Hond color
Zilver
A bright, pale gray with a sheen: silver cats (white hair bases under dark tips), silver poultry and pigeons, silver-scaled fish, and the silver mane of a silver dapple horse.
64 Hond breeds list Zilver. It is in a club standard for 55 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 12 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Zilver
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affenpinscher | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Black & Silver”) | Standaard (“silver”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Afghaanse windhond | Standaard (“All colours acceptable”) | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Black and Silver”) | Standaard (“All colours”) |
| Akita | Standaard (“any colour (American Akita)”) | Standaard (“Silver, Black Overlay (Akita)”) | Standaard (“any color including white (Akita)”) | Standaard (“Silver & White (Akita)”) | Standaard (“any colour (American Akita)”) |
| AkitaJapans | Standaard (“brindle”) | Standaard (“Shimofuri (grey/silver)”) | No ruling | Standaard (“Brindle: defined striping”) | Standaard (“brindle”) |
| AkitaAmerikaans | Standaard (“any colour”) | Standaard (“Silver, Black Overlay”) | Standaard (“any color including white”) | Standaard (“Silver & White”) | Standaard (“any colour”) |
| Alaska-malamute | No ruling | Standaard (“Silver & White”) | No ruling | Standaard (“Silver & White”) | No ruling |
| Amerikaanse cockerspaniël | Standaard (“Any solid colour other than black”) | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“Any solid color other than black (ASCOB)”) | Standaard (“Silver Buff”) | Standaard (“Any solid colour other than black”) |
| Amerikaanse cockerspaniëlASCOB | Standaard (“Any solid colour other than black”) | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“Any solid color other than black (ASCOB)”) | Standaard (“Silver Buff”) | Standaard (“Any solid colour other than black”) |
| Amerikaanse naakte terriër | No ruling | Standaard (“Any color or combination of colors is allowed”) | Fout (“silver (the extreme dilution of blue) (Coated variety)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australische zijdeterriër | Niet erkend (“Silver and white not acceptable”) | Standaard (“Silver & Tan”) | Fout (“Silver or white”) | Standaard (“Silver & Tan”) | Niet erkend (“Silver and white not acceptable”) |
| Barzoi | Standaard (“Any colours from white to black in any combination are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“Any colours from white to black in any combination are acceptable”) |
| Cairnterriër | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Silver”) | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Silver Brindle”) | Niet erkend |
| Cesky teriér | Niet erkend | Standaard (“any fairly uniform shade of gray ranging from charcoal to platinum gray”) | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Silver”) | Niet erkend |
| Chihuahua | Standaard (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”) | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) | Standaard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) |
| Chinese naakthond | Standaard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”) | Standaard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) | Standaard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) |
| Duitse herdershond | Standaard (“black with ... light grey markings”) | Standaard (“Black & Silver”) | Standaard (“Black and Silver”) | Standaard (“gold to light grey markings”) | Standaard (“black with ... light grey markings”) |
| Duitse spits | Standaard (“black-and-silver (Medium, Miniature)”) | Standaard (“black and silver”) | Standaard (“all colors”) | Standaard (“all colour varieties ... acceptable”) | Standaard (“black-and-silver”) |
| Duitse spitsGroot | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend | Standaard (“all colors”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dwergpoedel (miniatuur) | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“silver”) | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“All solid colours”) |
| Dwergpoedel (toy) | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“silver”) | Standaard (“Blacks, silvers and blues”) | Standaard (“Blacks, silvers and blues”) |
| Dwergschnauzer | Standaard (“Black/Silver”) | Standaard (“Black & Silver”) | Standaard (“Black and Silver”) | Standaard (“Black and silver”) | Standaard (“Black and silver”) |
| Havanezer | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”) | Standaard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”) | Niet erkend |
| Hollandse herder | Standaard (“silver”) | Standaard (“Silver Brindle”) | Standaard (“Brindle, on either brown or gray ground”) | No ruling | Standaard (“silver”) |
| Ierse wolfshond | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“any other color that is found in the Deerhound”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Keeshond | Standaard (“Grey-shaded is a silver-grey with black hair-tips”) | Standaard (“Silver & Black”) | Standaard (“a mixture of gray, black and cream, which may vary from light to dark”) | Standaard (“Silver Grey”) | Standaard (“Grey-shaded is a silver-grey with black hair-tips”) |
| Keeshond (Pomeraan) | Standaard (“black-and-silver”) | Standaard (“all colors ... are allowed”) | Standaard (“any solid color”) | Niet erkend (“Black and Silver”) | Niet erkend |
| Kerry blue-terriër | Standaard (“Blue of any shade”) | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“Any shade of blue is permissible”) | Standaard (“Any shade of blue”) | Standaard (“Any shade of blue”) |
| Lhasa Apso | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standaard (“any colour permissible”) | Niet erkend |
| Löwchen | Standaard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) |
| Mopshond | Standaard (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”) | Diskwalificerend | Standaard (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”) | Standaard (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”) | Standaard (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”) |
| Noorse elandhond | Standaard (“Light grey undercoat”) | Standaard (“Silver & Black”) | Standaard (“The undercoat is clear, light and silver”) | Standaard (“undercoat pure pale grey”) | Standaard (“Light grey undercoat”) |
| Papillon | Standaard (“All colours are admitted on a coat with a white background”) | Standaard (“White & Silver”) | Standaard (“white with patches of any color”) | Standaard (“Silver & White”) | Standaard (“White with patches: may be any colour except liver”) |
| Pekinees | Standaard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) | Standaard (“All coat colors and markings are allowable and of equal merit”) | Standaard (“All colors and markings are equally permissible”) | Standaard (“Silver Brindle”) | Standaard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) |
| Perro de Presa Canario | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Silver”) | Diskwalificerend | No ruling | Niet erkend |
| Poedel (standaard) | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“silver”) | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“All solid colours”) |
| Poolse herdershond | Standaard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Black & Silver”) | No ruling | Standaard (“all colours other than merle”) | Standaard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) |
| Puli | Standaard (“grey in any shade”) | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“all shades of gray”) | Standaard (“grey in various shades”) | Standaard (“grey in any shade”) |
| Pumi | Standaard (“grey in various shades”) | Standaard (“Silver Gray”) | Standaard (“varying shades of grey”) | Standaard (“Grey – in various shades”) | Standaard (“grey in various shades”) |
| Pyreneese mastiff | Standaard (“grey-silver”) | No ruling | Standaard (“grey-silver”) | Standaard (“grey silver”) | No ruling |
| Rat terriër | No ruling | Standaard (“White & Silver”) | Fout (“silver (the extreme dilution of blue)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Reuzenschnauzer | Standaard (“Black/Silver”) | Diskwalificerend (“Markings other than specified”) | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Black and silver”) | Standaard (“Black and silver”) |
| Russische Tsvetnaja Bolonka | No ruling | Standaard (“Silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Saluki | Standaard (“Any colour or combination of colours is permissible”) | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“Any color or combination of colors is permissible”) | Standaard (“Silver Grizzle”) | Standaard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”) |
| Schapendoes | Standaard (“All colours are permitted”) | Standaard (“Black & Silver”) | Standaard (“All colors are permitted”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Schotse terriër | Standaard (“brindle of any shade”) | Standaard (“Silver Brindle”) | Standaard (“brindle of any color”) | Standaard (“brindle of any shade”) | Standaard (“brindle of any shade”) |
| Shih Tzu | Standaard (“All colours permissible”) | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standaard (“All colours permissible except merle”) | Standaard (“All colours permissible”) |
| Siberische husky | Standaard (“all ranges of the allowable colours”) | Standaard (“all ranges of the allowable colors”) | Standaard (“all colors, from black to pure white”) | Standaard (“Silver Grey & White”) | Standaard (“all ranges of the allowable colours”) |
| Skyeterriër | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“silver platinum”) | Standaard (“Silver”) | Niet erkend |
| Slowaakse staande draadhaar | Standaard (“with varying lighter and darker shadings”) | Standaard (“Silver Gray”) | No ruling | Standaard (“grey of any shade”) | Standaard (“with varying lighter and darker shadings”) |
| Teddy Roosevelt-terriër | No ruling | Standaard (“Silver & White”) | Standaard (“any variety of colors”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tibetaanse spaniël | Standaard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”) | Standaard (“Silver Sable”) | Standaard (“All colors and combinations of colors are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Silver Sable”) | Standaard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”) |
| Tibetaanse terriër | Standaard (“in fact any colour ... permissible”) | Standaard (“Silver”) | Standaard (“Any color or combination of colors, including white, are acceptable”) | Standaard (“in fact any colour permissible”) | Standaard (“in fact any colour ... permissible”) |
| Tsjechoslowaakse wolfhond | Standaard (“silver-gray”) | Standaard (“Silver Gray”) | Standaard (“silver-gray”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Weimaraner | Standaard (“silver”) | Standaard (“Silver Gray”) | Standaard (“silver-gray”) | Standaard (“silver grey”) | Standaard (“silver”) |
| Whippet | Standaard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) | Standaard (“Color immaterial”) | Standaard (“Color is inconsequential”) | Standaard (“Silver Brindle”) | Standaard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) |
| Bouvier des Flandres | No ruling | Alternatief (“Silver & Gray”) | No ruling | Niet erkend | No ruling |
| Tervuerense herder | Diskwalificerend | Alternatief (“Silver & Black”) | No ruling | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend |
Breeds where Zilver is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgische herdershond | Diskwalificerend | Diskwalificerend (“Silver”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend |
| Carolina dog | No ruling | No ruling | Diskwalificerend (“brown/silver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Duitse dog | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend (“Silver”) | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Labrador retriever | Diskwalificerend | Diskwalificerend | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend (“Silver”) | Niet erkend |
| Leonberger | Diskwalificerend (“Faulty colours (... silver ...)”) | Diskwalificerend | Diskwalificerend (“Off colors, such as ... silver”) | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend (“Faulty colours (... silver ...)”) |
| Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever | Diskwalificerend (“Silvery coat”) | Diskwalificerend (“Buff is bleached, faded, or silvery”) | Diskwalificerend (“Silvery coat”) | Niet erkend | No ruling |
| Yorkshireterriër | Niet erkend (“not silver blue”) | Diskwalificerend (“not a silver-blue”) | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend (“not silver blue”) | Niet erkend (“not silver blue”) |