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AKC Miniature Schnauzer Colors

Black

This standard coat color has a solid black coat.

AKC Color Code: 007
Black & Silver

This standard coat color has a solid black coat with silver colored points on the legs, eye brows, beard, and under the tail and ears. This also includes the colored varieties such as Black & Tan and Black & Red

AKC Color Code: 016
Salt & Pepper

This standard coat color has black base with a mix of black, grey and white hairs that have a banded appearance

AKC Color Code: 167
Liver

This non-standard coat color has a solid liver (chocolate or brown) coat. 

AKC Color Code: 569
Liver & Tan

This non-standard coat color has a solid liver (chocolate or brown) coat with tan colored points on the legs, eye brows, beard, and under the tail and ears. This also includes the colored varieties Liver & Red 

AKC Color Code: 570
Liver & Pepper

This non-standard coat color has a Liver (chocolate or brown) base with a mix of liver, tan and white hairs that have a banded appearance

AKC Color Code: 571
White

This non-standard coat color has a solid white coat and can have a base (nose, paw pads) of both black or liver. White schnauzers with a liver base are often called a White Chocolate.

AKC Color Code: 573
Wheaton

This non-standard coat color has a solid Beige or Red coat and can have a base (nose, paw pads) of both black or liver. The terms Cream, Beige, Red or Rust are used to describe the different variations of the Wheaton color.

AKC Color Code: 572
Parti Markings

Parti markings are non-standard coat pattern that adds white markings with patches of the base coat on top of the white. Parti markings can be present on any coat color as it is a pattern not a coat color

AKC Marking Code: 454
Roan Markings

Roan is a non-standard coat pattern featuring an intermixture of white and Solid colored hairs that can be present on any base coat. Roan does not have its own AKC marking code, Roan markings are registered by their base color, with Roan Partis also designated as parti.
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