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Red: (Red pigment - Intense - Recessive red factor) A deep even shade of red, more of a chestnut, leaning a bit toward blood red over all portions. Color carried down to the skin with feather shafts colored red. Beak and toe nails light horn color.

Gold: (Red pigment - Pale factor - Recessive red factor) Color midway between red and yellow, but with a deep orange cast. This color is distinctly different from red and yellow, being recessive to red, but dominant to yellow. Beak and toe nails light horn color.

Yellow: (Red pigment - Dilute - Recessive red factor) A deep even golden yellow color throughout. Color carried well down to the skin with feather shafts colored yellow. Showing plenty of sheen on the neck. Beak and toe nails flesh color.

Lavender: (Blue pigment - Intense or Dilute - Milky and Spread factor) In the intense variety, the color is very often rich lavender gray throughout. In the dilute variety, the color is a soft silver lavender shade.

Andalusian: (Blue pigment - Intense - Indigo and Spread factor) The body and tail to be an even shade of midnight blue shading to black on the head and neck. The wing is a bit lighter with dark blue edging on each feather. The Indigo factor may be applied to any standard color but only the black indigo as described here is to be known as andalusian.

Grizzle: (Any pigment - Intense - Dilute - Grizzle factor - Bar pattern) Head, neck, body, wing and tail color the same as the basic, with the addition of white flecks superimposed on the top of the standard color. This grizzling effect to be most noticeable upon the body, shoulder, head and neck, while nearly absent on the wing bars and tail bar. An evenly distributed uniform grizzling is desired. The grizzle factor may also be applied on any of the standard patterns.

Magnani: ( Any pigment - T-pattern - Almond factor) Magnani is a factor which alters or modifies any color that it is introduced into by causing flecks of various colors to appear in the feathering over all parts of the bird. The base color to strive for is a rich yellow brown or almond color. The flecks vary in size and color but should be even in distribution. There must be at least three (3) colors on the bird. Flecking is usually more predominant on the head, neck and flights, but if on every feather of the bird, so much the better. Each feather of the primaries and secondaries should have three colors in patches. The even distribution of the three or more colors throughout the bird is called break. Perfection would be the same amount of break on each feather. The more break and the better the distribution, the better the color of the Magnani.

White: (No feather pigment) Feathers on head, neck, body, tail and wings shall be pure white. The quills and all parts shall be white. Bull or orange eyes permitted. Eye cere red, beak, and toe nails flesh color.

Argent: (Any pigment - Toy Stencil factor) The Argent group differs from other standard classes in wing coloration only, all body, head and tail colors being comparable. Argents are bred in three patterns: barred, tri markings and T-pattern laced. The difference in wing color on Argents is due to the Toy Stencil factor as a silvery white in areas where the bronze factor as a silvery white in areas where the bronze factor is found in other colors. Argents also have white patterns on otherwise self colored birds. The standard recognizes the color classes for Blue, Black, Indigo, Russet, Brown, Red and Yellow; the latter being recessive red colorations. All other colors to be shown as N.C.C. (Non classified color). Laced Argents should be rich in body color with the wing feather of the white field being distinctly laced with a fine edging of the same coloration as the body pigment. Spangle Argents to be the same color as the T-pattern except a check pattern should be present instead of laced. Barred Argents to have white bars.

N.C.C.: (Non classified Colors) These classes are for all colors that are different by virtue of color pigment, pattern, or color modifiers from those classes now recognized. They are divided into 3 groups. Schietti, Gazzi, and Argent. The color description should be included in entry. Example: Bronze barred blue indigo - N.C.C. Schietti.