Dog Coat Colors Quiz

According to the official FCI breed standard, ONLY ONE of the following colors meets breed standard for a Boxer. Which color is it?

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FCI BREED STANDARD : Colour: Fawn or brindle: Fawn comes in various shades from lightfawn to dark deer red but the most attractive shades are in the middlerange (red fawn). Black mask. The brindle variety: fawn backgroundof varying shades has dark or black stripes running parallel to ribs.Stripes must contrast distinctly to ground colour. White markingsshould not be discarded. They can be quite pleasant.

According to the official breed standard, which of the following colors are NOT acceptable in an Australian Kelpie?

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FCI BREED STANDARD: Colour: Black, black and tan, red, red and tan, fawn, chocolate, and smoke blue.

According to the official breed standard, which of the following colors are NOT acceptable in a Pug?

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FCI BREED STANDARD: Colour: Silver, apricot, fawn or black.

According to the official breed standard, which of the following colors are acceptable in a Weimaraner?

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Colour: Silver, roe or mouse grey, as well as shades of these colours. Head and leathers generally slightly paler. Only small white markings on chest and toes permitted. Sometimes a more or less defined trace occurs along the back.

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According to the official breed standard, which of the following colors/patterns are NOT acceptable in a Boston Terrier?

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Colour: Brindle, seal or black with white markings. Brindle is preferred only if all other qualities are equal. (Note : Seal defined : Seal appears black except it has a red cast when viewed in the sun or bright light).

According to the official breed standard, which of the following colors are NOT acceptable in a Pekingese?

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FCI BREED STANDARD: Colour: All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit, except albino or liver. Parti-colours evenly broken.

According to the official breed standard, which of the following colors are NOT acceptable in a Labrador Retriever?

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FCI BREED STANDARD: Colour: Wholly black, yellow or liver/chocolate. Yellows range from light cream to red fox. Small white spot on chest permissible.

According to the official breed standard, which of the following colors/patterns are NOT acceptable in a Siberian Husky?

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Colour: All ranges of the allowable colours which are black, grey, agouti, sable, red and white. May be solid coloured. May have multiple shades. May have white markings. A variety of symmetrical or asymmetrical markings and patterns are common, including piebald. No preference should be given to any allowable colour, marking or pattern. Merle or Brindle patterns are not allowable and are to be disqualified. Merle is defined as a marbling effect of dark patches against a lighter background of the same colour and is not to be confused with a colour patch of banded guard hairs amid white, as is seen in dogs with allowable piebald. Brindle is defined as darker and lighter single-coloured guard hairs producing a vertical tiger striping, not to be confused with banded guard hairs and a different colour undercoat, which may produce some apparent horizontal striping.

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According to the official breed standard, which of the following colors are NOT acceptable in a German Shepherd Dog?

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FCI BREED STANDARD: Colours are black with reddish-brown, brown and yellow to light grey markings; single-coloured black, grey with darker shading, black saddle and mask. Unobtrusive, small white marks on chest as well as very light colour on insides are permissible, but not desirable. The tip of the nose must be black in all colours. Dogs with lack of mask, light to piercing eye colour, as well as with light to whitish markings on the chest and the insides, pale nails and red tip of tail are considered to be lacking in pigmentation. The undercoat shows a light greyish tone. The colour white is not allowed.

According to the official breed standard, which of the following colors are NOT acceptable in a Border Terrier?

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FCI BREED STANDARD: Colour: Red, wheaten, grizzle and tan, or blue and tan.

According to the official breed standard, which of the following colors/patterns are NOT acceptable in a Jack Russell Terrier?

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FCI BREED STANDARD: Colour: White must predominate with black and/or tan markings. The tan markings can be from the lightest tan to the richest tan (chestnut).

According to the official FCI breed standard, ONLY ONE of the following colors meets breed standard for a Doberman. Which color is it?

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FCI BREED STANDARD: Colour: The Dobermann is bred in two colour varieties: black or brown with rust red, clearly defined and clear markings (tan markings). Tan markings are on the muzzle as a spot on the cheeks and the top of the eyebrow; on the throat; two spots on the forechest;on the metacarpus, metatarsus and feet; on the inner side of the hind thigh; on the forearms and under the tail.

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According to the official breed standard, which of the following colors/patterns are NOT acceptable in a Dogue De Bourdeaux?

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FCI BREED STANDARD: Colour: Self-coloured, in all shades of fawn, from mahogany to isabella. A good pigmentation is desirable. Limited white patches are permissible on the forechest, and the extremities of the limbs. Mask: • Black mask: The mask is often only slightly spread out and must not invade the cranial region. There may be slight black shading on the skull, ears, neck and top of body. The nose is black. • Brown mask: (used to be called red or bistre). The nose is brown; the eyerims and edges of the lips are also brown. There may be non-invasive brown shading; each hair having a fawn or sandy zone and a brown zone. In this case the inclined parts of the body are a paler colour. • No mask: The coat is fawn: the skin appears red (also formerly called “red mask”). The nose can then be reddish.

According to the official breed standard, which of the following colors are NOT acceptable in a Newfoundland?

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FCI STANDARD: Colour: Black, white and black and brown.

According to the official breed standard, which of the following colors/markings are NOT acceptable in a Cane Corso?

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Colour: Black, lead-grey, slate-grey, light grey, light fawn; dark fawn and stag red; dark wheat colour (stripes on different shades of fawn or grey); in fawn coloured and brindle dogs the black or grey mask on the muzzle should not go beyond the line of the eyes. A small white patch on the chest, on the tip of the toes and on the bridge of the nose is acceptable.

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