Cane color
Nocciola
A light-brown iris with green or gold flecks, between amber and green.
69 Cane breeds list Nocciola. It is in a club standard for 66 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Nocciola
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American FoxhoundOcchi | Da standard (“brown or hazel”) | Da standard (“of a brown or hazel color”) | Da standard (“brown or hazel”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Hairless TerrierOcchi | No ruling | Da standard (“from darkest brown to amber and hazel”) | Da standard (“Hazel eyes are acceptable in dogs with lighter coat color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Water SpanielOcchi | Da standard (“a light yellowish brown to brown, hazel or dark tone”) | Da standard (“a light yellowish brown to brown, hazel or of dark tone”) | Da standard (“hazel or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AzawakhOcchi | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“hazel to dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BarbetOcchi | No ruling | Da standard (“dark hazel to dark brown”) | No ruling | Da standard (“dark hazel to dark brown”) | No ruling |
| BasenjiOcchi | No ruling | Da standard (“Dark hazel to dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Basset Fauve de BretagneOcchi | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“hazel”) | No ruling |
| Basset HoundOcchi | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“they may be hazel in light-colored hounds”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BeagleOcchi | Da standard (“Dark brown or hazel”) | Da standard (“of a brown or hazel color”) | Da standard (“brown or hazel in color”) | Da standard (“Dark brown or hazel”) | Da standard (“Dark brown or hazel”) |
| BeauceronOcchi | Da standard (“never lighter than dark hazel”) | Da standard (“never lighter than dark hazel”) | Da standard (“never being lighter than dark hazel”) | No ruling | Da standard (“never lighter than dark hazel”) |
| Bedlington TerrierOcchi | Da standard (“livers and sandies have a light hazel eye”) | Da standard (“sandies, sandies and tans, light hazel”) | Da standard (“Sandy- and sandy and tan-colored dogs have light hazel eyes”) | Da standard (“livers and sandies have a light hazel eye”) | Da standard (“livers and sandies have a light hazel eye”) |
| Berger PicardOcchi | Da standard (“never lighter than hazel”) | Da standard (“never lighter than hazel”) | Da standard (“never lighter than hazel”) | Da standard (“never lighter than hazel”) | Da standard (“never lighter than hazel”) |
| Black and Tan CoonhoundOcchi | Da standard (“from hazel to dark brown”) | Da standard (“from hazel to dark brown”) | No ruling | Da standard (“Hazel to dark brown”) | No ruling |
| BloodhoundOcchi | Da standard (“Dark brown or hazel”) | Da standard (“The hazel color is, however, to be preferred”) | Da standard (“dark brown or hazel”) | Da standard (“dark brown or hazel”) | Da standard (“Dark brown or hazel”) |
| Border TerrierOcchi | No ruling | Da standard (“Eyes dark hazel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bracco Tedesco a pelo duroOcchi | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“hazel or darker”) | No ruling |
| Braque du BourbonnaisOcchi | Da standard (“hazel or dark amber depending on the colour of the coat”) | Da standard (“hazel or dark amber depending on the colour of the coat”) | Da standard (“Hazel or dark amber in color, depending on the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BullmastiffOcchi | Da standard (“Dark or hazel”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“Dark or hazel”) | Da standard (“Dark or hazel”) |
| Cairn TerrierOcchi | Da standard (“dark hazel”) | Da standard (“hazel or dark hazel”) | Da standard (“dark hazel”) | Da standard (“dark hazel”) | Da standard (“dark hazel”) |
| Canaan DogOcchi | No ruling | Da standard (“varying shades of hazel with liver-pointed dogs”) | Difetto (“hazel ... eyes are serious faults”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cane d'Acqua SpagnoloOcchi | Da standard (“of a hazel to chestnut colour”) | Da standard (“from hazel to dark chestnut”) | No ruling | Da standard (“Hazel or dark brown, depending on coat colour”) | No ruling |
| Cane da Pastore Mioritic RumenoOcchi | Da standard (“the color is hazel, dark brown or slightly lighter”) | Da standard (“the color is hazel, dark brown or slightly lighter”) | Da standard (“hazel or brown in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cane da Pastore Polacco della PianuraOcchi | Da standard (“hazel colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“colour hazel to brown”) | Da standard (“hazel colour”) |
| Cane da Pastore PortogheseOcchi | Da standard (“may be hazelnut or amber in brown and yellow animals”) | Da standard (“may be hazelnut or amber in brown and yellow animals”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cirneco dell'EtnaOcchi | Da standard (“ochre, amber or hazel”) | No ruling | Non riconosciuto (“they should never be brown or dark hazel”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cocker Spaniel AmericanoOcchi | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“In reds and browns, dark hazel”) | No ruling |
| Cocker Spaniel IngleseOcchi | Da standard (“in the case of liver, liver roan and liver and white, dark hazel to harmonize with coat”) | Da standard (“except in livers and liver parti-colors where hazel is permitted”) | Da standard (“except in livers and liver parti-colors, where they are hazel”) | Da standard (“in the case of liver, liver roan and liver and white, dark hazel to harmonise with coat”) | Da standard (“in the case of liver, liver roan, and liver and white, dark hazel to harmonise with coat”) |
| Dandie Dinmont TerrierOcchi | Da standard (“Rich dark hazel”) | Da standard (“a rich dark hazel”) | Da standard (“a rich, dark hazel”) | Da standard (“Rich dark hazel”) | Da standard (“Rich dark hazel”) |
| Deutscher WachtelhundOcchi | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“brown to hazel”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dogo ArgentinoOcchi | Da standard (“dark or hazel coloured”) | Da standard (“dark or hazelnut in color”) | Da standard (“very dark brown to dark hazel”) | No ruling | Da standard (“dark- or hazel-coloured”) |
| Dogue de BordeauxOcchi | Da standard (“hazel to dark brown”) | Da standard (“hazel to dark brown”) | Da standard (“Color ranges from hazel to dark brown”) | Da standard (“hazel to dark brown”) | Da standard (“hazel to dark brown”) |
| English FoxhoundOcchi | Da standard (“hazel or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“hazel or brown”) | Da standard (“hazel or brown”) |
| English Springer SpanielOcchi | Da standard (“Dark hazel”) | Da standard (“preferably dark hazel in the liver and white dogs”) | Da standard (“preferably a dark hazel in liver dogs”) | Da standard (“Dark hazel”) | Da standard (“Dark hazel”) |
| EntlebucherOcchi | Da standard (“dark brown to hazel”) | No ruling | Da standard (“dark brown to hazel”) | Da standard (“dark brown to hazel”) | No ruling |
| Field SpanielOcchi | Da standard (“Dark hazel in colour”) | Da standard (“dark hazel to dark brown”) | Da standard (“dark hazel, brown or nearly black, depending on the color of the dog”) | Da standard (“Dark hazel in colour”) | Da standard (“Dark hazel in colour”) |
| Flat Coated RetrieverOcchi | Da standard (“dark brown or hazel”) | Da standard (“dark brown or hazel”) | Da standard (“dark brown or hazel”) | Da standard (“dark brown or hazel”) | Da standard (“dark brown or hazel”) |
| Galgo SpagnoloOcchi | Da standard (“preferably dark, of hazel colour”) | No ruling | Da standard (“preferably dark hazel”) | No ruling | Da standard (“preferably dark, of hazel colour”) |
| Grande Bovaro SvizzeroOcchi | Da standard (“Hazel to chestnut brown”) | No ruling | Da standard (“hazel to chestnut brown”) | Da standard (“Hazel to dark brown”) | Da standard (“Hazel to chestnut brown”) |
| HarrierOcchi | No ruling | Da standard (“brown or hazel color in darker dogs, lighter hazel to yellow in lighter dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Irish Water SpanielOcchi | Da standard (“dark amber or dark hazel”) | No ruling | Da standard (“dark amber or dark hazel in color”) | No ruling | Da standard (“dark amber or dark hazel”) |
| Kerry Blue TerrierOcchi | Da standard (“dark hazel”) | No ruling | Da standard (“dark hazel”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Labrador RetrieverOcchi | Da standard (“hazel”) | Da standard (“brown or hazel in chocolates”) | Da standard (“brown or hazel in chocolates”) | Da standard (“hazel”) | Da standard (“hazel”) |
| Lagotto RomagnoloOcchi | Da standard (“ranges from ochre to hazel and dark brown”) | Da standard (“ranges from ochre to hazel to dark brown”) | Da standard (“Color ranges from ochre through hazel to dark brown”) | Da standard (“ranges from ochre to dark hazel and brown”) | Da standard (“ranges from ochre to hazel and dark brown”) |
| Lakeland TerrierOcchi | Da standard (“hazel”) | Da standard (“In liver or liver and tan dogs, the eyes are dark hazel”) | Da standard (“In liver colored dogs, the eyes are dark hazel”) | Da standard (“hazel”) | Da standard (“hazel”) |
| Lancashire HeelerOcchi | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“liver dogs, which may have lighter hazel colored eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Levriero ScozzeseOcchi | Da standard (“Generally dark brown or hazel”) | Da standard (“generally dark brown, brown or hazel”) | Da standard (“dark brown or hazel”) | Da standard (“Generally dark brown or hazel”) | Da standard (“Generally dark brown or hazel”) |
| MastiffOcchi | Da standard (“hazel brown, darker the better”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“hazel brown, darker the better”) | Da standard (“hazel brown, the darker the better”) |
| Mastino dei PireneiOcchi | Da standard (“hazel colour”) | Da standard (“hazel or brown color that range from light to dark”) | Da standard (“hazel in color, the darker shades preferred”) | Da standard (“hazel in colour”) | No ruling |
| Mastino SpagnoloOcchi | Da standard (“preferably dark, of hazel colour”) | Da standard (“preferably dark, of hazel colour”) | Da standard (“dark hazel in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| OtterhoundOcchi | Da standard (“a blue and tan hound may have hazel eyes”) | Da standard (“those with liver or slate pigment may have hazel eyes”) | Da standard (“Those with liver or slate pigment may have hazel eyes”) | Da standard (“a blue and tan hound may have hazel eyes”) | Da standard (“a blue and tan Hound may have hazel eyes”) |
| Pastore Americano in MiniaturaOcchi | Da standard (“hazel”) | Da standard (“hazel”) | Da standard (“hazel”) | No ruling | Da standard (“hazel”) |
| Pastore del CaucasoOcchi | Da standard (“different shades of brown from dark to hazelnut”) | Da standard (“different shades of brown from dark to hazelnut”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“different shades of brown from dark to hazelnut”) |
| Pastore dell'Asia CentraleOcchi | Da standard (“from dark brown to hazel”) | Da standard (“from dark brown to hazel”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“from dark brown to hazel”) |
| Plott HoundOcchi | No ruling | Da standard (“Brown or hazel”) | Da standard (“brown or hazel in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| PointerOcchi | Da standard (“Either hazel or brown according to colour of coat”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“Either hazel or brown according to colour of coat”) | Da standard (“Either hazel or brown according to colour of coat”) |
| Rat TerrierOcchi | No ruling | Da standard (“from darkest brown to hazel”) | Da standard (“Hazel eyes are acceptable in dogs with lighter coat color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Redbone CoonhoundOcchi | No ruling | Da standard (“Dark brown to hazel in color”) | Da standard (“brown to hazel in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SalukiOcchi | Da standard (“Dark to hazel”) | Da standard (“Dark to hazel”) | Da standard (“dark to hazel”) | Da standard (“Dark to hazel”) | Da standard (“Dark to hazel”) |
| SchipperkeOcchi | Da standard (“hazel eyes still acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Setter IngleseOcchi | Da standard (“Colour ranging between hazel and dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“Colour ranging between hazel and dark brown”) | Da standard (“Colour ranging between hazel and dark brown”) |
| Setter IrlandeseOcchi | Da standard (“Dark hazel or dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“Dark hazel to dark brown”) | Da standard (“Dark hazel to dark brown”) |
| Setter Irlandese rosso e biancoOcchi | Da standard (“Dark hazel or dark brown”) | Da standard (“dark hazel or dark brown”) | Da standard (“Dark hazel or dark brown”) | Da standard (“Hazel or dark brown”) | Da standard (“Dark hazel or dark brown”) |
| Soft Coated Wheaten TerrierOcchi | Da standard (“dark hazel”) | No ruling | Da standard (“hazel”) | Da standard (“clear, bright dark hazel”) | Da standard (“dark hazel”) |
| Sussex SpanielOcchi | Da standard (“Hazel colour”) | Da standard (“hazel in color”) | Da standard (“hazel in color”) | Da standard (“Hazel colour”) | Da standard (“Hazel colour”) |
| Welsh Springer SpanielOcchi | Da standard (“Hazel or dark”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“Hazel or dark”) | Da standard (“Hazel or dark”) |
| XoloitzcuintleOcchi | Da standard (“black, brown, hazel, amber or yellow tones”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“black, brown, hazel, amber or yellow tones”) | Da standard (“black, brown, hazel, amber, or yellow tones”) |
Breeds where Nocciola is a fault
| Breed | FCI | KUSA |
|---|---|---|
| BarzoiOcchi | Difetto (“light (all shades of hazelnut)”) | Difetto (“light (all shades of hazelnut)”) |
Breeds where Nocciola is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed |
|---|
| Hortaya BorzayaOcchi |
| Podenco AndalusoOcchi |
Color changes
How Nocciola can appear or change over an animal's life.
Bluchanges toNocciola
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