List of chicken colours
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Breeders and fanciers of chickens accurately describe the colours and patterns[1] of the feathers of chicken breeds and varieties. This is a list of the terms used in this context.
Self
Self-coloured chickens are those which display one solid colour without patterning of any kind.
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Barred and cuckoo
| Colour | Cock | Hen | Notes |
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| Barred |  |
 Barred Rock Hen |
Divided into Dark and Light in Australian Plymouth Rocks |
| Crele |  |
The cuckoo pattern with black-breasted red pigmentation | |
| Silver Cuckoo |  |
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| Golden Cuckoo |
Columbian, belted
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Duckwing
| Colour | Cock | Hen | Notes |
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| Golden Duckwing |  |
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| Blue Golden Duckwing | |||
| Silver Duckwing |  |
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| Blue Silver Duckwing | |||
| Fawn Silver Duckwing |  |
Laced
| Colour | Cock | Hen | Notes |
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| Black Laced | not used; black-laced plumage is named after the red series colour instead: "golden laced" for black and red, "citron laced" for black and buff, "silver laced" for black and white | ||
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| Buff Laced |  |
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also known as Chamois[3]: 447 |
| Golden Laced |  Sebright |
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| Silver Laced |  |
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Pencilled
| Colour | Cock | Hen | Notes |
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| Birchen |  |
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Sometimes called Grey in Japanese bantams. |
| Golden Pencilled |  |
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| Silver Pencilled |  |
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| Yellow Pencilled |  |
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Sometimes called Chamois Pencilled in Friesian chickens. |
Mottled, spangled, mille fleur
| Colour | Cock | Hen | Notes |
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| Black Mottled | .jpg) |
 (chicks other color) | |
| Blue Mottled |  |
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| other mottled | _(1).jpg) red |
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| Citron Spangled |  |
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| Silver Spangled |  |
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| Mille Fleur | ![](#/media/File:Hühnerrasse_"Orpington".jpg) mahogany Orpington couple |
 Sussex chick |
Called 'speckled' in the Sussex, 'jubilee' in the Orpington. |
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| Porcelain | .jpg) lavender porcelain |
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A diluted version of Mille Fleur |
Black-tailed
| Colour | Cock | Hen | Notes |
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| Black-tailed Buff |  |
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| Black-tailed White |  |
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| Black-tailed red |  |
Black-breasted
| Colour | Cock | Hen | Notes |
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| Black Breasted Red |  |
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| Blue Breasted Red |  |
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| Wheaten |  |
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| Blue Wheaten |
Others
| Colour | Cock | Hen | Notes |
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| Brassy Back | |||
| Blue Brassy Back | |||
| Blue Light Brown | |||
| Blue-red | |||
| Brown | |||
| Brown Red | Sometimes called Gold Birchen. | ||
| Coloured | |||
| Coronation | |||
| Cream Light Brown |  |
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| Dark brown | |||
| Exchequer | only in the Leghorn[4]: 187 | ||
| Ginger Red | |||
| Golden Neck | |||
| Golden-necked mille fleur | |||
| Gray | |||
| Lemon Blue | |||
| Light Brown | |||
| Pyle | Alternatively spelt Pile. | ||
| Red Pyle |  |
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| Quail |  |
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| Salmon |  |
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| Silver Blue |  |
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| Silver Gray |  |
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| Splash |  |
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| Tolbunt | Seen only in Polish chickens | ||
| White Laced Red | |||
| Chocolate |  |
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Rare; bred in Orpington bantams in the 1990s[2]: 163 [5] |