Den engelske Kennel Club har godkendt med følgende kommentarer:

"The Kennel Club has made an updating of the colours allowed in cocker spaniels
It is now pointed out, that WHITE on solids any other location than a small amount on chest is highly undesirable!

For your information, the recent update to our Breed Standard:
Spaniel (Cocker)
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Colour
Solid colours: Black; red; golden; liver (chocolate); black and tan; liver and tan. No white allowed except a small amount on chest.

Particolours
Bicolours: Black and white; orange and white; liver and white; lemon and white. All with or without ticking
Tricolours: Black, white and tan; liver, white and tan
Roans: Blue roan; orange roan; lemon roan; liver roan; blue roan and tan; liver roan and tan
Any colour or marking other than the above is undesirable.

Colour
Solid colours: Black; red; golden; liver (chocolate); black and tan; liver and tan. In all above solid colours, a small amount of white on chest tolerated, "but white in any other location highly undesirable."

UPDATED
Particolours
Bicolours: Black and white; orange and white; liver and white; lemon and white. All with or without ticking
Tricolours: Black, white and tan; liver, white and tan
Roans: Blue roan; orange roan; lemon roan; liver roan; blue roan and tan; liver roan and tan
Any other colour or combination of colours unacceptable.