Hond color
Bruin
A general brown. In horses a color of its own (seal brown): near-black with lighter brown on the muzzle, around the eyes, on the flanks and inside the legs. In eggs the usual mid-brown shell.
215 Hond breeds list Bruin. It is in a club standard for 189 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 30 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Bruin
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akita | Standaard (“any colour (American Akita)”) | Standaard (“Brown, Black Overlay (Akita)”) | Standaard (“any color including white (Akita)”) | Standaard (“Brown & White (Akita)”) | Standaard (“any colour (American Akita)”) |
| AkitaAmerikaans | Standaard (“any colour”) | Standaard (“Brown, Black Overlay”) | Standaard (“any color including white”) | Standaard (“Brown & White”) | Standaard (“any colour”) |
| Alaska-malamuteOgen | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown in color”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) |
| American English coonhound | No ruling | Standaard (“Brown”) | Diskwalificerend | No ruling | No ruling |
| American leopard hound | No ruling | Standaard (“Brown”) | Diskwalificerend | No ruling | No ruling |
| American leopard houndOgen | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“any shade of yellow or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Amerikaanse cockerspaniël | Standaard (“including brown and brown with tan points”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“Any solid color other than black (ASCOB)”) | Standaard (“Chocolate”) | Standaard (“including brown and brown with tan points”) |
| Amerikaanse cockerspaniëlASCOB | Standaard (“including brown and brown with tan points”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“Any solid color other than black (ASCOB)”) | Standaard (“Chocolate”) | Standaard (“including brown and brown with tan points”) |
| Amerikaanse cockerspaniëlMeerkleurig | Standaard (“brown and white”) | Standaard (“Brown & White”) | Standaard (“Two or more definite well-broken colors, one of which must be white”) | Standaard (“Chocolate & White Particolour”) | Standaard (“brown and white”) |
| Amerikaanse eskimohondOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“Dark to medium brown is the preferred eye color”) | Standaard (“dark to medium brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Amerikaanse foxhound | Standaard (“Any colour”) | Standaard (“Black Brown & White”) | Standaard (“Any color is acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Amerikaanse foxhoundOgen | Standaard (“brown or hazel”) | Standaard (“of a brown or hazel color”) | Standaard (“brown or hazel”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Amerikaanse naakte terriërOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“When eyes are brown, a darker brown is preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Amerikaanse waterspaniëlOgen | Standaard (“a light yellowish brown to brown, hazel or dark tone”) | Standaard (“a light yellowish brown to brown, hazel or of dark tone”) | Standaard (“hazel or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Anatolische herdershondOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“dark brown to light amber”) | Standaard (“golden to brown”) | Standaard (“Golden to brown”) | No ruling |
| Appenzeller sennenhond | Standaard (“havana brown”) | Standaard (“havana brown”) | Standaard (“Havana brown”) | No ruling | Standaard (“havana-brown”) |
| Appenzeller sennenhondOgen | Standaard (“in black dogs dark brown, brown”) | Standaard (“in black dogs dark brown, brown”) | Standaard (“In Black dogs they are brown to dark brown”) | No ruling | Standaard (“in black dogs dark brown, brown”) |
| Australische herderOgen | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) |
| Australische kelpieOgen | Standaard (“brown, harmonising with the colour of the coat”) | Standaard (“brown, harmonising with the colour of the coat”) | Standaard (“brown, harmonizing with the color of the coat”) | No ruling | Standaard (“brown, harmonising with the colour of the coat”) |
| Azawakh | Diskwalificerend | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“all shades of brown to include chocolate”) | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend |
| Barbet | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | No ruling |
| Barzoi | Diskwalificerend (“brown (including cocoa, coffee, chocolate)”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standaard (“Any colour, except merle”) | Diskwalificerend (“brown (including cocoa, coffee, chocolate)”) |
| BarzoiOgen | Standaard (“dark brown to brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“dark brown to brown”) |
| Bassethound | No ruling | Standaard (“Black Brown & White”) | No ruling | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| BassethoundOgen | Standaard (“may shade to mid-brown in light-coloured hounds”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“The eyes are brown”) | Standaard (“may shade to mid-brown in light coloured hounds”) | Standaard (“may shade to mid-brown in light-coloured”) |
| Beagle | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Brown & White”) | No ruling | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| BeagleOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“of a brown or hazel color”) | Standaard (“brown or hazel in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bearded collie | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) |
| Beierse bergzweethond | Standaard (“reddish brown”) | Standaard (“Reddish Brown”) | Fout | No ruling | Standaard (“reddish brown”) |
| Beierse bergzweethondOgen | Standaard (“or slightly lighter”) | Standaard (“or slightly lighter”) | Standaard (“brown of varying shades”) | Standaard (“or slightly lighter”) | Standaard (“or slightly lighter”) |
| Belgische herdershondOgen | Standaard (“brownish colour”) | Standaard (“eyes brown”) | Standaard (“brown in color”) | Standaard (“brown in colour”) | Standaard (“brownish colour”) |
| BergamascoOgen | Standaard (“a darker or lighter shade of chestnut colour depending on the colour of the coat”) | Standaard (“chestnut, with the darkness of the color varying from hazel to dark brown”) | Standaard (“dark chestnut, with the darkness of the color varying with the color of the coat”) | Standaard (“dark chestnut colour preferred, but depends on colour of coat”) | Standaard (“a darker or lighter shade of chestnut colour depending on the colour of the coat”) |
| Berger PicardOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“medium to dark brown”) | Standaard (“brown, with the darkness of the color varying with the color of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Boerboel | No ruling | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“All shades of brown (tan, red)”) | No ruling | Standaard (“all shades of red, brown, yellow (fawn)”) |
| BoerboelOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“all shades of brown (preferably darker than the coat) are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Shades of brown preferred”) | No ruling | Standaard (“all shades of brown (preferably darker than the pelt) are acceptable”) |
| Boheemse herderOgen | Standaard (“brown in colour”) | Standaard (“brown in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Border collie | Standaard (“brown or chocolate colour”) | Standaard (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings”) | Standaard (“brown dogs”) | Standaard (“Brown & White”) | Standaard (“brown or chocolate colour”) |
| Border collieOgen | Standaard (“brown in colour”) | Standaard (“any eye color is acceptable”) | Standaard (“brown in color”) | Standaard (“brown in colour”) | Standaard (“brown in colour”) |
| Boykin-spaniëlOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“Eyes range from yellow to amber to varying shades of brown”) | Standaard (“varying shades of yellow or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bracco Italiano | Standaard (“White with more or less large brown patches”) | Standaard (“White & Brown”) | Standaard (“White with orange or chestnut patches”) | Standaard (“White with orange, amber or chestnut markings”) | Standaard (“White with more-or-less large brown patches”) |
| Bracco ItalianoOgen | Standaard (“of a more or less dark ochre or brown colour depending on the coat colour”) | Standaard (“a dark amber to orange or brown color depending on the color of the coat”) | Standaard (“Dark ochre or brown in color, depending on coat color”) | Standaard (“Dark ochre or brown, depending on coat colour”) | Standaard (“of a more or less dark ochre or brown colour depending on the coat colour”) |
| Braque du Bourbonnais | Standaard (“fine brown ticking (formerly called “wine dregs”)”) | Standaard (“Chestnut”) | Standaard (“fine brown or fawn ticking”) | Standaard (“Liver & White”) | No ruling |
| Braque Français type Pyrénées | No ruling | Standaard (“Chestnut”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bretonse spaniëlOgen | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“brown to dark”) | No ruling |
| Carolina dogOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Centraal-Aziatische herdershond | Diskwalificerend (“genetic brown”) | Diskwalificerend (“genetic brown”) | Standaard (“reddish brown, gray brown”) | No ruling | Diskwalificerend (“genetic brown”) |
| Cesky teriér | Standaard (“light-coffee-brown”) | Standaard (“light coffee”) | Standaard (“light coffee brown”) | Standaard (“light brown”) | Standaard (“light coffee-brown”) |
| Cesky teriérOgen | Standaard (“Brown or dark brown in grey-blue coated dogs”) | Standaard (“The color is brown or dark brown”) | Standaard (“brown to dark brown in blue-gray dogs”) | Standaard (“In blue-grey dogs – black or brown”) | Standaard (“Brown or dark brown in grey-blue coated dogs”) |
| Chesapeake Bay-retriever | Standaard (“Any colour of brown”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“all shades of brown, ranging from light cocoa to dark chocolate”) | Standaard (“any shade of brown”) | Standaard (“Any colour of brown”) |
| Chinese shar-pei | Standaard (“All solid colours acceptable”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“any solid color”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“All solid colours acceptable”) |
| Chinese shar-peiOgen | Standaard (“Lighter colour permissible in dilute-coloured dogs”) | Standaard (“In the dilute colored dogs the eye color may be lighter”) | Standaard (“In the dilute colored dogs, eye color may be lighter”) | No ruling | Standaard (“Lighter colour permissible in dilute-coloured dogs”) |
| ChinookOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“any shade of brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Coton de Tuléar | No ruling | Standaard (“Puppies ... may have the acceptable colors of light tan, light brown, dark brown”) | No ruling | Standaard (“White & Brown”) | No ruling |
| Curly coated retrieverOgen | Standaard (“in livers brown tone to blend with coat colour”) | Standaard (“Black or brown in black dogs and brown or amber in liver dogs”) | Standaard (“black or brown in black dogs, brown or amber in liver dogs”) | Standaard (“in livers brown tone to blend with coat colour”) | Standaard (“in livers brown tone to blend with coat colour”) |
| Dalmatische hondOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“Eye color is brown or blue, or any combination thereof”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Deens-Zweedse boerderijhond | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“White & Brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Deens-Zweedse boerderijhondOgen | Standaard (“Slightly lighter eye colour permissible in dogs with yellow or liver brown patches”) | Standaard (“Slightly lighter eye color permissible in dogs with yellow, or liver/brown patches”) | Standaard (“in dogs that have yellow or liver patches a somewhat lighter eye is acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dobermann | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“Red & Rust”) | Standaard (“red”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) |
| DobermannOgen | Standaard (“lighter shades are permitted for brown dogs”) | Standaard (“medium to darkest brown in black dogs”) | Standaard (“medium to dark brown in black dogs”) | Standaard (“medium to darkest brown in black dogs”) | Standaard (“lighter shades are permitted for brown dogs”) |
| Draadharige VizslaOgen | Standaard (“The brown eye colour harmonising with the coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“The brown eye colour harmonising with the coat colour”) |
| Drentsche patrijshond | Standaard (“brown markings”) | Standaard (“Brown Markings”) | Standaard (“brown markings”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Duitse spits | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“all colors”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) |
| Duitse spitsGroot | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“all colors”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Duitse staande draadhaarOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“Eyes are brown”) | No ruling | Standaard (“hazel or darker”) | No ruling |
| Duitse staande korthaarOgen | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“Eye color is brown”) | Standaard (“Varying in shades of brown to tone with coat”) | Standaard (“Varying in shades of brown to tone with coat”) |
| Duitse staande langhaar | Standaard (“Self coloured brown”) | Standaard (“Brown & White”) | No ruling | Standaard (“Solid brown”) | No ruling |
| Duitse staande spaniël (Wachtelhund) | Standaard (“Solid brown”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“solid brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Duitse staande spaniël (Wachtelhund)Ogen | Standaard (“Medium brown, as dark as possible”) | Standaard (“Medium brown, as dark as possible”) | Standaard (“brown to hazel”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dwergpoedel (miniatuur) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“All solid colours”) |
| Dwergpoedel (toy) | Standaard (“Brown should be deep, rather dark, uniform and warm”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“Browns”) | Standaard (“Browns”) |
| Engelse cockerspaniëlOgen | Standaard (“Dark brown or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“Dark brown or brown”) | Standaard (“Dark brown or brown”) |
| Engelse foxhoundOgen | Standaard (“hazel or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“hazel or brown”) | Standaard (“hazel or brown”) |
| Engelse herderOgen | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“Dark or medium brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Entlebucher sennenhondOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“Must be brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Field spaniëlOgen | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“dark hazel, brown or nearly black, depending on the color of the dog”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Finse lappenhond | Standaard (“all colours are permitted”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“all colors are allowed”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“all colours are permitted”) |
| Franse spaniël | Standaard (“The brown varies from cinnamon to dark liver”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“The brown varies from cinnamon to dark liver”) | Standaard (“Brown & White”) | No ruling |
| Glen of Imaal-terriërOgen | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“brown in color”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“Brown”) |
| Golden retrieverOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“medium brown acceptable”) | Standaard (“Eye color is brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Grote Zwitserse sennenhondOgen | Standaard (“Hazel to chestnut brown”) | Standaard (“brown, dark brown preferred”) | Standaard (“hazel to chestnut brown”) | Standaard (“Hazel to dark brown”) | Standaard (“Hazel to chestnut brown”) |
| HarrierOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“brown or hazel color in darker dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hollandse herder | Niet erkend | Standaard (“The brindle may be black or a dark brown”) | Fout | No ruling | Niet erkend |
| HovawartOgen | Standaard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standaard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standaard (“Varying shades of brown”) | Standaard (“Dark to medium brown”) | Standaard (“dark to medium brown”) |
| Ierse setterOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standaard (“dark to medium brown in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ierse waterspaniëlOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“a warm tone of medium to dark brown”) | No ruling | Standaard (“medium to dark brown”) | No ruling |
| Jack Russell-terriër | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Brown Markings”) | Standaard (“black, tan, or brown markings”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Jagdterriër | Standaard (“dark-brown”) | Standaard (“Dark Brown”) | Standaard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jakoetische laika | Standaard (“White and any patching (bicolour or tricolour)”) | Standaard (“Brown & White”) | No ruling | Standaard (“Brown & White”) | No ruling |
| Jakoetische laikaOgen | Standaard (“odd eyes (one brown, one blue)”) | Standaard (“Any color is permissible including brown”) | No ruling | Standaard (“blue segments on brown iris”) | No ruling |
| Joegoslavische herdershond | Standaard (“dark brown that looks almost black”) | No ruling | Standaard (“a very dark brown that is nearly black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Joegoslavische herdershondOgen | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“dark brown to chestnut”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kangal herdershondOgen | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“Golden to brown in colour”) | No ruling |
| Karelische berenhondOgen | Standaard (“Brown of different shades”) | Standaard (“Brown of different shades”) | Standaard (“brown of varying shades”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Karpatische herdershondOgen | Standaard (“various shades of brown”) | Standaard (“various shades of brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kaukasische herdershondOgen | Standaard (“different shades of brown from dark to hazelnut”) | Standaard (“different shades of brown from dark to hazelnut”) | Standaard (“The eyes are brown”) | No ruling | Standaard (“different shades of brown from dark to hazelnut”) |
| Keeshond (Pomeraan) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“Chocolate”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown, light or dark”) | Standaard (“brown, light or dark”) |
| Kleine Münsterländer | Standaard (“Brown-white and brown roan”) | Standaard (“Brown & White”) | Standaard (“Brown and white”) | Standaard (“Brown & white”) | Standaard (“Brown-white or brown roan”) |
| Korthals griffon | Standaard (“self-coloured brown (liver) coat”) | Standaard (“Brown & Gray”) | Standaard (“solid liver”) | Standaard (“Solid liver brown”) | No ruling |
| Korthals griffonOgen | Standaard (“Dark yellow or brown”) | Standaard (“Eye color ranges in all shades of yellow and brown”) | Standaard (“Dark yellow or brown in color”) | Standaard (“Dark yellow or brown”) | No ruling |
| Kroatische herdershondOgen | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“brown or black in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kromfohrländer | Standaard (“light brown, tan to very dark brown markings”) | Standaard (“White & Brown”) | Standaard (“tan or light to dark brown”) | No ruling | Standaard (“light brown, tan to very dark brown markings”) |
| KromfohrländerOgen | Standaard (“medium brown permitted”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“medium brown permitted”) |
| Labrador retrieverOgen | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) |
| Laekense herderOgen | Standaard (“brownish colour”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown in color”) | Standaard (“brown in colour”) | Standaard (“brownish colour”) |
| Lagotto Romagnolo | Standaard (“brown (in different shades)”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“solid brown of varying shades”) | Standaard (“brown (in different shades)”) | Standaard (“brown (in different shades)”) |
| Lagotto RomagnoloOgen | No ruling | Niet erkend | No ruling | Standaard (“ranges from ochre to dark hazel and brown”) | No ruling |
| LakelandterriërOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“warm brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Leonberger | Standaard (“reddish brown”) | Standaard (“Reddish Brown”) | Standaard (“reddish brown”) | Standaard (“reddish brown”) | Standaard (“reddish brown”) |
| LeonbergerOgen | Standaard (“Light brown to as dark brown as possible”) | No ruling | Standaard (“light to dark brown in color”) | Standaard (“Medium to dark brown”) | Standaard (“Light brown to as dark brown as possible”) |
| Lhasa Apso | Standaard (“brownish”) | Standaard (“Liver”) | Standaard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) |
| Löwchen | Standaard (“brown coats and derivatives”) | Standaard (“Chocolate”) | Standaard (“dogs with brown coats”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“brown coats and derivatives”) |
| MastiffOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“brown, the darker the better”) | Standaard (“brown in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mastino Napoletano | Standaard (“brown”) | No ruling | Standaard (“acceptable, but not preferred: brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) |
| Mastino NapoletanoOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“Shades of amber or brown, in accordance with coat color”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mechelse herderOgen | Standaard (“brownish colour”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown in color”) | Standaard (“brown in colour”) | Standaard (“brownish colour”) |
| Miniatuur Amerikaanse herderOgen | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) |
| Mountain cur | No ruling | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mountain curOgen | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“Eye color is brown, ranging from dark to amber”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mudi | Standaard (“Liver (brown)”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“Liver (brown)”) |
| MudiOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“Merle – Brown, blue or partially blue eyes”) | Standaard (“other colors may have brow, amber, or yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Newfoundlander | Standaard (“Brown: The brown colour goes from chocolate to bronze”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“Brown: Chocolate or bronze”) | Standaard (“Brown: The brown colour goes from chocolate to bronze”) |
| Noorse lundehundOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“yellow-brown to brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Nova Scotia duck tolling retrieverOgen | Standaard (“amber to brown”) | No ruling | Standaard (“amber to brown, harmonizing with the coat color”) | Standaard (“Brown to amber, blending with coat colour”) | No ruling |
| Olde English Bulldogge | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“brown brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Olde English BulldoggeOgen | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“dark to light brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oudengelse herdershondOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Perro de Presa Canario | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Brown”) | Diskwalificerend | No ruling | Niet erkend |
| Perro de Presa CanarioOgen | Standaard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standaard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standaard (“medium to dark brown”) | No ruling | Standaard (“dark to medium brown”) |
| Peruaanse naakthond | Standaard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“browns”) | No ruling | Standaard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) |
| Peruaanse naakthondHuid en schubben | Standaard (“dark brown going to light blond”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“browns”) | No ruling | Standaard (“dark brown going to light blonde”) |
| Peruaanse naakthondHaarloos · Huid en schubben | Standaard (“dark brown going to light blond”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“browns”) | No ruling | Standaard (“dark brown going to light blonde”) |
| Peruaanse naakthondOgen | Standaard (“all shades of brown”) | Standaard (“all shades of brown”) | Standaard (“all shades of brown”) | No ruling | Standaard (“all shades of brown”) |
| Plotthound | No ruling | Standaard (“Brown Brindle”) | Standaard (“Any shade of brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| PlotthoundOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“Brown or hazel”) | Standaard (“brown or hazel in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Poedel (standaard) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“All solid colours”) |
| PointerOgen | Standaard (“Either hazel or brown according to colour of coat”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“Either hazel or brown according to colour of coat”) | Standaard (“Either hazel or brown according to colour of coat”) |
| Poolse herdershondOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“brown in color”) | No ruling | Standaard (“colour hazel to brown”) | No ruling |
| Portugese herdershond | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“chestnut”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Portugese podengo | Standaard (“In the Small Podengo ... accepted but not preferred: ... brown”) | Standaard (“shades of brown/red”) | Standaard (“In the Pequeno ... also acceptable, but ... not preferred: tones of ... brown”) | Niet erkend | No ruling |
| Portugese podengoOgen | Standaard (“from honey to brown, in accordance with the coat”) | Standaard (“from honey to brown”) | Standaard (“from honey to brown”) | Standaard (“from light to dark brown”) | No ruling |
| Portugese podengo (klein) | Standaard (“In the Small Podengo ... accepted but not preferred: ... brown”) | Standaard (“Chestnut”) | Standaard (“In the Pequeno ... tones of ... brown”) | Niet erkend | No ruling |
| Portugese podengo (klein)Ogen | Standaard (“ranging from honey to brown”) | No ruling | Standaard (“ranges from honey to brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Portugese staande hond | Diskwalificerend | Diskwalificerend | Standaard (“any shade of yellow or brown”) | Niet erkend | No ruling |
| Portugese staande hondOgen | Standaard (“brown, of a darker colour than the coat”) | Standaard (“brown, of a darker colour than the coat”) | Standaard (“brown in color”) | Standaard (“Eyes brown, of a darker colour than the coat”) | No ruling |
| Portugese waterhond | Standaard (“brown of various shades”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“various shades of brown”) | Standaard (“various shades of brown”) | Standaard (“brown of various shades”) |
| Portugese waterhondOgen | Standaard (“The iris is black or brown”) | Standaard (“Black or various tones of brown”) | Standaard (“brown or black”) | No ruling | Standaard (“The iris is black or brown”) |
| Pudelpointer | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“Liver”) | Standaard (“Solid brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pumi | Diskwalificerend (“chocolate coloured ... coat”) | Standaard (“Born Brown”) | Diskwalificerend (“chocolate color”) | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend (“chocolate-coloured ... coat”) |
| Pyreneese berghond | Diskwalificerend | Standaard (“Reddish Brown Markings”) | Diskwalificerend | Fout | Diskwalificerend |
| Pyreneese mastiff | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“White & Brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | No ruling |
| Pyreneese mastiffOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“hazel or brown color that range from light to dark”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rafeiro do AlentejoOgen | Standaard (“brown (preferably dark)”) | Standaard (“brown (preferably dark)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ratonero ValencianoOgen | Standaard (“iris color brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Redbone coonhoundOgen | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“brown to hazel in color, with the darker color preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Roemeense Mioritische herdershondOgen | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“hazel or brown in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Russische toyterriër | Standaard (“brown and tan”) | Standaard (“Brown & Tan”) | Standaard (“brown and tan”) | Standaard (“brown and tan”) | Standaard (“brown and tan”) |
| Russische toyterriërOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“Red Brown dogs have eyes and eye rims that are brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Russische Tsvetnaja Bolonka | No ruling | Standaard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SamojeedOgen | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“medium to dark brown”) | No ruling |
| Schapendoes | Standaard (“All colours are permitted”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“All colors are permitted”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SchapendoesOgen | Standaard (“Their colour is brown”) | Standaard (“Their colour is brown”) | Standaard (“They are brown in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Schipperke | Fout (“Grey, brownish or reddish tones in the top coat”) | Diskwalificerend (“Chocolate”) | Standaard (“brown (light mocha to dark chocolate)”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Schotse hertenhondOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“generally dark brown, brown or hazel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sealyhamterriër | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“tan”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) |
| Siberische husky | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Brown & White”) | Standaard (“all colors, from black to pure white”) | Standaard (“all colours”) | Niet erkend |
| Siberische huskyOgen | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“any shade of ... brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) |
| Sint-bernardshond | Standaard (“A broken reddish-brown mantle is of equal value”) | Standaard (“Brown & White”) | Standaard (“any shade of brown and white”) | Standaard (“Brown & White”) | Standaard (“A broken reddish brown mantle is of equal value”) |
| Sint-bernardshondOgen | Standaard (“dark brown to nut-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“dark brown to nut brown”) |
| SkyeterriërOgen | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“Eyes brown”) | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“Brown”) |
| Soft coated wheaten terriër | Diskwalificerend (“brown coat”) | Fout | Diskwalificerend (“white or brown color”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Diskwalificerend (“brown coat”) |
| Soft coated wheaten terriërOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Spaanse waterhond | Standaard (“white, black and chestnut in their different shades”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“all shades of black or brown”) | Standaard (“Solid black, brown or white of various shades”) | No ruling |
| Spaanse waterhondOgen | Standaard (“of a hazel to chestnut colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Spinone Italiano | Standaard (“white with brown (chestnut) markings”) | Standaard (“Brown Roan”) | Standaard (“white with brown (chestnut) markings”) | Standaard (“white and brown”) | Standaard (“white with brown (chestnut) markings”) |
| Stabijhoun | Standaard (“brown”) | Standaard (“Brown & White”) | Standaard (“brown”) | No ruling | Standaard (“brown”) |
| StabijhounOgen | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“brown in brown or orange dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| TaiwanhondOgen | Standaard (“Brown is also acceptable”) | Standaard (“Brown is also acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tervuerense herderOgen | Standaard (“brownish colour”) | No ruling | Standaard (“brown in color”) | Standaard (“brown in colour”) | Standaard (“brownish colour”) |
| Tibetaanse mastiff | Diskwalificerend (“All other colours than above mentioned e.g. ... brown (liver)”) | Standaard (“Brown”) | Standaard (“chocolate brown”) | Fout (“chocolate/liver ... undesirable”) | Diskwalificerend (“All colours other than above-mentioned e.g. ... brown (liver)”) |
| Tibetaanse mastiffOgen | Standaard (“any shade of brown”) | Standaard (“any shade of brown”) | Standaard (“Any shade of brown”) | No ruling | Standaard (“any shade of brown”) |
| Tosa | Niet erkend | Niet erkend | Standaard (“brown”) | No ruling | Niet erkend |
| TosaOgen | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“Eye color is brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| VizslaOgen | Standaard (“The brown eye harmonising with the coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Welsh corgi PembrokeOgen | Standaard (“brown, blending with colour of coat”) | Standaard (“variations of brown in harmony with coat color”) | Standaard (“brown, blending with the color of the coat”) | Standaard (“brown, blending with colour of coat”) | Standaard (“brown, blending with colour of coat”) |
| Welshe springerspaniëlOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standaard (“dark to medium brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Witte Zwitserse herdershondOgen | Standaard (“colour brown to dark-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“Brown to dark brown”) | Standaard (“colour brown to dark-brown”) |
| XoloitzcuintliOgen | Standaard (“black, brown, hazel, amber or yellow tones”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“black, brown, hazel, amber or yellow tones”) | Standaard (“black, brown, hazel, amber, or yellow tones”) |
| Zweedse lappenhondOgen | Standaard (“Brown, preferably dark brown”) | Standaard (“Brown, preferably dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Zweedse vallhund | Standaard (“greyish brown ... or reddish brown”) | Fout | Standaard (“yellow/brown sable”) | Standaard (“Grey Brown”) | Standaard (“greyish brown ... or reddish brown”) |
| Brusselse griffon | Diskwalificerend (“brown and tan, liver colour”) | Alternatief (“Brown”) | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Brusselse griffonRuwhaar | Diskwalificerend (“brown and tan, liver colour”) | Alternatief (“Brown”) | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Brusselse griffonGlad | Diskwalificerend (“brown and tan, liver colour”) | Alternatief (“Brown”) | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Norfolkterriër | Niet erkend | Alternatief (“Brown”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
Breeds where Bruin is a fault
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouvier des Flandres | Diskwalificerend (“coat chocolate brown”) | Fout (“Brown”) | Fout (“chocolate brown ... dogs”) | Fout (“chocolate brown ... highly undesirable”) | Diskwalificerend (“coat chocolate brown”) |
| Cirneco dell'EtnaOgen | Niet erkend (“never grey, brown or yellow”) | Fout (“Brown or yellow iris is a fault to be severely penalized”) | Niet erkend (“they should never be brown or dark hazel”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Draadharige Vizsla | Fout (“Red, brownish, light yellow or lightened colour shadings are undesirable”) | Fout (“Red, brown or yellow colors are faulty”) | No ruling | Fout (“Dark brown or pale yellow undesirable”) | Fout (“Red, brownish, light yellow, or lightened colour shadings are undesirable”) |
| Keeshond | Niet erkend | Fout (“never containing tan, brown, or orange tones”) | Fout | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Noorse elandhond | Fout (“Colour in brown or yellow”) | Fout (“Yellow or brown shading”) | Fout (“Yellow or brown shading”) | Fout (“Any pronounced variation from the grey colour ... undesirable”) | Fout (“Colour in brown or yellow”) |
| Oudengelse herdershond | Fout (“any shade of brown undesirable”) | Fout (“Brown & White”) | Fout (“any shade of brown”) | Fout (“any shade of brown undesirable”) | Fout (“any shade of brown undesirable”) |
| Schnauzer | Niet erkend | Fout (“shadings or mixtures thereof in the topcoat such as ... brown”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Vizsla | Fout (“Red, brownish or lightened colour is undesirable”) | Niet erkend | No ruling | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
Breeds where Bruin is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgische herdershond | Diskwalificerend | Diskwalificerend (“Brown”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend |
| Briard | Diskwalificerend (“brown ... colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend (“brown ... colour”) |
| Bulldog | No ruling | Diskwalificerend | No ruling | Niet erkend (“Brown”) | Niet erkend |
| Carolina dog | No ruling | Diskwalificerend (“brown/liver coat color”) | Diskwalificerend (“brown/silver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cirneco dell'Etna | Diskwalificerend (“Coat colour that is solid brown”) | Diskwalificerend (“self-colored brown or liver”) | Diskwalificerend (“Any black, brown or brindle in the coat”) | Niet erkend | No ruling |
| Hovawart | Diskwalificerend (“brown”) | Diskwalificerend (“brown”) | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend (“brown”) |
| Karpatische herdershond | Diskwalificerend (“Coat color that is brown, brindle, yellow or flecked in these colors”) | Diskwalificerend (“Coat color that is brown, brindle, yellow or flecked in these colors”) | Niet erkend | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kaukasische herdershond | Diskwalificerend (“Genetic brown colour in any variation or nuance”) | Diskwalificerend (“Genetic brown colour in any variation or nuance”) | Diskwalificerend (“Solid chocolate (defined as any shade of solid brown ...)”) | No ruling | Diskwalificerend (“Genetic brown colour in any variation or nuance”) |
| Mopshond | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend | Niet erkend (“Brown”) | Niet erkend |
| Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever | Diskwalificerend | Diskwalificerend (“brown coat”) | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend | No ruling |
| Puli | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend (“Brown”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend |
| Rhodesische ridgeback | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend (“brown and tan in brown/liver nosed dogs”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Samojeed | Diskwalificerend (“should never give the impression of being pale brown”) | Diskwalificerend | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend (“should never give the impression of being pale brown”) |
| Transsylvaanse hond | Diskwalificerend (“Brown ... colour with markings”) | Diskwalificerend (“Brown ... colour with markings”) | Diskwalificerend (“Brown ... base color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
Color changes
How Bruin can appear or change over an animal's life.
Zwartchanges toBruin
Vacht · In de zon · can change back
Blauwchanges toBruin
Ogen · Met de leeftijd · from 2 weeks