# List of chicken colours

Breeders and fanciers of chickens accurately describe the colours and patterns 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.
| Colour | Cock | Hen | Notes |
| Black | | | Green iridescence is desired for "beetle black" show chickens. |
| Blue | Sumatra | dark blue-laced Andalusian | |
| Splash or Blue Splashed White | Sumatra | Silkie | Splash is the homozygous form of Blue |
| Buff | | | |
| Lavender | | Red lavender | |
| Red | | | Red is the intensified version of Buff |
| White | | Silkie | |

## Barred and cuckoo

| Colour | Hen | Notes |
| Barred | Barred Rock Hen | Divided into Dark and Light in Australian Plymouth Rocks |
| Crele | | The cuckoo pattern with black-breasted red pigmentation |
| Silver Cuckoo | | |
| Golden Cuckoo | | |

## Columbian, belted

| Colour | Cock | Hen | Notes |
| White Columbian | | Sundheimer | Called 'light' in the Brahma and Sussex |
| Buff Columbian | | | |
| Golden Belted | | | Belted resembles Columbian but the head and neck are solid black, not merely striped |
| Silver Belted | cock and hen | chick | |

## Duckwing

* Colour
* Golden Duckwing
* Blue Golden Duckwing
* Silver Duckwing
* Blue Silver Duckwing
* Fawn Silver Duckwing

## Laced

| Colour | Cock | Notes |
| 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 |
| Blue Laced | | |
| Blue Laced Red | | |
| Buff Laced | | also known as Chamois$^{:447}$ |
| Golden Laced | Sebright | |
| Silver Laced | | |

## Pencilled

| Colour | Notes |
| Birchen | Sometimes called Grey in Japanese bantams. |
| Golden Pencilled | |
| Silver Pencilled | |

## Mottled, spangled, mille fleur

| Colour | Cock | Hen | Notes |
| Black Mottled | | (chicks other color) |
| Blue Mottled | | | |
| other mottled | red | lavender | |
| Citron Spangled | | | |
| Golden Spangled | | | |
| Silver Spangled | | | |
| Mille Fleur | mahogany Orpington couple | Sussex chick | Called 'speckled' in the Sussex, 'jubilee' in the Orpington. |
| Lemon Mille Fleur | | | |
| Porcelain | lavender porcelain | lavender porcelain | A diluted version of Mille Fleur |

## Black-tailed

* Colour
* Black-tailed Buff
* Black-tailed White
* Black-tailed red

## Black-breasted

* Colour
* Black Breasted Red
* Blue Breasted Red
* Partridge
* Wheaten
* Blue Wheaten

## Others

| Colour | Notes |
| Brassy Back | |
| Blue Brassy Back | |
| Blue Light Brown | |
| Blue-red | |
| Brown | |
| Brown Red | Sometimes called Gold Birchen. |
| Coloured | |
| Coronation | |
| Cream Light Brown | |
| Dark brown | |
| Exchequer | only in the Leghorn$^{:187}$ |
| Ginger Red | |
| Golden Neck | |
| Golden-necked mille fleur | |
| Gray | |
| Lemon Blue | |
| Light Brown | |
| Pyle | Alternatively spelt Pile. |
| Red Pyle | |
| Quail | |
| Salmon | |
| Silver Blue | |
| Silver Gray | |
| Splash | |
| Tolbunt | Seen only in Polish chickens |
| White Laced Red | |
| Chocolate | Rare; bred in Orpington bantams in the 1990s$^{:163}$ |