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Colour dog names

Names that describe a coat colour directly. For names grouped by one colour, see the coat colour pages below.

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Girl names (50)

Akane
Japanese for madder red, also a girl's name · Japanese
Alabaster
A smooth white stone used for carving
Auburn
A reddish brown hair colour
Aurelia
Latin, from aureus, golden · Latin
Aureolin
A bright golden yellow pigment, from the Latin for golden · Latin
Beni
Japanese for crimson · Japanese
Blonde
Pale golden, the fair colour of hair
Blush
A soft rosy pink
Carmine
A deep crimson red pigment
Celadon
A pale jade green glaze of Chinese porcelain · French
Chartreuse
A vivid yellow green named after a French liqueur · French
Cream
The pale yellowish white of cream
Crimson
A deep rich red
Damask
A soft rose pink named after the damask rose
Ebony
A dense black tropical wood
Eggshell
A very pale creamy white
Flaxen
The pale gold of flax fibre
Freckle
A small brown spot on the skin · small dogs
Glicine
Italian for wisteria, a soft lilac · Italian
Goldie
From golden, long used for golden coated dogs
Inky
As black as ink · small dogs
Isabelline
A pale greyish yellow, the colour of parchment · French
Ivory
The creamy white material of an elephant tusk
Kiiro
Japanese for yellow · Japanese
Lilla
Italian for lilac · Italian
Linen
The pale cream of linen cloth
Magenta
A vivid purple pink named after a town in Italy · Italian
Malva
Spanish for mallow, a soft mauve · Spanish
Mauve
A pale purple, French for mallow · French
Mocha
Coffee blended with chocolate, named after a Yemeni port
Murasaki
Japanese for purple · Japanese
Nera
Italian for black, feminine · Italian
Pink
The colour of roses and candyfloss
Polka Dot
A pattern of evenly spaced round dots · small dogs
Porcelain
Fine white china · small dogs
Puce
A brownish purple, French for flea · French
Raven
A large glossy black crow, from the Old English hrafn
Sable
In heraldry, the word for black
Scarlet
A bright red
Sepia
A warm brown ink made from cuttlefish
Sienna
A warm red brown earth pigment from Siena in Italy · Italian
Speckles
Covered in small spots
Taupe
A brownish grey, from the French for mole · French
Turquesa
Spanish for turquoise · Spanish
Ultramarine
A rich deep blue, Latin for beyond the sea · Latin
Umbra
Latin for shadow · Latin
Vermilion
A bright orange red pigment
Viridian
A blue green pigment, from Latin for green · Latin
Wine
A deep red purple
Yanagi
Japanese for willow, also a soft green colour · Japanese

Boy names (41)

Azabache
Spanish for jet black · Spanish
Blanco
Spanish, white · Spanish
Canelo
Spanish for cinnamon coloured · Spanish
Carbon
The element that makes coal and graphite
Charcoal
Burnt wood, and the dark grey to black it leaves
Chestnut
A glossy red brown
Cinder
A small piece of burnt coal or ash, greyish black
Coal
The black rock burned as fuel
Cobalto
Italian for cobalt blue · Italian
Copper
A reddish brown metal, from the Latin cuprum, Cyprus metal
Cordovan
A rich burgundy brown of fine leather from Cordoba · Spanish
Falbo
Italian for tawny or fawn · Italian
Graphite
The soft dark grey carbon in pencils
Grullo
A smoky mouse grey horse coat with dark points · Spanish
Harlequin
Torn black patches on white, a Great Dane colour named after the clown's costume · big dogs
Jet
A hard black stone, giving the term jet black
Leonado
Spanish for tawny, lion coloured · Spanish
Marengo
Spanish for a dark charcoal grey · Spanish
Maroon
A deep brownish red
Morado
Spanish for purple · Spanish
Moreno
Spanish for dark or brown haired · Spanish
Nickel
A hard silvery grey metal
Noir
French, black · French
Pardo
Spanish for brown or dun · Spanish
Pewter
A soft grey tin alloy
Plateado
Spanish for silvery · Spanish
Polar
Of the icy poles, as in polar bear · big dogs
Pollock
After Jackson Pollock, who dripped and splattered paint
Prieto
Spanish for very dark or black · Spanish
Red
The plain colour name, long used for red coated dogs
Rufo
Italian and Spanish for reddish, red haired · Italian
Rufous
A reddish brown, from the Latin for red · Latin
Rust
The red brown colour of iron rust
Rusty
The colour of rust, used for red and copper coats
Seurat
After Georges Seurat, who painted in tiny dots
Smeraldo
Italian for emerald · Italian
Smokey
The colour of smoke, used for soft grey coats
Tiziano
Italian for Titian red, the auburn of the painter's portraits · Italian
Tuxedo
A black dinner jacket, for a black dog with a white shirt front
Vermiglio
Italian for vermilion red · Italian
Zaffiro
Italian for sapphire · Italian

Names for either (59)

Bay
A reddish brown horse coat with black mane and tail
Beige
A soft pale sandy brown · French
Blue
The dog world word for a slate grey coat
Bone
A creamy off white, and every dog's favourite thing
Brindle
A coat of dark stripes on a lighter brown base
Buff
A pale yellow brown, the colour of soft leather
Byzantium
A deep dark purple
Cerulean
The deep sky blue, from the Latin for heaven · Latin
Chairo
Japanese for brown, literally tea colour · Japanese
Chalk
Soft white limestone, from the Latin calx, lime
Cyan
A bright greenish blue · Greek
Dapple
A mottled pattern of light and dark
Denim
The faded blue of jeans · French
Domino
A black tile marked with white spots
Dun
A sandy horse coat with a dark stripe down the back
Dusky
Dark and soft like dusk
Ecru
The pale beige of unbleached linen · French
Flame
The fiery orange red of a flame
Flannel
A soft woollen cloth, as in grey flannel
Freckles
Small brown spots, from the Old Norse freknur · small dogs
Ghost
A pale figure, used for dogs with a white, silent coat
Green
The colour of grass and leaves
Grey
The plain colour of ash and cloud
Grizzle
A grey or roan mix of light and dark hairs
Indigo
A deep violet blue dye from the indigo plant · Greek
Ink
The deep black of writing ink
Khaki
A dull yellow brown, Urdu for dusty · Urdu
Liver
The rich brown coat colour of many spaniels and pointers
Mahogany
A rich red brown hardwood
Marble
Veined stone, from the Greek marmaros, shining
Merle
A mottled coat pattern seen in herding breeds
Mushroom
A soft grey brown
Navy
The deep dark blue of naval uniforms
Oatmeal
The soft speckled beige of oats
Ochre
An earthy yellow brown pigment, one of the oldest paints · Greek
Ocre
Spanish for ochre · Spanish
Patches
Uneven areas of colour across a coat
Perlino
A cream horse coat with blue eyes, Italian for little pearl · Italian
Piebald
Patched in black and white
Pistachio
The pale green of pistachio nuts
Pitch
The black tar behind the phrase pitch black
Platinum
A precious silvery grey metal
Purple
The royal colour of kings and emperors
Roan
A coat with white hairs mixed evenly through the colour
Salt and Pepper
A fine mix of grey and black hairs, a Schnauzer coat colour
Silver
A pale grey white metal, from the Old English seolfor
Silvery
Shining like silver
Skewbald
Patched in white and any colour except black
Smoke
The drifting grey of a fire
Smoky
Grey like smoke
Snow
Frozen water falling as soft white flakes
Soot
The black powder left by smoke
Speckle
A small spot or fleck of colour on a surface
Tan
A light yellow brown
Tyrian
The royal purple dye of ancient Tyre
Umber
A brown earth pigment
Verdigris
The blue green patina on old copper · French
Wheaten
The pale gold of ripe wheat, and a terrier coat colour
Yellow
The colour of sunshine and buttercups

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