Câine color
Maro
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 Câine breeds list Maro. It is in a club standard for 189 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 30 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Maro
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akita | Standard (“any colour (American Akita)”) | Standard (“Brown, Black Overlay (Akita)”) | Standard (“any color including white (Akita)”) | Standard (“Brown & White (Akita)”) | Standard (“any colour (American Akita)”) |
| AkitaAmerican | Standard (“any colour”) | Standard (“Brown, Black Overlay”) | Standard (“any color including white”) | Standard (“Brown & White”) | Standard (“any colour”) |
| American English Coonhound | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | Descalificant | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Leopard Hound | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | Descalificant | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Leopard HoundOchi | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“any shade of yellow or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Appenzeller Sennenhund | Standard (“havana brown”) | Standard (“havana brown”) | Standard (“Havana brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“havana-brown”) |
| Appenzeller SennenhundOchi | Standard (“in black dogs dark brown, brown”) | Standard (“in black dogs dark brown, brown”) | Standard (“In Black dogs they are brown to dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“in black dogs dark brown, brown”) |
| Azawakh | Descalificant | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“all shades of brown to include chocolate”) | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant |
| Barbet | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling |
| Basset Hound | No ruling | Standard (“Black Brown & White”) | No ruling | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut |
| Basset HoundOchi | Standard (“may shade to mid-brown in light-coloured hounds”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“The eyes are brown”) | Standard (“may shade to mid-brown in light coloured hounds”) | Standard (“may shade to mid-brown in light-coloured”) |
| Beagle | Nerecunoscut | Standard (“Brown & White”) | No ruling | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut |
| BeagleOchi | No ruling | Standard (“of a brown or hazel color”) | Standard (“brown or hazel in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bearded Collie | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) |
| Berger PicardOchi | No ruling | Standard (“medium to dark brown”) | Standard (“brown, with the darkness of the color varying with the color of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BobtailOchi | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Boerboel | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“All shades of brown (tan, red)”) | No ruling | Standard (“all shades of red, brown, yellow (fawn)”) |
| BoerboelOchi | No ruling | Standard (“all shades of brown (preferably darker than the coat) are acceptable”) | Standard (“Shades of brown preferred”) | No ruling | Standard (“all shades of brown (preferably darker than the pelt) are acceptable”) |
| Bolonka Țvetnaia Rusesc | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Border Collie | Standard (“brown or chocolate colour”) | Standard (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings”) | Standard (“brown dogs”) | Standard (“Brown & White”) | Standard (“brown or chocolate colour”) |
| Border CollieOchi | Standard (“brown in colour”) | Standard (“any eye color is acceptable”) | Standard (“brown in color”) | Standard (“brown in colour”) | Standard (“brown in colour”) |
| Borzoi | Descalificant (“brown (including cocoa, coffee, chocolate)”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“Any colour, except merle”) | Descalificant (“brown (including cocoa, coffee, chocolate)”) |
| BorzoiOchi | Standard (“dark brown to brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown to brown”) |
| Boykin SpanielOchi | No ruling | Standard (“Eyes range from yellow to amber to varying shades of brown”) | Standard (“varying shades of yellow or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bracco Italian | Standard (“White with more or less large brown patches”) | Standard (“White & Brown”) | Standard (“White with orange or chestnut patches”) | Standard (“White with orange, amber or chestnut markings”) | Standard (“White with more-or-less large brown patches”) |
| Bracco ItalianOchi | Standard (“of a more or less dark ochre or brown colour depending on the coat colour”) | Standard (“a dark amber to orange or brown color depending on the color of the coat”) | Standard (“Dark ochre or brown in color, depending on coat color”) | Standard (“Dark ochre or brown, depending on coat colour”) | Standard (“of a more or less dark ochre or brown colour depending on the coat colour”) |
| Braque du Bourbonnais | Standard (“fine brown ticking (formerly called “wine dregs”)”) | Standard (“Chestnut”) | Standard (“fine brown or fawn ticking”) | Standard (“Liver & White”) | No ruling |
| Braque Français Pirinei | No ruling | Standard (“Chestnut”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine CarolinaOchi | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine Ciobănesc KangalOchi | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Golden to brown in colour”) | No ruling |
| Câine Ciobănesc Portughez | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“chestnut”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine de Apă Portughez | Standard (“brown of various shades”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“various shades of brown”) | Standard (“various shades of brown”) | Standard (“brown of various shades”) |
| Câine de Apă PortughezOchi | Standard (“The iris is black or brown”) | Standard (“Black or various tones of brown”) | Standard (“brown or black”) | No ruling | Standard (“The iris is black or brown”) |
| Câine de Apă Spaniol | Standard (“white, black and chestnut in their different shades”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“all shades of black or brown”) | Standard (“Solid black, brown or white of various shades”) | No ruling |
| Câine de Apă SpaniolOchi | Standard (“of a hazel to chestnut colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine de Fermă Danez-Suedez | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“White & Brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine de Fermă Danez-SuedezOchi | Standard (“Slightly lighter eye colour permissible in dogs with yellow or liver brown patches”) | Standard (“Slightly lighter eye color permissible in dogs with yellow, or liver/brown patches”) | Standard (“in dogs that have yellow or liver patches a somewhat lighter eye is acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine de Munte din Pirinei | Descalificant | Standard (“Reddish Brown Markings”) | Descalificant | Defect | Descalificant |
| Câine de Munte EntlebucherOchi | No ruling | Standard (“Must be brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine de Urmă de Munte Bavarez | Standard (“reddish brown”) | Standard (“Reddish Brown”) | Defect | No ruling | Standard (“reddish brown”) |
| Câine de Urmă de Munte BavarezOchi | Standard (“or slightly lighter”) | Standard (“or slightly lighter”) | Standard (“brown of varying shades”) | Standard (“or slightly lighter”) | Standard (“or slightly lighter”) |
| Câine de Urs KarelianOchi | Standard (“Brown of different shades”) | Standard (“Brown of different shades”) | Standard (“brown of varying shades”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine Eschimos AmericanOchi | No ruling | Standard (“Dark to medium brown is the preferred eye color”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine Laponez Finlandez | Standard (“all colours are permitted”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“all colors are allowed”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“all colours are permitted”) |
| Câine Laponez SuedezOchi | Standard (“Brown, preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“Brown, preferably dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine TaiwanezOchi | Standard (“Brown is also acceptable”) | Standard (“Brown is also acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine Toy Rusesc | Standard (“brown and tan”) | Standard (“Brown & Tan”) | Standard (“brown and tan”) | Standard (“brown and tan”) | Standard (“brown and tan”) |
| Câine Toy RusescOchi | No ruling | Standard (“Red Brown dogs have eyes and eye rims that are brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cesky Terrier | Standard (“light-coffee-brown”) | Standard (“light coffee”) | Standard (“light coffee brown”) | Standard (“light brown”) | Standard (“light coffee-brown”) |
| Cesky TerrierOchi | Standard (“Brown or dark brown in grey-blue coated dogs”) | Standard (“The color is brown or dark brown”) | Standard (“brown to dark brown in blue-gray dogs”) | Standard (“In blue-grey dogs – black or brown”) | Standard (“Brown or dark brown in grey-blue coated dogs”) |
| Chesapeake Bay Retriever | Standard (“Any colour of brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“all shades of brown, ranging from light cocoa to dark chocolate”) | Standard (“any shade of brown”) | Standard (“Any colour of brown”) |
| ChinookOchi | No ruling | Standard (“any shade of brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ciobănesc American MiniaturalOchi | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) |
| Ciobănesc AustralianOchi | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) |
| Ciobănesc BelgianOchi | Standard (“brownish colour”) | Standard (“eyes brown”) | Standard (“brown in color”) | Standard (“brown in colour”) | Standard (“brownish colour”) |
| Ciobănesc BergamascoOchi | Standard (“a darker or lighter shade of chestnut colour depending on the colour of the coat”) | Standard (“chestnut, with the darkness of the color varying from hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“dark chestnut, with the darkness of the color varying with the color of the coat”) | Standard (“dark chestnut colour preferred, but depends on colour of coat”) | Standard (“a darker or lighter shade of chestnut colour depending on the colour of the coat”) |
| Ciobănesc BoemOchi | Standard (“brown in colour”) | Standard (“brown in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ciobănesc CarpatinOchi | Standard (“various shades of brown”) | Standard (“various shades of brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ciobănesc CaucazianOchi | Standard (“different shades of brown from dark to hazelnut”) | Standard (“different shades of brown from dark to hazelnut”) | Standard (“The eyes are brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“different shades of brown from dark to hazelnut”) |
| Ciobănesc CroatOchi | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brown or black in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ciobănesc de AnatoliaOchi | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown to light amber”) | Standard (“golden to brown”) | Standard (“Golden to brown”) | No ruling |
| Ciobănesc din Asia Centrală | Descalificant (“genetic brown”) | Descalificant (“genetic brown”) | Standard (“reddish brown, gray brown”) | No ruling | Descalificant (“genetic brown”) |
| Ciobănesc Elvețian AlbOchi | Standard (“colour brown to dark-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown to dark brown”) | Standard (“colour brown to dark-brown”) |
| Ciobănesc EnglezOchi | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Dark or medium brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ciobănesc Iugoslav | Standard (“dark brown that looks almost black”) | No ruling | Standard (“a very dark brown that is nearly black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ciobănesc IugoslavOchi | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown to chestnut”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ciobănesc Mioritic RomânescOchi | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“hazel or brown in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ciobănesc Olandez | Nerecunoscut | Standard (“The brindle may be black or a dark brown”) | Defect | No ruling | Nerecunoscut |
| Ciobănesc Polonez de CâmpieOchi | No ruling | Standard (“brown in color”) | No ruling | Standard (“colour hazel to brown”) | No ruling |
| Cocker Spaniel American | Standard (“including brown and brown with tan points”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“Any solid color other than black (ASCOB)”) | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“including brown and brown with tan points”) |
| Cocker Spaniel AmericanASCOB | Standard (“including brown and brown with tan points”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“Any solid color other than black (ASCOB)”) | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“including brown and brown with tan points”) |
| Cocker Spaniel AmericanPestriț | Standard (“brown and white”) | Standard (“Brown & White”) | Standard (“Two or more definite well-broken colors, one of which must be white”) | Standard (“Chocolate & White Particolour”) | Standard (“brown and white”) |
| Cocker Spaniel EnglezOchi | Standard (“Dark brown or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown or brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown or brown”) |
| Coton de Tuléar | No ruling | Standard (“Puppies ... may have the acceptable colors of light tan, light brown, dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“White & Brown”) | No ruling |
| Curly Coated RetrieverOchi | Standard (“in livers brown tone to blend with coat colour”) | Standard (“Black or brown in black dogs and brown or amber in liver dogs”) | Standard (“black or brown in black dogs, brown or amber in liver dogs”) | Standard (“in livers brown tone to blend with coat colour”) | Standard (“in livers brown tone to blend with coat colour”) |
| DalmațianOchi | No ruling | Standard (“Eye color is brown or blue, or any combination thereof”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Deerhound ScoțianOchi | No ruling | Standard (“generally dark brown, brown or hazel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Deutscher Wachtelhund | Standard (“Solid brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“solid brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Deutscher WachtelhundOchi | Standard (“Medium brown, as dark as possible”) | Standard (“Medium brown, as dark as possible”) | Standard (“brown to hazel”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Doberman | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Red & Rust”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) |
| DobermanOchi | Standard (“lighter shades are permitted for brown dogs”) | Standard (“medium to darkest brown in black dogs”) | Standard (“medium to dark brown in black dogs”) | Standard (“medium to darkest brown in black dogs”) | Standard (“lighter shades are permitted for brown dogs”) |
| Dog Canar | Nerecunoscut | Standard (“Brown”) | Descalificant | No ruling | Nerecunoscut |
| Dog CanarOchi | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“medium to dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) |
| Drentsche Patrijshond | Standard (“brown markings”) | Standard (“Brown Markings”) | Standard (“brown markings”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Epagneul BretonOchi | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brown to dark”) | No ruling |
| Epagneul Français | Standard (“The brown varies from cinnamon to dark liver”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“The brown varies from cinnamon to dark liver”) | Standard (“Brown & White”) | No ruling |
| Field SpanielOchi | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark hazel, brown or nearly black, depending on the color of the dog”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Foxhound American | Standard (“Any colour”) | Standard (“Black Brown & White”) | Standard (“Any color is acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Foxhound AmericanOchi | Standard (“brown or hazel”) | Standard (“of a brown or hazel color”) | Standard (“brown or hazel”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Foxhound EnglezOchi | Standard (“hazel or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“hazel or brown”) | Standard (“hazel or brown”) |
| Glen of Imaal TerrierOchi | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“brown in color”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) |
| Golden RetrieverOchi | No ruling | Standard (“medium brown acceptable”) | Standard (“Eye color is brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Griffon Korthals | Standard (“self-coloured brown (liver) coat”) | Standard (“Brown & Gray”) | Standard (“solid liver”) | Standard (“Solid liver brown”) | No ruling |
| Griffon KorthalsOchi | Standard (“Dark yellow or brown”) | Standard (“Eye color ranges in all shades of yellow and brown”) | Standard (“Dark yellow or brown in color”) | Standard (“Dark yellow or brown”) | No ruling |
| HarrierOchi | No ruling | Standard (“brown or hazel color in darker dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| HovawartOchi | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“Varying shades of brown”) | Standard (“Dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) |
| Husky Siberian | Nerecunoscut | Standard (“Brown & White”) | Standard (“all colors, from black to pure white”) | Standard (“all colours”) | Nerecunoscut |
| Husky SiberianOchi | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“any shade of ... brown”) | Standard (“brown”) |
| Jagdterrier | Standard (“dark-brown”) | Standard (“Dark Brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kelpie AustralianOchi | Standard (“brown, harmonising with the colour of the coat”) | Standard (“brown, harmonising with the colour of the coat”) | Standard (“brown, harmonizing with the color of the coat”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown, harmonising with the colour of the coat”) |
| Kromfohrländer | Standard (“light brown, tan to very dark brown markings”) | Standard (“White & Brown”) | Standard (“tan or light to dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“light brown, tan to very dark brown markings”) |
| KromfohrländerOchi | Standard (“medium brown permitted”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“medium brown permitted”) |
| Labrador RetrieverOchi | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) |
| Laekenois BelgianOchi | Standard (“brownish colour”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown in color”) | Standard (“brown in colour”) | Standard (“brownish colour”) |
| Lagotto Romagnolo | Standard (“brown (in different shades)”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“solid brown of varying shades”) | Standard (“brown (in different shades)”) | Standard (“brown (in different shades)”) |
| Lagotto RomagnoloOchi | No ruling | Nerecunoscut | No ruling | Standard (“ranges from ochre to dark hazel and brown”) | No ruling |
| Laika de Iakutia | Standard (“White and any patching (bicolour or tricolour)”) | Standard (“Brown & White”) | No ruling | Standard (“Brown & White”) | No ruling |
| Laika de IakutiaOchi | Standard (“odd eyes (one brown, one blue)”) | Standard (“Any color is permissible including brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“blue segments on brown iris”) | No ruling |
| Lakeland TerrierOchi | No ruling | Standard (“warm brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Leonberger | Standard (“reddish brown”) | Standard (“Reddish Brown”) | Standard (“reddish brown”) | Standard (“reddish brown”) | Standard (“reddish brown”) |
| LeonbergerOchi | Standard (“Light brown to as dark brown as possible”) | No ruling | Standard (“light to dark brown in color”) | Standard (“Medium to dark brown”) | Standard (“Light brown to as dark brown as possible”) |
| Lhasa Apso | Standard (“brownish”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) |
| Löwchen | Standard (“brown coats and derivatives”) | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“dogs with brown coats”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“brown coats and derivatives”) |
| Lundehund NorvegianOchi | No ruling | Standard (“yellow-brown to brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Malamut de AlaskaOchi | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown in color”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) |
| Malinois BelgianOchi | Standard (“brownish colour”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown in color”) | Standard (“brown in colour”) | Standard (“brownish colour”) |
| Marele Câine de Munte ElvețianOchi | Standard (“Hazel to chestnut brown”) | Standard (“brown, dark brown preferred”) | Standard (“hazel to chestnut brown”) | Standard (“Hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“Hazel to chestnut brown”) |
| MastiffOchi | No ruling | Standard (“brown, the darker the better”) | Standard (“brown in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mastiff din Pirinei | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“White & Brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling |
| Mastiff din PirineiOchi | No ruling | Standard (“hazel or brown color that range from light to dark”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mastiff Tibetan | Descalificant (“All other colours than above mentioned e.g. ... brown (liver)”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“chocolate brown”) | Defect (“chocolate/liver ... undesirable”) | Descalificant (“All colours other than above-mentioned e.g. ... brown (liver)”) |
| Mastiff TibetanOchi | Standard (“any shade of brown”) | Standard (“any shade of brown”) | Standard (“Any shade of brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“any shade of brown”) |
| Mastino Napoletano | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“acceptable, but not preferred: brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) |
| Mastino NapoletanoOchi | No ruling | Standard (“Shades of amber or brown, in accordance with coat color”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mountain Cur | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mountain CurOchi | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Eye color is brown, ranging from dark to amber”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mudi | Standard (“Liver (brown)”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Liver (brown)”) |
| MudiOchi | No ruling | Standard (“Merle – Brown, blue or partially blue eyes”) | Standard (“other colors may have brow, amber, or yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Newfoundland | Standard (“Brown: The brown colour goes from chocolate to bronze”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Brown: Chocolate or bronze”) | Standard (“Brown: The brown colour goes from chocolate to bronze”) |
| Nova Scotia Duck Tolling RetrieverOchi | Standard (“amber to brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“amber to brown, harmonizing with the coat color”) | Standard (“Brown to amber, blending with coat colour”) | No ruling |
| Olde English Bulldogge | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brown brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Olde English BulldoggeOchi | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark to light brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Peruvian Inca Orchid | Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“browns”) | No ruling | Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) |
| Peruvian Inca OrchidPiele și solzi | Standard (“dark brown going to light blond”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“browns”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown going to light blonde”) |
| Peruvian Inca OrchidFără păr · Piele și solzi | Standard (“dark brown going to light blond”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“browns”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown going to light blonde”) |
| Peruvian Inca OrchidOchi | Standard (“all shades of brown”) | Standard (“all shades of brown”) | Standard (“all shades of brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“all shades of brown”) |
| Plott Hound | No ruling | Standard (“Brown Brindle”) | Standard (“Any shade of brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Plott HoundOchi | No ruling | Standard (“Brown or hazel”) | Standard (“brown or hazel in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Podengo Portughez | Standard (“In the Small Podengo ... accepted but not preferred: ... brown”) | Standard (“shades of brown/red”) | Standard (“In the Pequeno ... also acceptable, but ... not preferred: tones of ... brown”) | Nerecunoscut | No ruling |
| Podengo PortughezOchi | Standard (“from honey to brown, in accordance with the coat”) | Standard (“from honey to brown”) | Standard (“from honey to brown”) | Standard (“from light to dark brown”) | No ruling |
| Podengo Portughez Pequeno | Standard (“In the Small Podengo ... accepted but not preferred: ... brown”) | Standard (“Chestnut”) | Standard (“In the Pequeno ... tones of ... brown”) | Nerecunoscut | No ruling |
| Podengo Portughez PequenoOchi | Standard (“ranging from honey to brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“ranges from honey to brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| PointerOchi | Standard (“Either hazel or brown according to colour of coat”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Either hazel or brown according to colour of coat”) | Standard (“Either hazel or brown according to colour of coat”) |
| Pointer German cu Păr Lung | Standard (“Self coloured brown”) | Standard (“Brown & White”) | No ruling | Standard (“Solid brown”) | No ruling |
| Pointer German cu Păr SârmosOchi | No ruling | Standard (“Eyes are brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“hazel or darker”) | No ruling |
| Pointer German cu Păr ScurtOchi | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Eye color is brown”) | Standard (“Varying in shades of brown to tone with coat”) | Standard (“Varying in shades of brown to tone with coat”) |
| Pointer Portughez | Descalificant | Descalificant | Standard (“any shade of yellow or brown”) | Nerecunoscut | No ruling |
| Pointer PortughezOchi | Standard (“brown, of a darker colour than the coat”) | Standard (“brown, of a darker colour than the coat”) | Standard (“brown in color”) | Standard (“Eyes brown, of a darker colour than the coat”) | No ruling |
| Pomeranian | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown, light or dark”) | Standard (“brown, light or dark”) |
| Pudel (Miniatural) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“All solid colours”) |
| Pudel (Standard) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“All solid colours”) |
| Pudel (Toy) | Standard (“Brown should be deep, rather dark, uniform and warm”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Browns”) | Standard (“Browns”) |
| Pudelpointer | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“Solid brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pumi | Descalificant (“chocolate coloured ... coat”) | Standard (“Born Brown”) | Descalificant (“chocolate color”) | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant (“chocolate-coloured ... coat”) |
| Rafeiro do AlentejoOchi | Standard (“brown (preferably dark)”) | Standard (“brown (preferably dark)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rater ValenciàOchi | Standard (“iris color brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Redbone CoonhoundOchi | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brown to hazel in color, with the darker color preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Russell Terrier | Nerecunoscut | Standard (“Brown Markings”) | Standard (“black, tan, or brown markings”) | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut |
| Saint Bernard | Standard (“A broken reddish-brown mantle is of equal value”) | Standard (“Brown & White”) | Standard (“any shade of brown and white”) | Standard (“Brown & White”) | Standard (“A broken reddish brown mantle is of equal value”) |
| Saint BernardOchi | Standard (“dark brown to nut-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown to nut brown”) |
| SamoiedOchi | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“medium to dark brown”) | No ruling |
| Schapendoes | Standard (“All colours are permitted”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“All colors are permitted”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SchapendoesOchi | Standard (“Their colour is brown”) | Standard (“Their colour is brown”) | Standard (“They are brown in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Schipperke | Defect (“Grey, brownish or reddish tones in the top coat”) | Descalificant (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“brown (light mocha to dark chocolate)”) | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut |
| Sealyham Terrier | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“tan”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) |
| Setter IrlandezOchi | No ruling | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Shar-Pei | Standard (“All solid colours acceptable”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“any solid color”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“All solid colours acceptable”) |
| Shar-PeiOchi | Standard (“Lighter colour permissible in dilute-coloured dogs”) | Standard (“In the dilute colored dogs the eye color may be lighter”) | Standard (“In the dilute colored dogs, eye color may be lighter”) | No ruling | Standard (“Lighter colour permissible in dilute-coloured dogs”) |
| Skye TerrierOchi | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“Eyes brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) |
| Small Münsterländer | Standard (“Brown-white and brown roan”) | Standard (“Brown & White”) | Standard (“Brown and white”) | Standard (“Brown & white”) | Standard (“Brown-white or brown roan”) |
| Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier | Descalificant (“brown coat”) | Defect | Descalificant (“white or brown color”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Descalificant (“brown coat”) |
| Soft Coated Wheaten TerrierOchi | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Spaniel de Apă AmericanOchi | Standard (“a light yellowish brown to brown, hazel or dark tone”) | Standard (“a light yellowish brown to brown, hazel or of dark tone”) | Standard (“hazel or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Spaniel de Apă IrlandezOchi | No ruling | Standard (“a warm tone of medium to dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“medium to dark brown”) | No ruling |
| Spinone Italian | Standard (“white with brown (chestnut) markings”) | Standard (“Brown Roan”) | Standard (“white with brown (chestnut) markings”) | Standard (“white and brown”) | Standard (“white with brown (chestnut) markings”) |
| Spitz German | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“all colors”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“brown”) |
| Spitz GermanMare | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“all colors”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Stabyhoun | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“Brown & White”) | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown”) |
| StabyhounOchi | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brown in brown or orange dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Terrier American fără PărOchi | No ruling | Standard (“When eyes are brown, a darker brown is preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tervueren BelgianOchi | Standard (“brownish colour”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown in color”) | Standard (“brown in colour”) | Standard (“brownish colour”) |
| Tosa | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | Nerecunoscut |
| TosaOchi | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Eye color is brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Vallhund Suedez | Standard (“greyish brown ... or reddish brown”) | Defect | Standard (“yellow/brown sable”) | Standard (“Grey Brown”) | Standard (“greyish brown ... or reddish brown”) |
| VizslaOchi | Standard (“The brown eye harmonising with the coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Vizsla cu Păr SârmosOchi | Standard (“The brown eye colour harmonising with the coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The brown eye colour harmonising with the coat colour”) |
| Welsh Corgi PembrokeOchi | Standard (“brown, blending with colour of coat”) | Standard (“variations of brown in harmony with coat color”) | Standard (“brown, blending with the color of the coat”) | Standard (“brown, blending with colour of coat”) | Standard (“brown, blending with colour of coat”) |
| Welsh Springer SpanielOchi | No ruling | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| XoloitzcuintleOchi | Standard (“black, brown, hazel, amber or yellow tones”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black, brown, hazel, amber or yellow tones”) | Standard (“black, brown, hazel, amber, or yellow tones”) |
| Griffon de Bruxelles | Descalificant (“brown and tan, liver colour”) | Alternativ (“Brown”) | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut |
| Griffon de BruxellesCu păr aspru | Descalificant (“brown and tan, liver colour”) | Alternativ (“Brown”) | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut |
| Griffon de BruxellesNeted | Descalificant (“brown and tan, liver colour”) | Alternativ (“Brown”) | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut |
| Norfolk Terrier | Nerecunoscut | Alternativ (“Brown”) | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut |
Breeds where Maro is a fault
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobtail | Defect (“any shade of brown undesirable”) | Defect (“Brown & White”) | Defect (“any shade of brown”) | Defect (“any shade of brown undesirable”) | Defect (“any shade of brown undesirable”) |
| Bouvier des Flandres | Descalificant (“coat chocolate brown”) | Defect (“Brown”) | Defect (“chocolate brown ... dogs”) | Defect (“chocolate brown ... highly undesirable”) | Descalificant (“coat chocolate brown”) |
| Cirneco dell’EtnaOchi | Nerecunoscut (“never grey, brown or yellow”) | Defect (“Brown or yellow iris is a fault to be severely penalized”) | Nerecunoscut (“they should never be brown or dark hazel”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Elkhound Norvegian | Defect (“Colour in brown or yellow”) | Defect (“Yellow or brown shading”) | Defect (“Yellow or brown shading”) | Defect (“Any pronounced variation from the grey colour ... undesirable”) | Defect (“Colour in brown or yellow”) |
| Keeshond | Nerecunoscut | Defect (“never containing tan, brown, or orange tones”) | Defect | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut |
| Schnauzer Standard | Nerecunoscut | Defect (“shadings or mixtures thereof in the topcoat such as ... brown”) | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut |
| Vizsla | Defect (“Red, brownish or lightened colour is undesirable”) | Nerecunoscut | No ruling | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut |
| Vizsla cu Păr Sârmos | Defect (“Red, brownish, light yellow or lightened colour shadings are undesirable”) | Defect (“Red, brown or yellow colors are faulty”) | No ruling | Defect (“Dark brown or pale yellow undesirable”) | Defect (“Red, brownish, light yellow, or lightened colour shadings are undesirable”) |
Breeds where Maro is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briard | Descalificant (“brown ... colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant (“brown ... colour”) |
| Buldog Englez | No ruling | Descalificant | No ruling | Nerecunoscut (“Brown”) | Nerecunoscut |
| Câine Carolina | No ruling | Descalificant (“brown/liver coat color”) | Descalificant (“brown/silver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ciobănesc Belgian | Descalificant | Descalificant (“Brown”) | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant |
| Ciobănesc Carpatin | Descalificant (“Coat color that is brown, brindle, yellow or flecked in these colors”) | Descalificant (“Coat color that is brown, brindle, yellow or flecked in these colors”) | Nerecunoscut | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ciobănesc Caucazian | Descalificant (“Genetic brown colour in any variation or nuance”) | Descalificant (“Genetic brown colour in any variation or nuance”) | Descalificant (“Solid chocolate (defined as any shade of solid brown ...)”) | No ruling | Descalificant (“Genetic brown colour in any variation or nuance”) |
| Cirneco dell’Etna | Descalificant (“Coat colour that is solid brown”) | Descalificant (“self-colored brown or liver”) | Descalificant (“Any black, brown or brindle in the coat”) | Nerecunoscut | No ruling |
| Copoi Ardelenesc | Descalificant (“Brown ... colour with markings”) | Descalificant (“Brown ... colour with markings”) | Descalificant (“Brown ... base color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hovawart | Descalificant (“brown”) | Descalificant (“brown”) | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant (“brown”) |
| Mops | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut (“Brown”) | Nerecunoscut |
| Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever | Descalificant | Descalificant (“brown coat”) | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut | No ruling |
| Puli | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut (“Brown”) | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant |
| Rhodesian Ridgeback | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant (“brown and tan in brown/liver nosed dogs”) | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut |
| Samoied | Descalificant (“should never give the impression of being pale brown”) | Descalificant | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant (“should never give the impression of being pale brown”) |
Color changes
How Maro can appear or change over an animal's life.
Negruchanges toMaro
Blană · La soare · can change back
Albastruchanges toMaro
Ochi · Cu vârsta · from 2 weeks