Havanese Colors
Accepted colors by FCI
White
Cream
Champagne
Gold
Red
Fawn
Sable
Brindle
Silver
Blue
Black
Chocolate (Brown)
WHITE:
Body Color
Fresh and bright; snow white from birth.
Note:
No other colors may be included on the dog's ears.
CREAM:
Body Color
Ivory color or creamy yellowish white,
the color of dairy cream or almond.
CHAMPAGNE:
Body Color
Slightly pale yellow, the color of champagne. Yellow undertones.
Champagne furs can be from light beige to deep intense.
Note:
In some registries (AKC) is Cream and Champagne
summed up as a color.
GOLD:
Body Color
This is a rich warm color in different color shades in medium gold from honey
to apricot. There are definite reddish framtoningar the coat. Dogs with genuine
gold paint retains its color throughout their lives, although the color may soften with age.
Note:
Dogs with real gold paint retains its color throughout life;
although the color may soften with age.
RED:
Body Color
Red is a rich warm color, like gold with deeper and more
intense color, graduated from Orange red to dark mahogany.
Note:
Some records summarizing Gold and Red, while the
Second, they have to be separate colors.
FAWN:
Body Color
Fawn is a cold gradation from medium brown and
buff / tan to light brown color shades.
SABLE:
Body Color
Sable coats are prominent with dark tops on a lighter colored undercoat. The color of
peaks can be very dark or very bright. The undercoat can was brown,
fawn, red, gold or silver. The peaks are generally black but may also be darker
shades of brown, gold or silver. Each hair will
vary from root to tip. Ears & Tail An authentic Sobel will always retain the
black tops of the ears and tail (even if it's only a few hairs).
Note:
Sable coats or brighten gradually moving toward silver when the dog becomes an adult. Certain
Sobel dogs brighten dramatically nearly all the way to pale ivory or
off-white, leaving only a subtle shading and the appearance of color.
Soble is the most changeable of all Havanese colors. The degree of silver
depends on the other colors in the genetic makeup of the dog.
If you cut off the tops, they usually do not usually come
back except maybe the ears and tail.
BRINDLE:
Body Color
Much confusion surrounds Brindle markings. Brindle is one of the more complex
fur colors. The classic Brindle combination yields dark band, more or less
regular tiger stripes on a lighter background (no shading from cream,
champagne, tan, gold or silver).
Tiger stripes are apparent at birth and are located throughout the body that stretch or
stripes of black or brown. Not all Brindles have the classic striped look.
Brindle can perform more fine as a coat with a combination of two or more colors
is mixed all the way out. Mixed black, brown and auburn hair makes the whole dog
coat color to look like tobacco color. This color is often referred to as the Havana Brown.
In Brindle coats, must color of each hair go from root to tip. Face
Brindle dogs often have a dark mask on the face.
Note:
The base color can brighten when the dog grows, but the original pattern
will remain. Brindle is not the same as Sobel where
coat tops only colored.
SILVER:
Body Color
Puppies are born black and starts to brighten around 4-6 weeks of age. When
the dog grows coat will lighten to varying shades of silver
from pale platinum, steel and pewter to deep gray.
Note:
The coat definitely changed around 12-15 months of age.
BLUE:
Body Color
The puppies are born black. The black is more matte than glossy as
a true black and may have dark reddish glow.
The final blue color can be shades of medium
dark to dark silver / gray / blue and charcoal.
Note:
The fur starts to change at the earliest at 6-8 months or the last 3-5 years. When the change
will coat color continue to develop until it takes the definite steel blue color. Its between
the color is usually brownish or reddish color.
BLACK:
Body Color
Depth carbon black (no reddish or brown tones).
Note:
Black color brightens not.
CHOCOLATE (Brown):
Body Color
Puppies are born chocolate. "Native" chocolate dogs have a liver color or soft reddish
pigments; judgment can not have any black at all. Chocolate-colored coats can vary from
very light Cafe au Lait to milk chocolate to a darker chocolate color (Cocoa). Few
Chocolate dogs can switch to silver (see below). These were properly called "Chocolate Silver". Eye
Eye Lines, Lips, Nose Chocolate usually also usually have lighter eye color in warm brown, amber
or gold tint. Eye lines, lips and nose: liver pigmented
Note:
Chocolate refers to the pigment and not just to coat. Eye color is the safest
indicator if the dog is really chocolate or if it has only a weak pigment. The "real" chocolate,
Moreover, the eye color a soft amber color with liver pigment. If the dog's eyes are black with a
lighter brownish nose then you know that it is black pigmentation and not a chocolate.
Normal causes confusion
(Summary)
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Silver vs. Blue- As adults get some of these dogs are very similar colors, though Silver is generally
lighter silver / gray shades while Blue dogs are darker charcoal / blue hues. You need to know when
coat changed to the definitive color and it is a "real" silver or blue. The major difference between
the blue coat color and the pure silver coat is real silver dogs begin to change to silver from the roots
the hairs at a very early age (4-6 weeks). They will show signs of silver around the mouth and
eyes and it can take up to 1 year to become completely silver. Blue Dogs remain black up to at least
6-8 months or longer and later in life begin to change color to silver blue color.
Havana brown vs. Chocolate- Dogs that are Havana Brown can be mistaken for chocolate because
the overall appearance may be very similar to that of adults. The easiest way to tell the difference is to
watch the pigment and eyes. chocolate puppies born chocolate, and must have liver pigment
on the nose, lips and eye lines. They may also have lighter brown or gold colored eyes.
Havana Brown puppies are born black, or dark brown as to appear almost black. Gradually
change them color in varying shades of tobacco brown while they get older. Their furs
is a combination of black, brown and auburn hair that is mixed. The pigment should be black.
White
Cream
Champagne
Gold
Red
Fawn
Sable
Brindle
Silver
Blue
Black
Chocolate (Brown)
WHITE:
Body Color
Fresh and bright; snow white from birth.
Note:
No other colors may be included on the dog's ears.
CREAM:
Body Color
Ivory color or creamy yellowish white,
the color of dairy cream or almond.
CHAMPAGNE:
Body Color
Slightly pale yellow, the color of champagne. Yellow undertones.
Champagne furs can be from light beige to deep intense.
Note:
In some registries (AKC) is Cream and Champagne
summed up as a color.
GOLD:
Body Color
This is a rich warm color in different color shades in medium gold from honey
to apricot. There are definite reddish framtoningar the coat. Dogs with genuine
gold paint retains its color throughout their lives, although the color may soften with age.
Note:
Dogs with real gold paint retains its color throughout life;
although the color may soften with age.
RED:
Body Color
Red is a rich warm color, like gold with deeper and more
intense color, graduated from Orange red to dark mahogany.
Note:
Some records summarizing Gold and Red, while the
Second, they have to be separate colors.
FAWN:
Body Color
Fawn is a cold gradation from medium brown and
buff / tan to light brown color shades.
SABLE:
Body Color
Sable coats are prominent with dark tops on a lighter colored undercoat. The color of
peaks can be very dark or very bright. The undercoat can was brown,
fawn, red, gold or silver. The peaks are generally black but may also be darker
shades of brown, gold or silver. Each hair will
vary from root to tip. Ears & Tail An authentic Sobel will always retain the
black tops of the ears and tail (even if it's only a few hairs).
Note:
Sable coats or brighten gradually moving toward silver when the dog becomes an adult. Certain
Sobel dogs brighten dramatically nearly all the way to pale ivory or
off-white, leaving only a subtle shading and the appearance of color.
Soble is the most changeable of all Havanese colors. The degree of silver
depends on the other colors in the genetic makeup of the dog.
If you cut off the tops, they usually do not usually come
back except maybe the ears and tail.
BRINDLE:
Body Color
Much confusion surrounds Brindle markings. Brindle is one of the more complex
fur colors. The classic Brindle combination yields dark band, more or less
regular tiger stripes on a lighter background (no shading from cream,
champagne, tan, gold or silver).
Tiger stripes are apparent at birth and are located throughout the body that stretch or
stripes of black or brown. Not all Brindles have the classic striped look.
Brindle can perform more fine as a coat with a combination of two or more colors
is mixed all the way out. Mixed black, brown and auburn hair makes the whole dog
coat color to look like tobacco color. This color is often referred to as the Havana Brown.
In Brindle coats, must color of each hair go from root to tip. Face
Brindle dogs often have a dark mask on the face.
Note:
The base color can brighten when the dog grows, but the original pattern
will remain. Brindle is not the same as Sobel where
coat tops only colored.
SILVER:
Body Color
Puppies are born black and starts to brighten around 4-6 weeks of age. When
the dog grows coat will lighten to varying shades of silver
from pale platinum, steel and pewter to deep gray.
Note:
The coat definitely changed around 12-15 months of age.
BLUE:
Body Color
The puppies are born black. The black is more matte than glossy as
a true black and may have dark reddish glow.
The final blue color can be shades of medium
dark to dark silver / gray / blue and charcoal.
Note:
The fur starts to change at the earliest at 6-8 months or the last 3-5 years. When the change
will coat color continue to develop until it takes the definite steel blue color. Its between
the color is usually brownish or reddish color.
BLACK:
Body Color
Depth carbon black (no reddish or brown tones).
Note:
Black color brightens not.
CHOCOLATE (Brown):
Body Color
Puppies are born chocolate. "Native" chocolate dogs have a liver color or soft reddish
pigments; judgment can not have any black at all. Chocolate-colored coats can vary from
very light Cafe au Lait to milk chocolate to a darker chocolate color (Cocoa). Few
Chocolate dogs can switch to silver (see below). These were properly called "Chocolate Silver". Eye
Eye Lines, Lips, Nose Chocolate usually also usually have lighter eye color in warm brown, amber
or gold tint. Eye lines, lips and nose: liver pigmented
Note:
Chocolate refers to the pigment and not just to coat. Eye color is the safest
indicator if the dog is really chocolate or if it has only a weak pigment. The "real" chocolate,
Moreover, the eye color a soft amber color with liver pigment. If the dog's eyes are black with a
lighter brownish nose then you know that it is black pigmentation and not a chocolate.
Normal causes confusion
(Summary)
__________________________________________________
Silver vs. Blue- As adults get some of these dogs are very similar colors, though Silver is generally
lighter silver / gray shades while Blue dogs are darker charcoal / blue hues. You need to know when
coat changed to the definitive color and it is a "real" silver or blue. The major difference between
the blue coat color and the pure silver coat is real silver dogs begin to change to silver from the roots
the hairs at a very early age (4-6 weeks). They will show signs of silver around the mouth and
eyes and it can take up to 1 year to become completely silver. Blue Dogs remain black up to at least
6-8 months or longer and later in life begin to change color to silver blue color.
Havana brown vs. Chocolate- Dogs that are Havana Brown can be mistaken for chocolate because
the overall appearance may be very similar to that of adults. The easiest way to tell the difference is to
watch the pigment and eyes. chocolate puppies born chocolate, and must have liver pigment
on the nose, lips and eye lines. They may also have lighter brown or gold colored eyes.
Havana Brown puppies are born black, or dark brown as to appear almost black. Gradually
change them color in varying shades of tobacco brown while they get older. Their furs
is a combination of black, brown and auburn hair that is mixed. The pigment should be black.