
| Braque portugaisYeux | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Darker shades are preferred”) |
| BriardYeux | Standard (“of dark colour”) | Standard (“black-brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“of dark colour”) | Standard (“black-brown”) |
| Buhund norvégienYeux | Standard (“colour as dark as possible”) | Standard (“color as dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“colour as dark as possible”) | Standard (“as dark in color as possible”) |
| Bull TerrierYeux | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) |
| Bull Terrier miniatureYeux | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) |
| Bulldog anglaisYeux | Standard (“very dark- almost black”) | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“very dark – almost black”) | Standard (“very dark – almost black”) | Standard (“very dark”) |
| BullmastiffYeux | Standard (“Dark or hazel”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark or hazel”) | Standard (“Dark or hazel”) | Standard (“The eyes are dark”) |
| Ca de BouYeux | Standard (“as dark as possible and according to coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“as dark as possible depending on the color of the coat”) |
| Cane CorsoYeux | Standard (“as dark as possible but according to the coat colour”) | Standard (“dark brown eyes are preferred”) | No ruling | Standard (“as dark as possible, but according to the coat colour”) | Standard (“the iris is as dark as possible, depending on the color of the coat”) |
| Caniche (grand)Yeux | Standard (“Black or dark brown colour”) | Standard (“very dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Caniche (nain)Yeux | Standard (“Black or dark brown colour”) | Standard (“very dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Caniche (Toy)Yeux | Standard (“Black or dark brown colour”) | Standard (“very dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark eyes”) | Standard (“very dark eyes”) |
| CarlinYeux | Standard (“Dark, relatively large”) | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“Dark, relatively large”) | Standard (“Dark, relatively large”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Cavalier King Charles SpanielYeux | Standard (“Large, dark, round”) | Standard (“a warm, very dark brown”) | Standard (“Large, dark, round”) | Standard (“Large, dark, round”) | Standard (“Relatively large, dark and round”) |
| Chien chinois à crêteYeux | Standard (“So dark as to appear black”) | Standard (“Dark-colored dogs have dark-colored eyes”) | Standard (“So dark as to appear black”) | Standard (“So dark as to appear black”) | Standard (“very dark in dark colored dogs”) |
| Chien courant de TransylvanieYeux | Standard (“The colour is dark brown”) | Standard (“The colour is dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Chien d'eau espagnolYeux | No ruling | Standard (“from hazel to dark chestnut”) | Standard (“Hazel or dark brown, depending on coat colour”) | No ruling | Standard (“White dogs may have either light brown or dark brown eyes”) |
| Chien d'eau irlandaisYeux | No ruling | Standard (“a warm tone of medium to dark brown”) | Standard (“medium to dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chien d'eau portugaisYeux | No ruling | Standard (“Black or various tones of brown”) | Standard (“Black or dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chien d'élan norvégienYeux | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“very dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Chien de berger bergamasqueYeux | Standard (“a darker or lighter shade of chestnut colour”) | Standard (“varying from hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“dark chestnut colour preferred”) | Standard (“a darker or lighter shade of chestnut colour”) | Standard (“dark chestnut”) |
| Chien de berger croateYeux | Standard (“dark chestnut brown”) | Standard (“dark chestnut brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chien de berger islandaisYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Chien de berger portugaisYeux | Standard (“preferably dark in colour”) | Standard (“preferably dark in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Preferably dark in color”) |
| Chien de CanaanYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown eyes are strongly preferred”) |
| Chien de ferme dano-suédoisYeux | Standard (“Dark eye colour in dogs with black patches”) | Standard (“Dark eye color in dogs with black patches”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“as dark as possible”) |
| Chien de Rhodésie à crête dorsaleYeux | Standard (“A black nose should be accompanied by dark eyes”) | Standard (“A black nose should be accompanied by dark eyes”) | Standard (“Black nose accompanied by dark eyes”) | Standard (“A black nose should be accompanied by dark eyes”) | Standard (“A black nosed dog has dark eyes”) |
| Chien de rouge de BavièreYeux | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | No ruling |
| Chien de rouge de HanovreYeux | Standard (“darkbrown iris”) | Standard (“darkbrown iris”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown iris”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Chien de Saint-HubertYeux | Standard (“Dark brown or hazel”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“Dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“dark brown or hazel”) |
| Chien de TaïwanYeux | Standard (“Dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“Dark brown in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chien finnois de LaponieYeux | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) |
| Chien finnois de LaponieYeux | Standard (“dark brown, according to coat colour”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark brown or harmonising with coat colour”) | Standard (“dark brown, according to coat colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in color, but harmonizing with the color of the coat”) |
| Chien thaïlandais à crête dorsaleYeux | Standard (“The eye colour is dark brown”) | Standard (“The eye colour is dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“The eye colour is dark brown”) | Standard (“Eye color is dark brown”) |
| ChihuahuaYeux | Standard (“perfectly dark”) | Standard (“luminous dark”) | Standard (“dark or ruby”) | Standard (“dark or ruby”) | Standard (“dark eyes are preferred”) |
| ChinookYeux | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown is preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown eyes are preferred”) |
| Chow-ChowYeux | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Eyes dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Cocker américainYeux | Standard (“The colour of the iris is dark brown”) | Standard (“The color of the iris is dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown to black in blacks, black and tans, buffs and creams”) | Standard (“The colour of the iris is dark brown”) | Standard (“The color of the iris is dark brown, the darker the better”) |
| Cocker anglaisYeux | Standard (“Dark brown or brown”) | Standard (“Eye color dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown or brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown or brown”) | Standard (“The eye color is dark brown”) |
| ColleyYeux | No ruling | Standard (“the color is dark”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Colley à poil courtYeux | Standard (“dark brown colour”) | Standard (“The color is dark”) | Standard (“dark brown colour”) | Standard (“dark brown colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Colley à poil longYeux | Standard (“dark brown colour”) | Standard (“The color is dark”) | Standard (“dark brown colour”) | Standard (“dark brown colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Coton de TuléarYeux | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown or black”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Cuvac slovaqueYeux | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| DalmatienYeux | No ruling | Standard (“the darker the better”) | Standard (“dark brown in black spotted”) | Standard (“dark brown in black-spotted”) | Standard (“dark brown in black spotted”) |
| DobermanYeux | Standard (“dark in colour”) | Standard (“darkest brown”) | Standard (“darkest brown”) | Standard (“dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Dogo argentinYeux | Standard (“dark or hazel coloured”) | Standard (“dark or hazelnut in color”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark- or hazel-coloured”) | Standard (“very dark brown to dark hazel”) |
| Dogue allemandYeux | Standard (“As dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“eyes and nails preferably dark”) | Standard (“As dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Dogue de BordeauxYeux | Standard (“hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“Color ranges from hazel to dark brown”) |
| Dogue des CanariesYeux | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“medium to dark brown”) |
| Dogue du TibetYeux | Standard (“any shade of brown ... the darker the better”) | Standard (“any shade of brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“any shade of brown ... the darker the better”) | Standard (“Any shade of brown”) |
| DreverYeux | Standard (“Dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“Dark brown in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Épagneul bretonYeux | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“Preference should be for the darker colored eyes”) | Standard (“brown to dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“Darker colored eyes are preferred”) |
| Épagneul françaisYeux | Standard (“of a cinnamon to dark brown colour”) | Standard (“of a cinnamon to dark brown colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Épagneul japonaisYeux | No ruling | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“Moderately large, dark”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Épagneul nain continental papillonYeux | Standard (“Dark in colour”) | Standard (“Eyes dark”) | Standard (“dark with dark rims”) | Standard (“dark with dark rims”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Épagneul tibétainYeux | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| EurasierYeux | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Field SpanielYeux | No ruling | Standard (“dark hazel to dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark hazel, brown or nearly black, depending on the color of the dog”) |
| Fila BrasileiroYeux | Standard (“However, a darker colour is preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“However a darker colour is preferred”) | No ruling |
| Fox Terrier à poil durYeux | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Fox Terrier à poil lisseYeux | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Golden RetrieverYeux | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Color preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Darker brown is preferred”) |
| Grand basset griffon vendéenYeux | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“large, dark and oval”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Grand bouvier suisseYeux | No ruling | Standard (“brown, dark brown preferred”) | Standard (“Hazel to dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| GreyhoundYeux | Standard (“Preferably dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Preferably dark”) | Standard (“Preferably dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Griffon bruxelloisYeux | Standard (“Brown, as dark as possible”) | No ruling | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“very dark brown”) |
| HamiltonstövareYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| HarrierYeux | Standard (“Always dark”) | Standard (“darker colors are always desired”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| HokkaïdoYeux | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| HovawartYeux | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“Dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | No ruling |
| Jack Russell TerrierYeux | Standard (“Small dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“fairly small and dark”) | Standard (“Small, dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Jagdterrier allemandYeux | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark”) |
| JindoYeux | Standard (“Dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“Dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark reddish brown to dark brown”) |
| KaiYeux | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“the iris dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Kerry Blue TerrierYeux | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark as possible”) | Standard (“Dark as possible”) | Standard (“Dark”) |
| King Charles SpanielYeux | Standard (“Relatively large and dark”) | Standard (“very dark brown or black”) | Standard (“Relatively large and dark”) | Standard (“Relatively large and dark”) | Standard (“very dark brown or black”) |
| KishuYeux | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| KomondorYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“the iris of the eye is dark brown”) | Standard (“darker the better”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| KooikerhondjeYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“Deep brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“deep brown”) |
| Kopov slovaqueYeux | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark”) |
| KromfohrländerYeux | Standard (“Dark brown, medium brown permitted”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown, medium brown permitted”) | Standard (“Dark brown is preferred”) |
| KuvaszYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown, the darker the better”) | Standard (“dark, brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown, the darker the better”) |
| LaekenoisYeux | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) |
| Lagotto RomagnoloYeux | Standard (“ranges from ochre to hazel and dark brown”) | Standard (“ranges from ochre to hazel to dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“ranges from ochre to hazel and dark brown”) | Standard (“Color ranges from ochre through hazel to dark brown”) |
| Laïka de IakoutieYeux | Standard (“Eyes colour is dark brown”) | Standard (“Any color is permissible”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lakeland TerrierYeux | Standard (“Dark”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“In all other colors, the eyes are dark brown”) |
| Lancashire HeelerYeux | Standard (“dark colour”) | Standard (“dark color”) | Standard (“dark colour”) | Standard (“dark colour”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| LeonbergYeux | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“Dark brown is preferred”) | Standard (“Medium to dark brown”) | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“dark brown preferred”) |
| Lévrier afghanYeux | Standard (“Dark for preference”) | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“Preferably dark”) | Standard (“Dark for preference”) | Standard (“Dark brown is the preferred color”) |
| Lévrier écossaisYeux | Standard (“Generally dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“generally dark brown, brown or hazel”) | Standard (“Generally dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“Generally dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“dark brown or hazel”) |
| Lévrier irlandaisYeux | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Eyes, dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“The eyes are dark”) |
| Lévrier italienYeux | Standard (“Iris of dark colour”) | Standard (“Dark”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Lhassa ApsoYeux | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark in color”) |
| Malamute de l'AlaskaYeux | No ruling | Standard (“dark eyes are preferred”) | Standard (“dark eyes preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| MalinoisYeux | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) |
| Manchester Terrier (Standard)Yeux | Standard (“dark”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | No ruling |
| Manchester Terrier (Toy)Yeux | No ruling | Standard (“nearly black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“as near black as possible”) |
| MastiffYeux | Standard (“darker the better”) | Standard (“the darker the better”) | Standard (“darker the better”) | Standard (“the darker the better”) | Standard (“the darker being preferred”) |
| Montagne des PyrénéesYeux | No ruling | Standard (“rich dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| MudiYeux | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“Black Dogs – Dark as possible”) | Standard (“As dark as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“Black and White dogs should have dark brown eyes”) |
| Norfolk TerrierYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| NorrbottenspetsYeux | Standard (“Colour dark brown”) | Standard (“Irises are dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwich TerrierYeux | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Olde English BulldoggeYeux | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark to light brown”) |
| OtterhoundYeux | No ruling | Standard (“The eyes are dark”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The deeply set eyes are dark”) |
| Parson Russell TerrierYeux | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| PékinoisYeux | Standard (“Clear, round, dark lustrous”) | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“Clear, round, dark lustrous”) | Standard (“Clear, round, dark lustrous”) | Standard (“dark and lustrous”) |
| Petit basset griffon vendéenYeux | Standard (“Eyes must be of a dark colour”) | Standard (“Eyes large and dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“The large, dark eyes”) |
| Petit chien lionYeux | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Petit chien russeYeux | Standard (“As dark as possible”) | Standard (“eyes that are darkest brown to black”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“As dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Petit épagneul de MünsterYeux | Standard (“As dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“As dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“Dark brown in color”) |
| Petit Podengo portugaisYeux | No ruling | Standard (“honey to dark brown”) | Standard (“from light to dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pinscher allemandYeux | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“The eyes are dark”) |
| Pinscher nainYeux | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark even to a true black”) | Standard (“Black to dark brown according to coat colour”) | Standard (“Black to dark brown according to coat colour”) | Standard (“dark, almost a true black”) |
| PointerYeux | No ruling | Standard (“the darker the better”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark eyes, the darker the better”) |
| PorcelaineYeux | Standard (“dark in appearance”) | Standard (“dark in appearance”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The dark eyes”) |
| PuliYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| PumiYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Rafeiro de l'AlentejoYeux | Standard (“brown (preferably dark)”) | Standard (“brown (preferably dark)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rastreador brésilienYeux | Standard (“dark”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rat TerrierYeux | No ruling | Standard (“from darkest brown to hazel”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Redbone CoonhoundYeux | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown to hazel in color, dark preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Retriever à poil boucléYeux | Standard (“Dark brown in blacks”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown in blacks”) | Standard (“Dark brown in blacks”) | No ruling |
| Retriever à poil platYeux | Standard (“dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“dark brown or hazel”) |
| RottweilerYeux | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“The desired color is a uniform dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Saint-BernardYeux | Standard (“dark brown to nut-brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown to nut brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| SamoyèdeYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark for preference”) | Standard (“medium to dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| SchipperkeYeux | Standard (“Dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“eyes are dark brown”) |
| Schnauzer géantYeux | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“Eye color is dark”) |
| Schnauzer moyenYeux | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Schnauzer nainYeux | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Sealyham TerrierYeux | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Very dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Very dark in color”) |
| Setter anglaisYeux | Standard (“Colour ranging between hazel and dark brown, the darker the better”) | Standard (“dark brown, the darker the better”) | Standard (“Colour ranging between hazel and dark brown, the darker the better”) | Standard (“Colour ranging between hazel and dark brown, the darker the better”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Setter GordonYeux | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown in color”) |
| Setter irlandaisYeux | Standard (“Dark hazel or dark brown”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“Dark hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown in color”) |
| Setter irlandais rouge et blancYeux | Standard (“Dark hazel or dark brown”) | Standard (“dark hazel or dark brown”) | Standard (“Hazel or dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark hazel or dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark hazel or dark brown”) |
| Shar PeïYeux | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Shiba InuYeux | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“Iris is dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“Iris color is dark brown”) |
| Shih TzuYeux | Standard (“Large, dark, round”) | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“Large, dark, round”) | Standard (“Large, dark, round”) | Standard (“very dark in color”) |
| ShikokuYeux | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Silky Terrier australienYeux | Standard (“dark as possible in colour”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark as possible in colour”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Skye TerrierYeux | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) |
| SloughiYeux | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“shades of dark brown to dark amber”) | Standard (“dark to dark amber”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“shades of dark brown to dark amber”) |
| Sloughi orientalYeux | Standard (“Dark to hazel”) | Standard (“Dark to hazel”) | Standard (“Dark to hazel”) | Standard (“Dark to hazel”) | Standard (“dark to hazel”) |
| Soft Coated Wheaten TerrierYeux | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark reddish brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Spitz allemandYeux | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“always dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“always dark in color”) |
| Spitz américainYeux | No ruling | Standard (“Dark to medium brown is the preferred eye color”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) |
| Spitz finlandaisYeux | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“Dark in color”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark in color”) |
| Spitz japonaisYeux | Standard (“dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Spitz nainYeux | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“bright, dark”) | Standard (“bright, dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Spitz-loupYeux | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Springer anglaisYeux | No ruling | Standard (“black or deep brown in the black and white dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black or deep brown in black dogs”) |
| Springer galloisYeux | Standard (“Hazel or dark”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“Hazel or dark”) | Standard (“Hazel or dark”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) |
| StabyhounYeux | Standard (“dark brown for dogs with black and white coat”) | Standard (“dark brown for dogs with black and white coat”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown for dogs with black and white coat”) | Standard (“dark brown in black dogs”) |
| Staffordshire Bull TerrierYeux | Standard (“dark preferred”) | Standard (“dark preferable”) | Standard (“dark preferred”) | Standard (“dark preferred”) | Standard (“dark eyes are preferred”) |
| TeckelYeux | Standard (“bright dark reddish-brown to blackish brown”) | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark reddish-brown to brownish-black”) |
| Terre-NeuveYeux | Standard (“Dark brown in black and white and black dogs”) | Standard (“Eyes are dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in black, or in white and black dogs”) | Standard (“Dark brown in black and white and black dogs”) | Standard (“dark brown in color in the black and black and white dogs”) |
| Terrier australienYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown to black (the darker the better)”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Terrier écossaisYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown or nearly black”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown or nearly black”) |
| Terrier galloisYeux | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Terrier irlandaisYeux | Standard (“Should be dark in colour”) | Standard (“Dark brown in color”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Terrier noir russeYeux | Standard (“dark colour”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark colour”) | Standard (“dark colored”) |
| Terrier nu américainYeux | No ruling | Standard (“darkest brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Terrier tchèqueYeux | Standard (“dark brown in grey-blue coated dogs”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“in light brown dogs – light to dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in grey-blue coated dogs”) | Standard (“dark brown in blue-gray dogs”) |
| Terrier tibétainYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown and may appear black in color”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| TervuerenYeux | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“eyes dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) |
| TornjakYeux | Standard (“dark colour”) | Standard (“dark colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark”) |
| TosaYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“brown with preference given to the darker color”) |
| Toy Fox TerrierYeux | No ruling | Standard (“clear, bright and dark”) | No ruling | Standard (“Clear, bright, and dark”) | Standard (“Dark in color”) |
| Treeing Tennessee BrindleYeux | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The dark, expressive eyes”) |
| Treeing Walker CoonhoundYeux | No ruling | Standard (“dark in color, brown or black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Color is dark, brown or black”) |
| Vallhund suédoisYeux | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“very dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Welsh Corgi CardiganYeux | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“clear and dark in harmony with coat color”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“clear and dark, in harmony with the coat color”) |
| Welsh Corgi PembrokeYeux | No ruling | Standard (“dark eyes enhance the expression”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| West Highland White TerrierYeux | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| WhippetYeux | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown to nearly black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark”) |
| XoloitzcuintleYeux | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“ranges from yellow to a very dark brown”) |
| Yorkshire TerrierYeux | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
Breeds where Brun foncé is a fault
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chien-loup tchécoslovaqueYeux | Défaut (“Dark brown, black or different coloured eyes”) | No ruling | Défaut (“Dark brown or black eyes”) |
| Épagneul de DrenteYeux | Défaut (“neither dark nor the light colour of the bird of prey”) | Défaut (“neither dark nor the light colour of the bird of prey”) | No ruling |
Breeds where Brun foncé is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | FCI | KUSA |
|---|---|---|
| Lévrier d'IbizaYeux | Éliminatoire (“Dark eyes”) | Éliminatoire (“Dark eyes”) |
| Biewer Yorkshire à la Pom-PonYeux | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bodeguero andalouYeux | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hortaya borzayaYeux | No ruling | No ruling |
Color changes
How Brun foncé can appear or change over an animal's life.
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