Hond color
Grijs
An even gray. In horses the graying gene's color, which whitens with age (see the graying pattern); the wild color of cockatiels and African gray parrots; the gray to near-black eggs Cayuga ducks lay early in the season.
118 Hond breeds list Grijs. It is in a club standard for 100 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 22 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Grijs
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affenpinscher | Niet erkend | Standaard (“gray”) | Standaard (“gray”) | Standaard (“Grey shading occurs”) | Niet erkend |
| Alaska-malamute | Standaard (“light grey through intermediate shadings”) | Standaard (“Gray & White”) | Standaard (“light gray through the intermediate shadings”) | Standaard (“light grey through intermediate shadings”) | Standaard (“light grey through intermediate shadings”) |
| Alaskan klee kai | No ruling | Standaard (“Gray & White”) | Standaard (“gray”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American leopard hound | No ruling | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“mouse color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Amerikaanse naakte terriërOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“gray is preferred”) | Standaard (“a dark gray eye with gray eye rims is preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Anatolische herdershond | No ruling | Standaard (“Gray Fawn”) | Standaard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Grey Fawn With Mask”) | No ruling |
| Australische zijdeterriër | No ruling | Standaard (“Gray & Tan”) | No ruling | Standaard (“Grey Blue & Tan”) | No ruling |
| Azawakh | Diskwalificerend | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“gray”) | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend |
| Barbet | Standaard (“grey”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“grey”) | Standaard (“grey”) | No ruling |
| Barzoi | Standaard (“grey (from ashy to yellowish-grey)”) | Standaard (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”) | Standaard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standaard (“Grey”) | Standaard (“Grey (from ashy to yellowish-grey)”) |
| Bearded collie | Standaard (“all shades of grey”) | Standaard (“a born black may become any shade of gray from black to slate to silver”) | Standaard (“puppies that are born black begin graying”) | Standaard (“all shades of grey”) | Standaard (“all shades of grey”) |
| Beauceron | Standaard (“harlequin: grey, black and tan”) | Standaard (“Gray Black & Tan”) | Standaard (“gray, black and tan, in a pattern of blue-gray patches”) | Standaard (“grey and black patches”) | Standaard (“harlequin: grey, black and tan”) |
| Beierse bergzweethond | Standaard (“reddish grey as the winter coat of a deer”) | Standaard (“reddish grey as the winter coat of a deer”) | Standaard (“reddish grey”) | No ruling | Standaard (“reddish grey as the winter coat of a deer”) |
| Bergamasco | Standaard (“solid grey or with grey patches of all possible shades”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“solid gray or with gray patches”) | Standaard (“solid grey, or with patches of all shades of grey through to black”) | Standaard (“solid grey or with grey patches of all possible shades”) |
| Berger Picard | Standaard (“grey which generally remains dark”) | Standaard (“brindle may be any shade of base color from almost black to light grey or fawn”) | Standaard (“gray, gray-black, gray with black highlights, gray-blue, gray-red”) | Niet erkend | Standaard (“grey that generally remains dark”) |
| Border collie | Standaard (“variety of colours permissible”) | Standaard (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings”) | Standaard (“gray”) | Standaard (“variety of colours permissible”) | Standaard (“variety of colours permissible”) |
| Bouvier des Flandres | Standaard (“usually grey”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“gray”) | Standaard (“Grey Brindle”) | Standaard (“usually grey”) |
| Briard | Standaard (“grey”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“various shades of gray”) | Standaard (“may also be slate grey”) | Standaard (“grey”) |
| Cairnterriër | Standaard (“grey”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“gray”) | Standaard (“grey”) | Standaard (“grey”) |
| Cane Corso | Standaard (“lead-grey (blue), slate-grey (blue), light grey (blue)”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“all shades of grey”) | No ruling | Standaard (“lead-grey (blue), slate-grey (blue), light grey (blue)”) |
| Centraal-Aziatische herdershond | Standaard (“Any”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“gray”) | No ruling | Standaard (“Any colour”) |
| Chesapeake Bay-retriever | Niet erkend | Niet erkend | Niet erkend | Standaard (“ash”) | Niet erkend |
| Cirneco dell'EtnaOgen | Niet erkend (“never grey, brown or yellow”) | No ruling | Standaard (“ochre or grey in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Coton de Tuléar | Standaard (“slight shadings of light grey colour (mixture of white and black hairs)”) | Standaard (“Gray Markings”) | Standaard (“slight shadings of light gray color (mixture of white and black hairs)”) | Standaard (“slight shadings of light grey”) | Standaard (“slight shadings of light grey (mixture of white and black hairs)”) |
| Duitse dog | Standaard (“Merle: grey and black spotted”) | Standaard (“Merle Color: A pale gray to dark gray merle base color”) | Standaard (“Merle: A pale gray to dark gray base color”) | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Merle: grey and black spotted”) |
| Duitse herdershond | Standaard (“grey with darker shading”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“Sable (gray ... with black tips)”) | Standaard (“all grey”) | Standaard (“grey, with darker shading”) |
| Duitse spits | Standaard (“grey-shaded (Medium, Miniature)”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“all colors”) | Standaard (“all colour varieties ... acceptable”) | Standaard (“grey-shaded”) |
| Duitse spitsGroot | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend | Standaard (“all colors”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dwergpoedel (miniatuur) | Standaard (“Grey”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“gray”) | Standaard (“All solid colours”) | Standaard (“All solid colours”) |
| Dwergpoedel (toy) | Standaard (“Grey must be uniform, deep, neither blackish nor whitish”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“gray”) | Standaard (“All solid colours”) | Standaard (“All solid colours”) |
| Estrela-berghond | Standaard (“grey in all ranges of colour intensity”) | Standaard (“Wolfgray”) | Standaard (“wolf gray”) | Standaard (“Wolf Grey”) | Standaard (“grey in all ranges of colour intensity”) |
| Eurasier | Standaard (“all colours”) | Standaard (“Wolfgray”) | Standaard (“all colors”) | Standaard (“Grey”) | No ruling |
| Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen | Niet erkend | Standaard (“White & Gray”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Ierse wolfshond | Standaard (“Grey”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“gray”) | Standaard (“grey ... and steel grey”) | Standaard (“Grey”) |
| IJslandse hond | Standaard (“grey shaded”) | Standaard (“Gray & White”) | Standaard (“gray”) | Standaard (“Grey shaded”) | No ruling |
| Jagdterriër | Standaard (“greyish-black”) | Standaard (“Black & Gray”) | Standaard (“black and gray”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jakoetische laika | Standaard (“White and any patching (bicolour or tricolour)”) | Standaard (“White & Gray”) | No ruling | Standaard (“Grey & White”) | No ruling |
| Jindo | Standaard (“wolf grey”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“wolf grey”) | Standaard (“Wolf grey”) | No ruling |
| Joegoslavische herdershond | Standaard (“The preferred shade is a greenish grey (iron grey) and dark grey”) | No ruling | Standaard (“The most common color is an iron gray”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kangal herdershond | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“can appear gray when there are more dark (sable) hairs”) | Standaard (“steel grey”) | No ruling |
| Karpatische herdershond | Standaard (“wolf-grey”) | Standaard (“Wolfgray & Black”) | Standaard (“wolf grey”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kaukasische herdershond | Standaard (“Any solid colour”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“Agouti gray”) | No ruling | Standaard (“Any solid colour”) |
| Keeshond | Standaard (“Grey-shaded”) | Standaard (“Gray & Black”) | Standaard (“a mixture of gray, black and cream”) | Standaard (“All shades of grey acceptable”) | Standaard (“Grey-shaded”) |
| Keeshond (Pomeraan) | Standaard (“grey-shaded”) | Standaard (“all colors ... are allowed”) | Standaard (“any solid color”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Kerry blue-terriër | Standaard (“Blue of any shade”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“Any shade of blue is permissible”) | Standaard (“Any shade of blue”) | Standaard (“Any shade of blue”) |
| Korthals griffon | Standaard (“Preferably steel grey shade with brown (liver) patches”) | Standaard (“Brown & Gray”) | Standaard (“Steel gray with liver patches”) | Standaard (“Steel grey with liver brown patches”) | No ruling |
| Laekense herder | Diskwalificerend | Standaard (“grayish tones”) | Standaard (“all the gamut of colors through beige to gray”) | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend |
| Lappenhond (herder) | Standaard (“even greyish”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lhasa Apso | Standaard (“smoke”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standaard (“smoke”) | Standaard (“smoke”) |
| Mastino Napoletano | Standaard (“grey, lead grey”) | Standaard (“Solid coats of gray (blue)”) | Standaard (“gray, lead”) | Standaard (“all shades of grey”) | Standaard (“Grey, lead-grey”) |
| Mechelse herder | Diskwalificerend | Diskwalificerend | Standaard (“all the gamut of colors through beige to gray”) | Standaard (“all shades of red, fawn, grey, with black overlay”) | Diskwalificerend |
| Newfoundlander | Diskwalificerend | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“gray”) | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend |
| Noorse elandhond | Standaard (“Grey, of various shades”) | Standaard (“Gray & Black”) | Standaard (“Grey of various shades”) | Standaard (“Grey of various shades”) | Standaard (“Grey, of various shades”) |
| Noorse lundehund | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“gray”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Olde English Bulldogge | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“grey brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Otterhound | No ruling | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Niet erkend | No ruling |
| Oudengelse herdershond | Standaard (“any shade of grey”) | Standaard (“Gray & White”) | Standaard (“any shade of grey”) | Standaard (“any shade of grey”) | Standaard (“any shade of grey”) |
| Pekinees | Standaard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“All colors and markings are equally permissible”) | Standaard (“Grey Brindle”) | Standaard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) |
| Peruaanse naakthond | Standaard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“the entire range of grays”) | No ruling | Standaard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) |
| Peruaanse naakthondHuid en schubben | Standaard (“the whole scale of greys (diluted black)”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“the entire range of grays”) | No ruling | Standaard (“the whole scale of greys (diluted black)”) |
| Peruaanse naakthondHaarloos · Huid en schubben | Standaard (“the whole scale of greys (diluted black)”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“the entire range of grays”) | No ruling | Standaard (“the whole scale of greys (diluted black)”) |
| Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen | Niet erkend | Standaard (“White & Gray”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Plotthound | No ruling | Standaard (“Gray Brindle”) | Standaard (“Any shade of brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Poedel (standaard) | Standaard (“Grey”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“gray”) | Standaard (“All solid colours”) | Standaard (“All solid colours”) |
| Poolse herdershond | Standaard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | No ruling | Standaard (“Grey”) | Standaard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) |
| Portugese herdershond | Standaard (“grey”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“grey”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Portugese podengo | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Gray”) | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Grey”) | No ruling |
| Portugese podengo (klein) | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Gray”) | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Grey”) | No ruling |
| Puli | Standaard (“grey in any shade”) | Standaard (“all shades of gray”) | Standaard (“all shades of gray”) | Standaard (“grey in various shades”) | Standaard (“grey in any shade”) |
| Pumi | Standaard (“grey in various shades”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“varying shades of grey”) | Standaard (“Grey – in various shades”) | Standaard (“grey in various shades”) |
| Pyreneese berghond | Standaard (“patches appearing grey (badger or wolf)”) | Standaard (“Gray Markings”) | Standaard (“grey (badger or wolf)”) | Standaard (“wolf-grey”) | Standaard (“patches appearing grey (badger or wolf)”) |
| Pyreneese herdershond | Standaard (“grey, lighter or darker”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | No ruling | Standaard (“light to dark grey”) | Standaard (“grey, lighter or darker”) |
| Pyreneese herdershondGladharig gezicht | No ruling | Standaard (“Gray”) | No ruling | Standaard (“light to dark grey”) | No ruling |
| Pyreneese mastiff | Standaard (“medium grey”) | No ruling | Standaard (“medium grey”) | Standaard (“medium grey”) | No ruling |
| Rafeiro do Alentejo | Standaard (“wolf grey”) | Standaard (“Wolfgray”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rat terriërOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“Gray eyes are acceptable in blue or blue-fawn dogs only”) | Standaard (“a dark gray eye with gray eye rims is preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Roemeense Mioritische herdershond | Standaard (“solid grey”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“solid gray”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Russische toyterriërOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“Blue and Tan dogs have eyes and eye rims that are slate grey”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Russische Tsvetnaja Bolonka | No ruling | Standaard (“Gray”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Saluki | Standaard (“Any colour or combination of colours is permissible”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“Any color or combination of colors is permissible”) | Standaard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”) | Standaard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”) |
| Schapendoes | Standaard (“Preference is given to blue-grey to black”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“preference is given to blue-grey to black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Schotse hertenhond | Standaard (“darker and lighter greys”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“darker and lighter greys”) | Standaard (“darker and lighter greys”) | Standaard (“darker and lighter greys”) |
| Shih Tzu | Standaard (“All colours permissible”) | Standaard (“All are permissible”) | Standaard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Grey & White”) | Standaard (“All colours permissible”) |
| Siberische husky | Standaard (“grey”) | Standaard (“Gray & White”) | Standaard (“all colors, from black to pure white”) | Standaard (“Light Grey & White”) | Standaard (“grey”) |
| Skyeterriër | Standaard (“dark or light grey”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“dark or light gray”) | Standaard (“dark or light grey”) | Standaard (“dark or light grey”) |
| Slowaakse staande draadhaar | Standaard (“brown shaded sable (said “grey”)”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | No ruling | Standaard (“grey of any shade”) | Standaard (“brown-shaded sable (said “grey”)”) |
| Spaanse mastiff | Standaard (“wolf colour”) | Standaard (“Wolfgray”) | Standaard (“wolf or deer colored”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tervuerense herder | Standaard (“grey with black overlay”) | Fout (“Gray & Black”) | Standaard (“all the gamut of colors through beige to gray”) | Standaard (“all shades of red, fawn, grey, with black overlay”) | Standaard (“grey with black overlay”) |
| Tibetaanse mastiff | Diskwalificerend (“All other colours than above mentioned e.g. ... grey”) | Standaard (“blue/grey”) | Standaard (“slate gray”) | Standaard (“Grey”) | Diskwalificerend (“All colours other than above-mentioned e.g. ... grey”) |
| Tibetaanse terriër | Standaard (“grey or smoke”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“Any color or combination of colors, including white, are acceptable”) | Standaard (“grey or smoke”) | Standaard (“grey or smoke”) |
| Tsjechoslowaakse wolfhond | Standaard (“Yellowish-gray”) | Standaard (“Yellow Gray”) | Standaard (“Yellowish-gray”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Weimaraner | Standaard (“roe or mouse grey”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“mouse-gray”) | Standaard (“shades of mouse or roe grey”) | Standaard (“roe, or mouse-grey”) |
| WeimaranerOgen | No ruling | Standaard (“gray”) | Standaard (“gray”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Xoloitzcuintli | Standaard (“blackish grey, slate grey, dark grey”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standaard (“grey in any shade”) | Standaard (“blackish grey, slate grey, dark grey”) |
| XoloitzcuintliBevacht | Standaard (“blackish grey, slate grey, dark grey”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standaard (“grey in any shade”) | Standaard (“blackish grey, slate grey, dark grey”) |
| XoloitzcuintliHuid en schubben | Standaard (“blackish grey, slate grey, dark grey”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standaard (“grey in any shade”) | Standaard (“blackish grey, slate grey, dark grey”) |
| XoloitzcuintliHaarloos · Huid en schubben | Standaard (“blackish grey, slate grey, dark grey”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standaard (“grey in any shade”) | Standaard (“blackish grey, slate grey, dark grey”) |
| Yorkshireterriër | No ruling | Diskwalificerend | Diskwalificerend | Standaard (“Steel Grey & Tan”) | Niet erkend |
| Zwarte Russische terriër | Standaard (“black with insignificant intermingling grey hair is permissible”) | Standaard (“black with scattered gray hairs”) | Standaard (“Black with insignificant, scattered gray hair”) | Standaard (“black with intermingling grey hairs”) | Standaard (“black with insignificant intermingling grey hair is permissible”) |
| Zweedse vallhund | Standaard (“grey”) | Standaard (“Gray”) | Standaard (“any shade of gray”) | Standaard (“all shades of grey”) | Standaard (“grey”) |
Breeds where Grijs is a fault
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgische herdershond | Fout (“grey breeches”) | Diskwalificerend (“Gray”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend | Fout (“grey breeches”) |
| Chinook | No ruling | Diskwalificerend (“Gray & Tan”) | Fout | No ruling | No ruling |
| Porcelaine | Diskwalificerend (“Orange spots ... greyish”) | Diskwalificerend (“Orange spots ... greyish”) | Fout (“Intermingled gray or black hairs in the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Schipperke | Fout (“Grey, brownish or reddish tones in the top coat”) | Diskwalificerend (“Gray”) | Diskwalificerend (“Dilute colors such as grey, blue, or blue-cream”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Shetland sheepdog | Fout (“Wolf-sable and grey undesirable”) | Niet erkend | No ruling | Fout (“Wolf-sable and grey undesirable”) | Fout (“Wolf-sable and grey undesirable”) |
| Soft coated wheaten terriër | Fout | Fout (“must never be white or carry gray other than on ears and muzzle”) | Fout | Niet erkend | Fout |
Breeds where Grijs is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BarzoiOgen | Diskwalificerend (“of all shades of grey, green, blue”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Diskwalificerend (“of all shades of grey, green, blue”) |
| Brusselse griffon | Diskwalificerend (“Any other colours than those laid down in the standard, such as grey”) | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Brusselse griffonRuwhaar | Diskwalificerend (“Any other colours than those laid down in the standard, such as grey”) | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Brusselse griffonGlad | Diskwalificerend (“Any other colours than those laid down in the standard, such as grey”) | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Carolina dog | No ruling | Diskwalificerend (“blue/grey ... coat color”) | Diskwalificerend (“blue/grey”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Fila Brasileiro | Diskwalificerend (“mouse-grey”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Diskwalificerend (“mouse-grey”) |
| Kanaänhond | Niet erkend (“grey ... unacceptable”) | Diskwalificerend (“gray”) | Niet erkend (“gray ... unacceptable”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend (“grey ... unacceptable”) |
| Lagotto Romagnolo | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend (“Black or gray coat or patches”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever | Diskwalificerend (“grey in coat”) | No ruling | Diskwalificerend (“gray in coat”) | Niet erkend | No ruling |
| Perro de Presa CanarioOgen | No ruling | No ruling | Diskwalificerend (“gray”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Welsh corgi Cardigan | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend (“Gray & White”) | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Hortaja borzaja | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Color changes
How Grijs can appear or change over an animal's life.
Zwartchanges toGrijs
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