Checkers are various patterns that range from light to dark to velvet T-pattern checks. Eye, cere, beak, and toenail color varies according to the feather color. Peppery combination of color and white. The grizzling effect is most noticeable on the body, shoulder, neck, and head while nearly absent on the wing and tail bars. Tortoiseshell effects are produced when grizzle is in conjunction with checker.
Pure grizzle produces storkmarks.
Grizzle in combination with spread or recessive red can produce an evenly grizzled bird but most often produces black or red splashed appearing birds. Eye, cere, beak, and toenail color varies according to feather color. The body, except for the back, shall be white. In barred varieties the wing barring shall follow the rules for color under appropriate color description for the basic color and pattern involved. Dark hazel or bull eyes with flesh colored ceres.