Grey-silver
Color and pattern male
Head: silvery-white.
Neck- and saddle-hackle: silvery white with a glossy black shaft-stripe.
Back, shoulders and wing-arch: silvery-white.
Tail: main-feathers, sickles and by-sickles black.
Wings: front and bar black, flights greyish black with a narrow greyish-white lacing on the outer vane.
Breast: black, each feather with a white vein and a fine silvery-white lacing., extending as low as possible, feather-vein whitish.
Thighs, flanks, belly and fluff: very dark gray with silver lacing
Down: grey, turning white to the skin.
Serious faults
Insufficient shaft striping on the hackles. Insufficient lacing on the breast feathers.
Faults
Slight deviation from the standard color and pattern. Insufficient sheen in the black.
Color and pattern female
Head: silvery-white with some black.
Neck: hackle silvery-white with a broad black shaft-stripe.
Back, shoulders and wings: greyish black, each feather with a white vein and a fine silvery-white lacing.
Tail: black, coverts slightly silvery-white laced.
Wing-flights: greyish black with a narrow greyish-white lacing on the outer vane.
Breast, thighs, flanks, belly and fluff: light greyish-black, each feather with a white vein and a silvery-white lacing.
Down: grey, turning white to the skin.
Serious faults
Insufficient shaft-stripes on the neck-hackle. Insufficient lacing on the breast.
Faults
Too black on back, shoulders and wings. Slight deviation from the standard color and pattern. Insufficient sheen in the black.
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