Salmon
Color and pattern of the male
Head: creamy-white
Neck- and saddle-hackle: creamy-white to straw-yellow with some black shaft-stripes in the lower half; front of the neck (and beard) deep-black.
Back, shoulder and wing-arch: almost silvery-white with some light red tinge.
Tail and sickles: black, upper steering-feathers black partially laced with white.
Wing-bar: black, moderate glossy greenish or bluish.
Primary-flights: black with a narrow white lace on the outer vane.
Secondary-flights: inner-vane black, outer-vane white forming a white wing-triangle when the wing is closed.
Breast and thighs: deep black.
Belly, flanks, rear-part (legs- and outer-toes): black to grayish-black.
Down: white to light blue-grey.
Serious faults
Extensive white on the breast, belly and thighs. Little pattern on the wing-flights.
Faults
Small white feather-tips on the breast, belly, thighs (legs- and outer-toes).
Color and pattern of the female
Head and neck-hackle: soft salmon-pink, each feather of the hackle with a creamy-white lacing and vein; some greyish-black feather-tips are present at the bottom of the hackle; front of the neck and beard creamy-white.
Back and saddle: salmon-colored, each feather with a creamy-white lacing and vein.
Tail: upper steering-feathers salmon-colored on both sides faintly greyish-black peppering; other feathers dull grey-black with a salmon lace; coverts similar to the back.
Wings: coverts similar to the back.
Primary-flights: outer-vane soft salmon, inner-vane mixing grey-black.
Secondary-flights: outer-vane soft salmon, inner-vane grey-black.
Breast, thighs, belly, flanks, rear-part, leg- and outer- toe feathers: creamy-white.
Down: white to light blue-grey.
Serious faults
Uneven salmon color. Rust. Complete absence of pattern on the shoulders.
Faults
Slightly uneven salmon-color. Little pattern on the shoulders.
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