Groodle Coat Colours Guide (Black, Chocolate, Red, Apricot etc.)

As a cross breed dog, Groodles can come in many different coat colours ranging from solid colours to multi-coloured markings. Golden Retrievers come in 3 standard coat colors including: dark golden, golden and light golden. Poodles come in 11 colors including black, black & white, brown, white, sable, silver, apricot, grey, red, cream and blue. Groodles can inherit quite a few of these coat colours from their parents.

If you want to know more about Groodle coat colours, keep reading this article to find out about every colour they can come in.

What Colours Do Groodles Come In?

Groodles can come in many different coat colours including: black, chocolate, red, apricot, white, brown, caramel and english cream. The most common Groodle colours are red, apricot and cream. Black and brown (chocolate) coats are also pretty common. Rare coat colours include parti and merle.

Do Groodles Change Colour?

Groodles can change colour as they mature. In most cases, Groodles’ coats lighten or fade with age. This usually occurs within the first two years of life. Coat colour changes may happen to their whole coat or just certain sections. They can also go through minor seasonal coat colour changes such as their coats lightening in summer from the sun.

Black Groodle

Black Groodles feature a solid black coat. They may have small white patches over their body like on their chest or paws. They have jet black noses and paw pads. Groodles can only inherit a black coat colour from the Poodle as purebred Golden Retrievers are never black.

When breeding Black Groodles, breeders cross a black Poodle with any Golden Retriever colour. They usually have to breed multiple litters before they consistently get litters with multiple Black Groodles in it. That is why Black Groodles are quite rare and you only really find them in second or third generation litters. They’re also more likely to be found in back-cross generations such as F1b, F1bb or F2b Groodle litters as they have a higher percentage of Poodle genes.

Black Groodle may fade into a dark blue or silver color as they mature. These changes will occur within the first two years of their life. If your Groodle has not changed colour by the age of two, they are most likely never going to change.

Chocolate Groodle

Chocolate Groodles have a solid brown coat that is dark brown in colour. They inherit this coat colour from the Poodle side. Chocolate coats were originally a result of a mutation of the gene that produces a black coat. It is a recessive gene so both parents need to carry it to get a Chocolate Groodle. That is why Chocolate Groodles are more commonly found in back-cross generations such as an F1b, F1bb or F2b Goldendoodle.

Chocolate Groodles often fade or ‘clear’ with age. This means that they may become more of a beige or silver color as they get older.

Red Groodle

Red Groodles come in a variety of shades from light red to dark red. Their coats can be anywhere from a reddish cream to a rusty brown colour. Groodles with lighter red coats are usually called Apricot Groodles.

Red Groodles are not rare. Red is a dominant Poodle gene so if a Golden Retriever is bred with a Red Poodle it is likely that many of the puppies in the litter will inherit this coat colour.

Like other coat colours, Red Groodles may fade with age. If this happens, it will occur within the first two years of their life. Red Groodles often end up looking more like an Apricot Groodles.

Apricot Groodle

Apricot Groodles have very light red coats with a peachy tone. They are somewhere between a light red and a cream. Only the Poodle carries the genes for an apricot coat so Apricot Groodles are usually created by breeding an Apricot or Red Poodle with a light Golden Retriever. They are one of the most sought after Groodle coat colors.

White Groodle

Groodles do not usually come in white. It’s a much more common coat colour for other Poodle mix breeds like the Labradoodle. If a Groodle has a white coat they could have only inherited it from the Poodle. Their coat is solid white which can range from a pure white to an off-white or cream.

Brown Groodle

Brown Groodles feature a solid brown coat that can range from a light brown to a dark chocolate. The difference between a Brown Groodle and a Chocolate Groodle is that Brown Groodles describes a wide range of brown coat colours while Chocolate Groodles are specifically dark brown.

Brown Groodles can have light brown, dark brown or black noses depending on how dark or light their coat is. They usually have light brown, dark brown or almost black eyes.

Caramel Groodle

Caramel Groodles feature a reddish light brown coat. Their coat colour is somewhere between an Apricot, Ruby and Light Brown Groodle. Caramel Groodles can inherit this coat colour from a Cream, Red or Brown Poodle or any Golden Retriever.

English Cream Groodle

English Cream Groodles have an off-white coat. Some English Cream Groodles have black noses while others have light brown or beige noses. English Cream Groodles are often mistaken for Labradoodles because they are so light in colour.

Rare Coat Colours

Groodles can also come in some rare coat colours such as Parti or Merle.

A Parti Groodle has a white base coat that covers at least 50% of their body with a secondary colour marbled through it. Most of the time the secondary colour is apricot, red or cream.

Blue Merle Groodles feature a blue, grey, white and tan coat in a distinct mottled pattern. Usually most of their coat is grey and blue, white and tan patches are dispersed throughout it. Blue Merle Groodles usually have jet black noses and dark brown or hazel eyes however they can sometimes have blue eyes.

On the other hand, Chocolate Merle Groodles feature a chocolate, copper, beige and white coat in a mottled pattern. Most of their coat is a beige-grey and they feature chocolate, white and copper patches throughout it. Chocolate Merle Groodles have light or dark brown noses. In most cases they have light brown eyes however they can sometimes have blue or greenish eyes.