Papillon Colors
The breed standard states..............COLOR - Always parti-color, white with patches of any color. On the head color other than white must cover both ears, back and front, and extend without interruption from the ears over both eyes. A clearly defined white blaze and noseband are preferred to a solidly marked head. Symmetry of facial markings is desirable. The size, shape, placement or absence of patches on the body are without importance. Papillons maybe any parti-color, provided nose, eye rims and lips are well-pigmented black. Among the colors there is no preference.
The following faults shall be severely penalized. (1) Nose not black. (2) Color other than white not covering both ears, back and front, or not extending from the ears over both eyes. A slight extension of the white collar onto the base of the ears or a few white hairs interspersed among the color, shall not be penalized provided the butterfly appearance is not sacrificed.
Disqualification - An all white dog or a dog with no white.
| Papillon Color type | Color Description | Photo of color type |
| Classic Tri color or White/black/tan | A classic tri color has a white base coat color with patches of black and tan highlights on the eye brow, cheeks and sometimes the insides of the ears and under the tail. These tan highlights can be other places too, however, they are not to be more pronounced or cover more area then the black. | |
| Minimal Tri | This guy is a tri color he has 2 lighter tan eyebrows and a little tan on his cheeks. This is a good example of what we call a minimal tri because you almost can't tell it is a tri. | |
| Tri Color | This Girl's tri marking bleed into the rest of her coat. She is still a Tri color just not your Classic This is a Hound Tri, With a sable colored head with black body patches |   |
| Sable/white | The
Sable coat color varies in base color from deep red to lemon however
all sables have black tips on the end of the hair, giving you the look
of a three colored dog. The base color is white with patches of the sable color. | |
| Sable/white |
This is a lighter sable and white | |
| Black Sable/ white | This girl appears to be Black and white but when you pull the hair up and look at the roots of the hair its clear she is a sable and white. As she gets older she will become more and more sable. If the one above is a lighter sable She would be a really dark sable. | |
| Sable/white | There are many different shades of Sable and White | |
| Black/White | This is a base coat color of white with patches of black. |  |
| Red/White | This is a base coat color of white with patches of red |  |
