Hund color
Mörkbrun
A deep brown: the eye color most dog standards ask for, and the shell of dark-brown layers such as Welsummers and Barnevelders.
245 Hund breeds list Mörkbrun. It is in a club standard for 239 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 1 breed.
Breeds whose standards accept Mörkbrun
| Breed | FCI | AKC | KC | KUSA | UKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AffenpinscherÖgon | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark eyes”) | Standard (“Dark”) | No ruling |
| AfghanhundÖgon | Standard (“Dark for preference”) | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“Preferably dark”) | Standard (“Dark for preference”) | Standard (“Dark brown is the preferred color”) |
| AiredaleterrierÖgon | Standard (“Dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“Dark in colour”) | Standard (“Dark in colour”) | Standard (“Dark”) |
| AkbashÖgon | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“golden brown to dark brown, with darker color preferred”) |
| AkitaÖgon | Standard (“dark brown: the darker, the better (Japanese Akita)”) | Standard (“dark brown (Akita)”) | Standard (“dark brown (Akita)”) | Standard (“dark brown (American Akita)”) | Standard (“dark brown (Akita)”) |
| AkitaJapansk · Ögon | Standard (“dark brown: the darker, the better”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown: the darker, the better”) | No ruling |
| AkitaAmerikansk · Ögon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Alaskan malamuteÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“dark eyes are preferred”) | Standard (“dark eyes preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American english coonhoundÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown pigmentation”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown pigmentation”) | Standard (“Dark brown in color”) |
| Amerikansk cocker spanielÖgon | Standard (“The colour of the iris is dark brown”) | Standard (“The color of the iris is dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown to black in blacks, black and tans, buffs and creams”) | Standard (“The colour of the iris is dark brown”) | Standard (“The color of the iris is dark brown, the darker the better”) |
| Amerikansk hårlös terrierÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“darkest brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Amerikansk spetsÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“Dark to medium brown is the preferred eye color”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) |
| Amerikansk staffordshireterrierÖgon | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark”) | No ruling |
| Amerikansk vattenspanielÖgon | Standard (“dark tone to harmonize with coat”) | Standard (“of dark tone to harmonize with coat”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“of dark color to harmonize with the coat”) |
| Anatolisk herdehundÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown to light amber”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Appenzeller sennenhundÖgon | Standard (“in black dogs dark brown, brown”) | Standard (“in black dogs dark brown, brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“in black dogs dark brown, brown”) | Standard (“In Black dogs they are brown to dark brown”) |
| Australian stumpy tail cattle dogÖgon | Standard (“of dark brown colour”) | Standard (“of dark brown colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Australisk boskapshundÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Australisk terrierÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown to black (the darker the better)”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| AzawakhÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“hazel to dark brown”) |
| BarbetÖgon | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“dark hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“dark hazel to dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) |
| BasenjiÖgon | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Basset artésien normandÖgon | Standard (“dark (in harmony with the coat)”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark (in harmony with the coat)”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Basset fauve de BretagneÖgon | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“Dark brown is the preferred color”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“Dark brown in color”) |
| Basset houndÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown preferred”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | No ruling |
| Bayersk viltspårhundÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | No ruling |
| BeagleÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown or hazel”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“Dark brown or hazel”) | No ruling |
| BeauceronÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“always dark”) |
| BedlingtonterrierÖgon | Standard (“Blues have a dark eye”) | Standard (“Blues have dark eyes”) | Standard (“Blues have a dark eye”) | Standard (“Blues have a dark eye”) | Standard (“Blue-colored dogs have darker eyes”) |
| Belgisk vallhundÖgon | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) |
| Belgisk vallhund laekenoisÖgon | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) |
| Belgisk vallhund malinoisÖgon | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) |
| Belgisk vallhund tervuerenÖgon | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“eyes dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) |
| BergamascoÖgon | Standard (“a darker or lighter shade of chestnut colour”) | Standard (“varying from hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“dark chestnut colour preferred”) | Standard (“a darker or lighter shade of chestnut colour”) | Standard (“dark chestnut”) |
| Berger picardÖgon | Standard (“dark colour”) | Standard (“darker eye color is preferred”) | Standard (“dark, blending with coat colour”) | Standard (“dark colour”) | No ruling |
| Berner sennenhundÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Bichon friséÖgon | Standard (“Very dark”) | Standard (“black or dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“black or dark brown”) |
| Bichon havanaisÖgon | Standard (“of brown colour as dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“of brown colour, as dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| BiewerterrierÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“dark, with the iris as dark as possible”) | No ruling | Standard (“black/dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Black and tan coonhoundÖgon | Standard (“from hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“from hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“Hazel to dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BlodhundÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown or hazel”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“Dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“dark brown or hazel”) |
| Bluetick coonhoundÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown in color”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown in color”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| BobtailÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“if brown, very dark is preferred”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| BoerboelÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | No ruling |
| BologneseÖgon | Standard (“the iris of a dark ochre colour”) | Standard (“dark iris”) | Standard (“Large, round, dark”) | Standard (“the iris of a dark ochre colour”) | Standard (“the iris is a dark ochre color”) |
| BorderterrierÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Borzoi (rysk vinthund)Ögon | Standard (“dark brown to brown”) | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark brown to brown”) | Standard (“dark In color”) |
| BostonterrierÖgon | Standard (“dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Bouvier des FlandresÖgon | Standard (“as dark as possible in relation to coat”) | Standard (“a dark brown”) | Standard (“as dark as possible in relation to coat colour”) | Standard (“as dark as possible in relation to coat”) | Standard (“a dark nut brown”) |
| BoxerÖgon | Standard (“The dark eyes”) | Standard (“Dark brown in color”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“The dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Bretagne (epagneul breton)Ögon | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“Preference should be for the darker colored eyes”) | Standard (“brown to dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“Darker colored eyes are preferred”) |
| BriardÖgon | Standard (“of dark colour”) | Standard (“black-brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“of dark colour”) | Standard (“black-brown”) |
| BrysselgriffonÖgon | Standard (“Brown, as dark as possible”) | No ruling | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“very dark brown”) |
| BullmastiffÖgon | Standard (“Dark or hazel”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark or hazel”) | Standard (“Dark or hazel”) | Standard (“The eyes are dark”) |
| BullterrierÖgon | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) |
| Ca de bouÖgon | Standard (“as dark as possible and according to coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“as dark as possible depending on the color of the coat”) |
| CanaanhundÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown eyes are strongly preferred”) |
| Cane corsoÖgon | Standard (“as dark as possible but according to the coat colour”) | Standard (“dark brown eyes are preferred”) | No ruling | Standard (“as dark as possible, but according to the coat colour”) | Standard (“the iris is as dark as possible, depending on the color of the coat”) |
| Cavalier king charles spanielÖgon | Standard (“Large, dark, round”) | Standard (“a warm, very dark brown”) | Standard (“Large, dark, round”) | Standard (“Large, dark, round”) | Standard (“Relatively large, dark and round”) |
| Centralasiatisk ovtjarkaÖgon | Standard (“from dark brown to hazel. The darker colour is preferable”) | Standard (“from dark brown to hazel. The darker colour is preferable”) | No ruling | Standard (“from dark brown to hazel. The darker colour is preferable”) | Standard (“Eyes are dark”) |
| ChihuahuaÖgon | Standard (“perfectly dark”) | Standard (“luminous dark”) | Standard (“dark or ruby”) | Standard (“dark or ruby”) | Standard (“dark eyes are preferred”) |
| ChinookÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown is preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown eyes are preferred”) |
| Chow chowÖgon | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Eyes dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| CollieÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“the color is dark”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Coton de TuléarÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown or black”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Curly coated retrieverÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown in blacks”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown in blacks”) | Standard (“Dark brown in blacks”) | No ruling |
| DalmatinerÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“the darker the better”) | Standard (“dark brown in black spotted”) | Standard (“dark brown in black-spotted”) | Standard (“dark brown in black spotted”) |
| Dansk-svensk gårdshundÖgon | Standard (“Dark eye colour in dogs with black patches”) | Standard (“Dark eye color in dogs with black patches”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“as dark as possible”) |
| DobermannÖgon | Standard (“dark in colour”) | Standard (“darkest brown”) | Standard (“darkest brown”) | Standard (“dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Dogo argentinoÖgon | Standard (“dark or hazel coloured”) | Standard (“dark or hazelnut in color”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark- or hazel-coloured”) | Standard (“very dark brown to dark hazel”) |
| Dogo canarioÖgon | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“medium to dark brown”) |
| Dogue de BordeauxÖgon | Standard (“hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“Color ranges from hazel to dark brown”) |
| DreverÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“Dark brown in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| DvärgpinscherÖgon | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark even to a true black”) | Standard (“Black to dark brown according to coat colour”) | Standard (“Black to dark brown according to coat colour”) | Standard (“dark, almost a true black”) |
| DvärgschnauzerÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Engelsk bulldoggÖgon | Standard (“very dark- almost black”) | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“very dark – almost black”) | Standard (“very dark – almost black”) | Standard (“very dark”) |
| Engelsk cocker spanielÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown or brown”) | Standard (“Eye color dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown or brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown or brown”) | Standard (“The eye color is dark brown”) |
| Engelsk herdehundÖgon | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Dark or medium brown”) |
| Engelsk setterÖgon | Standard (“Colour ranging between hazel and dark brown, the darker the better”) | Standard (“dark brown, the darker the better”) | Standard (“Colour ranging between hazel and dark brown, the darker the better”) | Standard (“Colour ranging between hazel and dark brown, the darker the better”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Engelsk springer spanielÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“black or deep brown in the black and white dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black or deep brown in black dogs”) |
| Entlebucher sennenhundÖgon | Standard (“dark brown to hazel”) | Standard (“Must be brown, darker eye preferred”) | Standard (“dark brown to hazel”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown to hazel”) |
| Epagneul françaisÖgon | Standard (“of a cinnamon to dark brown colour”) | Standard (“of a cinnamon to dark brown colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| EurasierÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Field spanielÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“dark hazel to dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark hazel, brown or nearly black, depending on the color of the dog”) |
| Fila brasileiroÖgon | Standard (“However, a darker colour is preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“However a darker colour is preferred”) | No ruling |
| Finsk lapphundÖgon | Standard (“dark brown, according to coat colour”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark brown or harmonising with coat colour”) | Standard (“dark brown, according to coat colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in color, but harmonizing with the color of the coat”) |
| Finsk spetsÖgon | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“Dark in color”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark in color”) |
| Flatcoated retrieverÖgon | Standard (“dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“dark brown or hazel”) |
| Fransk bulldoggÖgon | Standard (“dark coloured”) | Standard (“dark, brown or approaching black in color”) | Standard (“Preferably dark”) | Standard (“dark-coloured”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Golden retrieverÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Color preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Darker brown is preferred”) |
| GordonsetterÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown in color”) |
| Grand basset griffon vendéenÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“large, dark and oval”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Grand danoisÖgon | Standard (“As dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“eyes and nails preferably dark”) | Standard (“As dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| GreyhoundÖgon | Standard (“Preferably dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Preferably dark”) | Standard (“Preferably dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Grosser schweizer sennenhundÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“brown, dark brown preferred”) | Standard (“Hazel to dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| HamiltonstövareÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Hannoveransk viltspårhundÖgon | Standard (“darkbrown iris”) | Standard (“darkbrown iris”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown iris”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| HarrierÖgon | Standard (“Always dark”) | Standard (“darker colors are always desired”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| HokkaidoÖgon | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Hollandsk herdehundÖgon | Standard (“Dark coloured”) | Standard (“dark colored”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark-coloured”) | Standard (“The dark, medium-sized, almond-shaped eyes”) |
| HovawartÖgon | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“Dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | No ruling |
| Irländsk röd och vit setterÖgon | Standard (“Dark hazel or dark brown”) | Standard (“dark hazel or dark brown”) | Standard (“Hazel or dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark hazel or dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark hazel or dark brown”) |
| Irländsk setterÖgon | Standard (“Dark hazel or dark brown”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“Dark hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark hazel to dark brown”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown in color”) |
| Irländsk terrierÖgon | Standard (“Should be dark in colour”) | Standard (“Dark brown in color”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Irländsk varghundÖgon | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Eyes, dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“The eyes are dark”) |
| Irländsk vattenspanielÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“a warm tone of medium to dark brown”) | Standard (“medium to dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Isländsk fårhundÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Italiensk vinthundÖgon | Standard (“Iris of dark colour”) | Standard (“Dark”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Jack russell terrierÖgon | Standard (“Small dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“fairly small and dark”) | Standard (“Small, dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| JaktterrierÖgon | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark”) |
| Jakutisk lajkaÖgon | Standard (“Eyes colour is dark brown”) | Standard (“Any color is permissible”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japansk chinÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“Moderately large, dark”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Japansk spetsÖgon | Standard (“dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| JindoÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“Dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark reddish brown to dark brown”) |
| Jugoslavisk herdehundÖgon | Standard (“dark or light brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown to chestnut”) |
| KaiÖgon | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“the iris dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| KangalÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown to light brown, the darker, the better”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown to light brown, the darker, the better”) | Standard (“deep brown”) |
| Karpatisk herdehundÖgon | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown in color”) |
| Kaukasisk ovtjarkaÖgon | Standard (“different shades of brown from dark to hazelnut”) | Standard (“different shades of brown from dark to hazelnut”) | No ruling | Standard (“different shades of brown from dark to hazelnut”) | No ruling |
| KeeshondÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Kerry blue terrierÖgon | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark as possible”) | Standard (“Dark as possible”) | Standard (“Dark”) |
| Kinesisk nakenhundÖgon | Standard (“So dark as to appear black”) | Standard (“Dark-colored dogs have dark-colored eyes”) | Standard (“So dark as to appear black”) | Standard (“So dark as to appear black”) | Standard (“very dark in dark colored dogs”) |
| King charles spanielÖgon | Standard (“Relatively large and dark”) | Standard (“very dark brown or black”) | Standard (“Relatively large and dark”) | Standard (“Relatively large and dark”) | Standard (“very dark brown or black”) |
| KishuÖgon | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| KomondorÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“the iris of the eye is dark brown”) | Standard (“darker the better”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| KooikerhondjeÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“Deep brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“deep brown”) |
| Korthårig collieÖgon | Standard (“dark brown colour”) | Standard (“The color is dark”) | Standard (“dark brown colour”) | Standard (“dark brown colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Korthårig vizslaÖgon | Standard (“as dark as possible preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Korthårig vorstehÖgon | Standard (“The ideal colour is dark brown”) | Standard (“The preferred color is dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Darker brown is preferred”) |
| Kroatisk vallhundÖgon | Standard (“dark chestnut brown”) | Standard (“dark chestnut brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| KromfohrländerÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown, medium brown permitted”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown, medium brown permitted”) | Standard (“Dark brown is preferred”) |
| KuvaszÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown, the darker the better”) | Standard (“dark, brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown, the darker the better”) |
| Lagotto romagnoloÖgon | Standard (“ranges from ochre to hazel and dark brown”) | Standard (“ranges from ochre to hazel to dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“ranges from ochre to hazel and dark brown”) | Standard (“Color ranges from ochre through hazel to dark brown”) |
| LakelandterrierÖgon | Standard (“Dark”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“In all other colors, the eyes are dark brown”) |
| Lancashire heelerÖgon | Standard (“dark colour”) | Standard (“dark color”) | Standard (“dark colour”) | Standard (“dark colour”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Långhårig collieÖgon | Standard (“dark brown colour”) | Standard (“The color is dark”) | Standard (“dark brown colour”) | Standard (“dark brown colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Lapsk vallhundÖgon | Standard (“Preferably dark in colour, yet harmonizing with the coat colour”) | Standard (“Preferably dark in colour, yet harmonizing with the coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LeonbergerÖgon | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“Dark brown is preferred”) | Standard (“Medium to dark brown”) | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“dark brown preferred”) |
| Lhasa apsoÖgon | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark in color”) |
| Liten münsterländerÖgon | Standard (“As dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“As dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“Dark brown in color”) |
| Löwchen (liten lejonhund)Ögon | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| MalteserÖgon | Standard (“they are of a dark ochre colour”) | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Manchesterterrier (dvärg)Ögon | No ruling | Standard (“nearly black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“as near black as possible”) |
| Manchesterterrier (standard)Ögon | Standard (“dark”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | No ruling |
| MastiffÖgon | Standard (“darker the better”) | Standard (“the darker the better”) | Standard (“darker the better”) | Standard (“the darker the better”) | Standard (“the darker being preferred”) |
| MiniatyrbullterrierÖgon | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“as dark brown as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) |
| Mjukhårig vetehundÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark reddish brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| MopsÖgon | Standard (“Dark, relatively large”) | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“Dark, relatively large”) | Standard (“Dark, relatively large”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| MudiÖgon | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“Black Dogs – Dark as possible”) | Standard (“As dark as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“Black and White dogs should have dark brown eyes”) |
| NewfoundlandshundÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown in black and white and black dogs”) | Standard (“Eyes are dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in black, or in white and black dogs”) | Standard (“Dark brown in black and white and black dogs”) | Standard (“dark brown in color in the black and black and white dogs”) |
| NorfolkterrierÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| NorrbottenspetsÖgon | Standard (“Colour dark brown”) | Standard (“Irises are dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norsk älghund gråÖgon | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“very dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Norsk buhundÖgon | Standard (“colour as dark as possible”) | Standard (“color as dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“colour as dark as possible”) | Standard (“as dark in color as possible”) |
| NorwichterrierÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Olde english bulldoggeÖgon | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark to light brown”) |
| OtterhoundÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“The eyes are dark”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The deeply set eyes are dark”) |
| PapillonÖgon | Standard (“Dark in colour”) | Standard (“Eyes dark”) | Standard (“dark with dark rims”) | Standard (“dark with dark rims”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Parson russell terrierÖgon | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| PekingesÖgon | Standard (“Clear, round, dark lustrous”) | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“Clear, round, dark lustrous”) | Standard (“Clear, round, dark lustrous”) | Standard (“dark and lustrous”) |
| Petit basset griffon vendéenÖgon | Standard (“Eyes must be of a dark colour”) | Standard (“Eyes large and dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“The large, dark eyes”) |
| PointerÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“the darker the better”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark eyes, the darker the better”) |
| Pomeranian (dvärgspets)Ögon | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“bright, dark”) | Standard (“bright, dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| PorcelaineÖgon | Standard (“dark in appearance”) | Standard (“dark in appearance”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The dark eyes”) |
| Portugisisk podengo (liten)Ögon | No ruling | Standard (“honey to dark brown”) | Standard (“from light to dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Portugisisk pointer (perdigueiro)Ögon | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Darker shades are preferred”) |
| Portugisisk vallhundÖgon | Standard (“preferably dark in colour”) | Standard (“preferably dark in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Preferably dark in color”) |
| Portugisisk vattenhundÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“Black or various tones of brown”) | Standard (“Black or dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pudel (dvärg)Ögon | Standard (“Black or dark brown colour”) | Standard (“very dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Pudel (stor)Ögon | Standard (“Black or dark brown colour”) | Standard (“very dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Pudel (toy)Ögon | Standard (“Black or dark brown colour”) | Standard (“very dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark eyes”) | Standard (“dark eyes”) | Standard (“very dark eyes”) |
| PuliÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| PumiÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| PyreneerhundÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“rich dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pyreneisk vallhundÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling |
| Rafeiro do AlentejoÖgon | Standard (“brown (preferably dark)”) | Standard (“brown (preferably dark)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rastreador brasileiroÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rat terrierÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“from darkest brown to hazel”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Redbone coonhoundÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“Dark brown to hazel in color, dark preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rhodesian ridgebackÖgon | Standard (“A black nose should be accompanied by dark eyes”) | Standard (“A black nose should be accompanied by dark eyes”) | Standard (“Black nose accompanied by dark eyes”) | Standard (“A black nose should be accompanied by dark eyes”) | Standard (“A black nosed dog has dark eyes”) |
| RiesenschnauzerÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“Eye color is dark”) |
| RottweilerÖgon | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“The desired color is a uniform dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Rumänsk mioritisk vallhundÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rysk färgad bolonkaÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rysk toyÖgon | Standard (“As dark as possible”) | Standard (“eyes that are darkest brown to black”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“As dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| SalukiÖgon | Standard (“Dark to hazel”) | Standard (“Dark to hazel”) | Standard (“Dark to hazel”) | Standard (“Dark to hazel”) | Standard (“dark to hazel”) |
| SamojedÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark for preference”) | Standard (“medium to dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Sankt bernhardshundÖgon | Standard (“dark brown to nut-brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown to nut brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| SchäferhundÖgon | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark brown preferred”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) |
| SchipperkeÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“eyes are dark brown”) |
| SchnauzerÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| SealyhamterrierÖgon | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Very dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Very dark in color”) |
| Shar peiÖgon | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Shetland sheepdogÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Color must be dark”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Eye color is dark brown”) |
| ShibaÖgon | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“Iris is dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“Iris color is dark brown”) |
| Shih tzuÖgon | Standard (“Large, dark, round”) | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“Large, dark, round”) | Standard (“Large, dark, round”) | Standard (“very dark in color”) |
| ShikokuÖgon | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“dark brown in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Silky terrierÖgon | Standard (“dark as possible in colour”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark as possible in colour”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| Skotsk hjorthundÖgon | Standard (“Generally dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“generally dark brown, brown or hazel”) | Standard (“Generally dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“Generally dark brown or hazel”) | Standard (“dark brown or hazel”) |
| Skotsk terrierÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown or nearly black”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown or nearly black”) |
| SkyeterrierÖgon | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) |
| Släthårig foxterrierÖgon | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| SloughiÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“shades of dark brown to dark amber”) | Standard (“dark to dark amber”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“shades of dark brown to dark amber”) |
| Slovensky cuvacÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Slovensky kopovÖgon | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark”) |
| Spansk vattenhundÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“from hazel to dark chestnut”) | Standard (“Hazel or dark brown, depending on coat colour”) | No ruling | Standard (“White dogs may have either light brown or dark brown eyes”) |
| StabyhounÖgon | Standard (“dark brown for dogs with black and white coat”) | Standard (“dark brown for dogs with black and white coat”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown for dogs with black and white coat”) | Standard (“dark brown in black dogs”) |
| Staffordshire bullterrierÖgon | Standard (“dark preferred”) | Standard (“dark preferable”) | Standard (“dark preferred”) | Standard (“dark preferred”) | Standard (“dark eyes are preferred”) |
| Strävhårig foxterrierÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| Strävhårig vizslaÖgon | Standard (“as dark as possible preferred”) | Standard (“Iris color is as dark as possible”) | No ruling | Standard (“as dark as possible preferred”) | No ruling |
| Strävhårig vorstehÖgon | Standard (“As dark as possible”) | No ruling | Standard (“hazel or darker”) | Standard (“As dark as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) |
| Svart terrierÖgon | Standard (“dark colour”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark colour”) | Standard (“dark colored”) |
| Svensk lapphundÖgon | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“preferably dark brown”) |
| TaiwanhundÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown in colour”) | Standard (“Dark brown in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| TaxÖgon | Standard (“bright dark reddish-brown to blackish brown”) | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark reddish-brown to brownish-black”) |
| Thai ridgebackÖgon | Standard (“The eye colour is dark brown”) | Standard (“The eye colour is dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“The eye colour is dark brown”) | Standard (“Eye color is dark brown”) |
| Tibetansk mastiffÖgon | Standard (“any shade of brown ... the darker the better”) | Standard (“any shade of brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“any shade of brown ... the darker the better”) | Standard (“Any shade of brown”) |
| Tibetansk spanielÖgon | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“Dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Tibetansk terrierÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown and may appear black in color”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Tjeckisk terrierÖgon | Standard (“dark brown in grey-blue coated dogs”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“in light brown dogs – light to dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown in grey-blue coated dogs”) | Standard (“dark brown in blue-gray dogs”) |
| TornjakÖgon | Standard (“dark colour”) | Standard (“dark colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark”) |
| TosaÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“brown with preference given to the darker color”) |
| Toy fox terrierÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“clear, bright and dark”) | No ruling | Standard (“Clear, bright, and dark”) | Standard (“Dark in color”) |
| Transsylvansk stövareÖgon | Standard (“The colour is dark brown”) | Standard (“The colour is dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown in color”) |
| Treeing tennessee brindleÖgon | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The dark, expressive eyes”) |
| Treeing walker coonhoundÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“dark in color, brown or black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Color is dark, brown or black”) |
| Tysk långhårig vorstehÖgon | Standard (“Brown colour, as dark as possible”) | Standard (“Brown colour, as dark as possible”) | Standard (“Brown, as dark as possible”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tysk pinscherÖgon | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“The eyes are dark”) |
| Tysk spetsÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“always dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“always dark in color”) |
| VästgötaspetsÖgon | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“very dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Vit herdehundÖgon | Standard (“colour brown to dark-brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Brown to dark brown”) | Standard (“colour brown to dark-brown”) | No ruling |
| Welsh corgi cardiganÖgon | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“clear and dark in harmony with coat color”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“preferably dark”) | Standard (“clear and dark, in harmony with the coat color”) |
| Welsh corgi pembrokeÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“dark eyes enhance the expression”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Welsh springer spanielÖgon | Standard (“Hazel or dark”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) | Standard (“Hazel or dark”) | Standard (“Hazel or dark”) | Standard (“dark to medium brown”) |
| WelshterrierÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) |
| West highland white terrierÖgon | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark brown in color”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“as dark as possible”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
| WhippetÖgon | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown to nearly black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dark”) |
| Xoloitzcuintle (mexikansk nakenhund)Ögon | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“ranges from yellow to a very dark brown”) |
| YorkshireterrierÖgon | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark in color”) |
Breeds where Mörkbrun is a fault
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drentsche patrijshondÖgon | Fel (“neither dark nor the light colour of the bird of prey”) | Fel (“neither dark nor the light colour of the bird of prey”) | No ruling |
| Tjeckoslovakisk varghundÖgon | Fel (“Dark brown, black or different coloured eyes”) | No ruling | Fel (“Dark brown or black eyes”) |
Breeds where Mörkbrun is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | FCI | KUSA |
|---|---|---|
| Podenco ibicencoÖgon | Diskvalificerande (“Dark eyes”) | Diskvalificerande (“Dark eyes”) |
| Biewer yorkshire à la pom-ponÖgon | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bodeguero andaluzÖgon | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hortaya borzayaÖgon | No ruling | No ruling |
Color changes
How Mörkbrun can appear or change over an animal's life.
Blåchanges toMörkbrun
Ögon · Med åldern · from 2 weeks