The coat is smooth and tight-fitting; colors are fawn, brindled, or white, with or without white markings. 'Fawn' denotes a range of color, the tones of which may be described variously as light tan or yellow, reddish tan, mahogany or stag/deer red, and dark honey-blonde. In the UK and Europe, fawn Boxers are typically rich in color and are often called 'red'. 'Brindle' refers to a dog with black stripes on a fawn background. Some brindle Boxers are so heavily striped that they give the appearance of 'reverse brindling', fawn stripes on a black body; these dogs are conventionally called 'reverse brindles', but that is actually a misnomer—they are still fawn dogs with black stripes. In addition, the breed standards state that the fawn background must clearly contrast with or show through the brindling. The Boxer does not carry the gene for a solid black coat color and therefore purebred black Boxers do not exist.