Hund pattern
Trefarget
Three colors in distinct areas, typically black, tan and white in dogs, or red, black and white in koi.
109 Hund breeds list Trefarget. It is in a club standard for 89 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 22 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Trefarget
| Breed | KC | FCI | AKC | UKC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akita | Standard (“Red Black & White (Akita)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AkitaAmerikansk | Standard (“Red Black & White”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Amerikansk cocker spaniel | Standard (“Tricolours, any of above colours combined with tan markings”) | Standard (“to include any such colour combination with tan points”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Tan points are acceptable”) | Standard (“to include any such colour combination with tan points”) |
| Amerikansk cocker spanielFlerfarget | Standard (“Tricolours, any of above colours combined with tan markings”) | Standard (“to include any such colour combination with tan points”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Tan points are acceptable”) | Standard (“to include any such colour combination with tan points”) |
| Amerikansk foxhound | No ruling | Standard (“Any colour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Any color is acceptable”) | No ruling |
| Amerikansk nakenterrier | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is allowed”) | Standard (“tri-color (Coated Variety)”) | No ruling |
| Amerikansk pitbullterrier | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Any color, color pattern, or combination of colors is acceptable”) | No ruling |
| Amerikansk-engelsk coonhound | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | Standard (“tri color with ticking”) | Standard (“tricoloured with ticking”) |
| Anatolisk gjeterhund | Standard (“Tricolour”) | No ruling | Standard (“All color patterns and markings are equally acceptable”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | No ruling |
| Appenzeller sennenhund | No ruling | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Black Brown & White”) | Standard (“tri-colored”) | Standard (“Tri-colour”) |
| Australian shepherd | Standard (“Black Tricolour”) | Standard (“with white markings and/or tan markings”) | Standard (“White Markings, Tan Points”) | Standard (“with white markings and/or tan (copper) points”) | Standard (“with white markings and/or tan markings”) |
| Basenji | Standard (“Black, tan and white”) | Standard (“black and tan, and white”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“tricolor (pure black, chestnut red and white)”) | Standard (“black and tan, and white”) |
| Basset Artésien Normand | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn with black blanket and white (“tricolour”)”) | No ruling | Standard (“Tri-color”) | Standard (“Fawn with black blanket and white (tricolour)”) |
| Basset hound | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“black, white and tan (tri-colour)”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“black, tan and white”) | Standard (“black, white, and tan (tricolour)”) |
| Beagle | Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan and white)”) | Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan and white)”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“Usually tri-color (black, white and tan)”) | Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan, and white)”) |
| Bearded collie | Standard (“Black Tricolour”) | Standard (“tan markings ... on legs where white joins main colour”) | Standard (“White & Tan Markings”) | Standard (“tan trim may occur on all colors”) | Standard (“tan markings ... on legs where white joins main colour”) |
| Berner sennenhund | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“tricoloured”) | Standard (“Black Rust & White”) | Standard (“The tri-colored coat is a breed characteristic”) | Standard (“tri-coloured”) |
| Biewerterrier | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“tri-colored”) | Standard (“tri-colored”) | Standard (“Tri-colour”) |
| Border collie | Standard (“Black Tricolour”) | Standard (“variety of colours permissible”) | Standard (“White Markings, Tan Points”) | Standard (“tri-color”) | Standard (“variety of colours permissible”) |
| Borzoi | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Any colours from white to black in any combination are acceptable”) | Standard (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“Any colours from white to black in any combination are acceptable”) |
| Bretagne | Standard (“tricolour”) | Standard (“tricolour coats”) | Standard (“Liver White & Orange”) | Feil (“Tri-colors are allowed but not desirable”) | Standard (“tricolour coats”) |
| Bullterrier | Standard (“tricolour acceptable (Coloured)”) | Standard (“tricolour acceptable (Coloured)”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“tricolor (Colored)”) | Standard (“tri-colour acceptable (Coloured)”) |
| BullterrierFarget | Standard (“tricolour acceptable”) | Standard (“tricolour acceptable”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“tricolor”) | Standard (“tri-colour acceptable”) |
| Canaanhund | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Ikke anerkjent (“tricolour ... unacceptable”) | Ikke anerkjent | Ikke anerkjent (“tri-color ... unacceptable color patterns”) | Ikke anerkjent (“tricolour ... unacceptable”) |
| Cavalier King Charles spaniel | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolor”) | Standard (“Tri-color”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| Chihuahua | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”) | Standard (“Any color - Solid, marked or splashed”) | Standard (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”) | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) |
| Collie | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“tri-color”) | No ruling |
| Drever | No ruling | Standard (“All colours with white markings are permissible”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | Standard (“All colors with white markings are acceptable”) | No ruling |
| Engelsk cocker spaniel | Standard (“Tricolours: Black, white and tan; liver, white and tan”) | Standard (“Tricolours: Black, white and tan; liver, white and tan”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“tan markings may appear on solid colored or parti-colored dogs”) | Standard (“Tricolours: Black, white and tan; liver, white and tan”) |
| Engelsk foxhound | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Any recognized hound colour and markings”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Any good hound color is acceptable”) | Standard (“Any recognised Hound colour and markings”) |
| Engelsk gjeterhund | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black, White and Tan”) | No ruling |
| Engelsk setter | Standard (“tricolour, that is blue belton and tan or liver belton and tan”) | Standard (“tricolour, that is blue belton and tan or liver belton and tan”) | Standard (“Blue Belton & Tan (Tri-Color)”) | Standard (“tri-colored”) | Standard (“tricolour, that is blue belton and tan or liver belton and tan”) |
| Engelsk springer spaniel | Standard (“either of these colours with tan markings”) | Standard (“either of these colours with tan markings”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“tricolor”) | Standard (“Either of these colours with tan markings”) |
| Engelsk toy spaniel | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“The Prince Charles (tricolor)”) | Standard (“The Prince Charles (tri-color)”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| Engelsk toy spanielPrince Charles | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“The Prince Charles (tri-color)”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| Entlebucher sennenhund | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Typically tricolour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“tri-colored”) | No ruling |
| Finsk lapphund | Standard (“Tricolour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Grand basset griffon vendéen | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Fawn with black mantle and white spotting (tricolour)”) | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | Standard (“Fawn with black mantle and white spotting (tricolour)”) | Standard (“Fawn with black mantle and white spotting (tricolour)”) |
| Hamiltonstøver | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | Standard (“Tri-color”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| Harrier | Standard (“Tri-colour”) | Standard (“in France generally tricolour with black mantle”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Havaneser | Standard (“Tricolour”) | No ruling | Standard (“All colors and marking patterns are permissible”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”) | No ruling |
| Islandsk fårehund | Standard (“tri-colour dogs have a black coat, white markings ... and tan markings”) | No ruling | Standard (“White Tan & Black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jakutsk laika | Standard (“tricolour”) | Standard (“tricolour”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japansk chin | Ikke anerkjent (“Never tricolour”) | Diskvalifiserende (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“black and white with tan points”) | Diskvalifiserende (“Tricolour”) |
| Kinesisk nakenhund | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) |
| Korthåret collie | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“tri-color”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| Korthåret foxterrier | Standard (“black and tan ... markings”) | Standard (“black and tan ... markings”) | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | Standard (“White is the predominant color”) | Standard (“black and tan ... markings”) |
| Langhåret collie | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“tri-color”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| Lhasa apso | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Ikke anerkjent | Standard (“All colors equally acceptable”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Ikke anerkjent |
| Miniatyr amerikansk gjeterhund | Standard (“Black, white & copper points”) | Standard (“with or without white and/or tan (copper) markings”) | Standard (“White Markings, Tan Points”) | Standard (“with or without white and/or tan (copper) markings”) | Standard (“with or without white and/or tan (copper) markings”) |
| Miniatyrbullterrier | Standard (“tricolour acceptable”) | Standard (“tricolour acceptable”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“tricolor”) | Standard (“tri-colour acceptable”) |
| Otterhound | Ikke anerkjent (“a white-bodied hound with distinctly separate black patches and tan patches”) | Ikke anerkjent (“a white-bodied hound with black and tan patches distinctly separate”) | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Ikke anerkjent (“a white-bodied Hound with black and tan patches distinctly separate”) |
| Papillon | Standard (“Tricolours, black and white with tan spots over eyes”) | Standard (“All colours are admitted on a coat with a white background”) | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | Standard (“They may be any parti-color”) | Standard (“Tri-colours: black and white with tan spots over eyes”) |
| Parson Russell terrier | Standard (“or any combination of these colours”) | Standard (“or any combination of these colours”) | Standard (“Tri Color Markings”) | Standard (“black and tan ... markings”) | Standard (“or any combination of these colours”) |
| Peruansk nakenhund | No ruling | Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | No ruling | Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) |
| Petit basset griffon vendéen | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Fawn with black mantle and white spotting (tricolour)”) | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | Standard (“tricolor”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| Pointer | Standard (“Self colours and tricolours also permissible”) | Standard (“Self colours and tricolours are also correct”) | Standard (“A good Pointer cannot be a bad color”) | Feil (“Tri-color is also acceptable but is a hound trait and should be faulted accordingly”) | Standard (“Self colours and tricolours are also correct”) |
| Polsk lavlandsfårehund | Standard (“Black Grey & White”) | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | No ruling | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) |
| Pomeranian | Ikke anerkjent | No ruling | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | No ruling | Ikke anerkjent |
| Puddel (dverg) | Ikke anerkjent | Standard (“Tricoloured: Black, white and marked with fawn”) | Diskvalifiserende | No ruling | Ikke anerkjent |
| Puddel (standard) | Ikke anerkjent | Standard (“Tricoloured: Black, white and marked with fawn”) | Diskvalifiserende | No ruling | Ikke anerkjent |
| Puddel (toy) | Ikke anerkjent | Standard (“Tricoloured: Black, white and marked with fawn”) | Diskvalifiserende | No ruling | Ikke anerkjent |
| Pyreneisk mastiff | Feil (“Tricolour or pure white dogs undesirable”) | Feil (“Tricolour or pure white dogs are undesirable”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | Feil (“Tri-color or pure white dogs without markings are undesirable”) | No ruling |
| Rastreador Brasileiro | No ruling | Standard (“tricolor (white and black with fawn markings)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rater Valencià | No ruling | Standard (“tricolour (black-tan with white spots)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rotteterrier | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | Standard (“tri-color”) | No ruling |
| Russell terrier | Standard (“black and/or tan markings”) | Standard (“black and/or tan markings”) | Standard (“Tri Color Markings”) | Standard (“any combination of black, tan, or brown markings”) | Standard (“black and/or tan markings”) |
| Saluki | Standard (“Black & Tan Tricolour”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours is permissible”) | Standard (“tricolor (white, black and tan)”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is permissible”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”) |
| Sankt Bernhardshund | Standard (“Tricolour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Feil (“Black on any other part of the dog is a minor fault”) | No ruling |
| Schapendoes | No ruling | Standard (“All colours are permitted”) | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | Standard (“All colors are permitted”) | No ruling |
| Segugio Italiano | No ruling | Standard (“in that case the Segugio is called tricolour”) | Standard (“in that case the Segugio is called tricolour”) | Standard (“They may also have a white star on the chest”) | No ruling |
| Segugio ItalianoKorthåret | No ruling | Standard (“in that case the Segugio is called tricolour”) | Standard (“in that case the Segugio is called tricolour”) | Standard (“They may also have a white star on the chest”) | No ruling |
| Segugio ItalianoStrihåret | No ruling | Standard (“in that case, the Segugio is called tricolour”) | Standard (“in that case the Segugio is called tricolour”) | Standard (“They may also have a white star on the chest”) | No ruling |
| Shetland sheepdog | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“marked with varying amounts of white, tan, or white and tan trim”) | Standard (“Tricolour”) |
| Shih Tzu | Standard (“All colours permissible except merle”) | Standard (“All colours permissible”) | Standard (“Black Gold & White”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standard (“All colours permissible”) |
| Siberian husky | Standard (“Black Grey & White”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Stor sveitsisk sennenhund | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“Typically tricolour”) | Standard (“Black, White & Red”) | Standard (“tri-colored”) | Standard (“Typically tricolour”) |
| Strihåret foxterrier | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“black and tan ... markings”) | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | No ruling | Standard (“black and tan markings”) |
| Teddy Roosevelt terrier | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“tri-color”) | Standard (“tri-color”) | No ruling |
| Tibetansk terrier | Standard (“tricolours”) | Standard (“tricolours”) | Standard (“Black White & Gold”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors, including white, are acceptable”) | Standard (“tricolours”) |
| Toy foxterrier | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“White Black & Tan”) | Standard (“White and black with tan trim”) | Standard (“Tri-colour”) |
| Transylvansk støver | No ruling | Standard (“On the nose, a white marking may occur”) | Standard (“Black Tan & White”) | Standard (“Tri-color”) | No ruling |
| Treeing walker coonhound | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Tri-Colored”) | Standard (“Tri-colored (white-black-tan) is preferred”) | No ruling |
| Tysk spiss | Standard (“Black Tricolour”) | Standard (“coats with patches ... black-and-tan (Medium, Miniature)”) | Ikke anerkjent | Standard (“all colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standard (“the patches must be uniformly in one colour ... black-and-tan”) |
| Tysk spissStor | No ruling | Diskvalifiserende (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”) | Ikke anerkjent | Standard (“all colors and markings are acceptable”) | No ruling |
| Welsh corgi cardigan | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“tricolour with brindle points and tri colour with red points”) | Standard (“Tan Points”) | Standard (“black, with or without tan or brindle points”) | Standard (“tricolour with brindle points and tricolour with red points”) |
| Welsh corgi pembroke | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Standard (“black and tan, with ... white markings”) | Standard (“black and tan with ... white markings”) | Standard (“black and tan; with ... white markings”) | Standard (“black and tan, with ... white markings”) |
| Xoloitzcuintli | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Diskvalifiserende | Alternativ (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Diskvalifiserende |
| XoloitzcuintliPelskledd | Standard (“Tricolour”) | Diskvalifiserende | Alternativ (“Black White & Tan”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Diskvalifiserende |
Breeds where Trefarget is a fault
| Breed | KC | FCI | AKC | UKC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracco Italiano | Feil (“Tricolour highly undesirable”) | Diskvalifiserende (“tricolour”) | Diskvalifiserende (“Tricolor”) | Diskvalifiserende (“tricolor”) | Diskvalifiserende (“tricolour”) |
| Strihåret tysk vorstehhund | Feil (“Solid black and tricoloured highly undesirable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Trefarget is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | KC | FCI | AKC | UKC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boerboel | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Diskvalifiserende (“Tri-color”) | Ikke anerkjent |
| Dachshund | Ikke anerkjent (“tricolour”) | Diskvalifiserende | Diskvalifiserende | No ruling | Ikke anerkjent (“tricolour”) |
| DachshundGlatt | Ikke anerkjent (“tricolour”) | Diskvalifiserende | Diskvalifiserende | No ruling | Ikke anerkjent (“tricolour”) |
| DachshundStrihåret | Ikke anerkjent (“tricolour”) | Diskvalifiserende | Diskvalifiserende | No ruling | Ikke anerkjent (“tricolour”) |
| DachshundLanghåret | Ikke anerkjent (“tricolour”) | Diskvalifiserende | Diskvalifiserende | No ruling | Ikke anerkjent (“tricolour”) |
| Dalmatiner | Ikke anerkjent (“Tricolours and spotting other than black or liver unacceptable”) | Diskvalifiserende (“Tricolour (black and brown spots on the same dog)”) | Diskvalifiserende (“Tri-color”) | Diskvalifiserende (“Tri-color”) | Ikke anerkjent (“Tricolours and spotting other than black or liver unacceptable”) |
| Kooikerhondje | Ikke anerkjent | Diskvalifiserende (“tricolour”) | Diskvalifiserende (“tri-color”) | Diskvalifiserende (“black, white, tan tri-color”) | Diskvalifiserende (“tricolour”) |
| Korthåret tysk vorstehhund | Ikke anerkjent (“not tricolour”) | No ruling | Diskvalifiserende | No ruling | Ikke anerkjent (“Not tri-colour”) |
| Portugisisk podengo | Ikke anerkjent | Diskvalifiserende (“tricolour”) | No ruling | Diskvalifiserende (“tricolor”) | No ruling |
| Portugisisk podengo pequeno | Ikke anerkjent | Diskvalifiserende (“tricolour”) | Diskvalifiserende (“Tricolor”) | Diskvalifiserende (“tricolor”) | No ruling |
| Spansk vannhund | Ikke anerkjent (“never tricoloured”) | Ikke anerkjent (“Tricoloured subjects, and black and tan as well as hazelnut and tan dogs are not admitted”) | Diskvalifiserende (“Tricolor”) | Diskvalifiserende (“Tricolor”) | No ruling |
| Spinone Italiano | Ikke anerkjent | Diskvalifiserende (“Coat tricoloured”) | Diskvalifiserende (“tri-color in any combination”) | Diskvalifiserende (“Tri-color coat”) | Diskvalifiserende (“Coat tricoloured”) |
| Stabyhoun | No ruling | Diskvalifiserende (“Tan marking or tricolor is disqualifying”) | Diskvalifiserende (“Tan marking or tricolor is disqualifying”) | No ruling | Diskvalifiserende (“Tan marking or tri-colour is disqualifying”) |
| Yorkshireterrier | Ikke anerkjent | No ruling | Diskvalifiserende | Diskvalifiserende (“tri-color”) | Ikke anerkjent |
| Barbet | Ikke anerkjent (“Tri colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Biewer Yorkshire à la Pom-Pon | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bodeguero Andaluz | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Welsh sheepdog | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |