Standard Recognized Colors - Central Fantail Club

PLUMAGE DESCRIPTIONS 

EYE, EYE CERE, BEAK AND TOENAIL COLORATIONS 

ALMOND 

PLUMAGE: The ground color of the almond is a rich, golden-buff, that of the interior of an almond 

nut shell from which the name is derived. Rich black flecking shall be dispersed 

throughout the plumage. Flights (primaries and secondaries) and tail feathers are to be 

splotched irregularly with distinct patches of ground color, white and black. The white 

splotches in the tail feathers are to be positioned in such a way that the appearance of a 

white terminal bar is produced. 

EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange, pearl preferred, with flesh colored ceres. 

BEAK: Flesh colored preferred, horn permitted. 

TOENAILS: Flesh colored. 

ANDALUSIAN 

PLUMAGE: The body and tail are to be an even shade of midnight blue, shading to black on the 

head and neck. The wings are lighter with dark blue edging on each feather. There 

shall be no tendency toward reddish or bronzy tones. 

EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange, pearl preferred, with dark cere. 

BEAK: Black. 

TOENAILS: Black. 

AOC (Any Other Color) This classification is to be used for recognized colors where 

classes are too small to be competitive. As all birds in this class will be of recognized 

colors, color and/or marking points will be awarded. This class is not to be used as 

as a catch-all for mismark birds. Rules pertaining to individual plumage descriptions, 

eye and eye cere, and toenail colorations shall apply. 

BLACK 

PLUMAGE: Jet black throughout. Free from rustiness or checkery appearance and covered with 

a rich beetle-green luster. 

EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange, pearl preferred, with dark ceres. 

BEAK: Black. 


BLUE 

BODYMARK 

PLUMAGE: Clear, sound, gray-blue. Free from sootiness or bronzing, with no inclination to run 

light on rump or breast. The feathers on the neck and throat shall be covered with an 

iridescent metallic sheen. The wing and tail bars shall be black and well defined. The 

tail feathers shall be edged all around with the same shade as the shield area. 

EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange, pearl preferred, with dark ceres. 

BEAK: Black. 

TOENAILS: Black.

PLUMAGE: Basically a colored bird with a white tail. Bodymarks can be bred in all the basic colors. 

The body plumage shall follow the rules for that of its basic color. The front cushion 

shall be colored. The back cushion shall be white. 

EYES & EYE CERE: Same as that of its basic color. 

BEAK: Same as that of its basic color. 

TOENAILS: Same as that of its basic color. 

BROWN/KHAKI 

PLUMAGE: An intense basic color alternative to ash red and blue. Often mistaken for the dilutes 

of the blue series (dun, silver check, silver bar), but brown usually has a slightly more 

fawn shade, fades easily in sunlight and eye color is not yellow/orange. As with the 

blue and ash red series, the distribution of brown pigment can be affected by spread 

(solid self), the pattern series (T check, check, bar, barless) and other pigment 

altering factors (grizzle, milky, etc.). The brown shades can be lightened to soft tones 

by the addition of dilution, resulting in the khaki (dilute brown) series. 

BROWN SOLID SELF A uniform rich shade of chocolate throughout. 

BROWN T CHECK Rich chocolate shade on head, neck and body lightening some underneath. Wing 

shields – dark chocolate with feathers edged in fawn producing the dark checker 

appearance. Tail – dark fawn with rich chocolate terminal bar. 

BROWN CHECK Same as T Check, but with more fawn on the wing shield producing clear, definite 

chocolate checkering. 

BROWN BAR Same as above, but with even fawn throughout the wing shield except for two distinct 

chocolate bars. Tail – fawn with rich chocolate terminal bar. 

BROWN BARLESS Same as brown bar without the wing bars. 

KHAKI SERIES Similar to the above brown series, but lighter, like butterschotch rather than chocolate. 

EYES & EYE CERE: Brown, dark; khaki – flesh. 

BEAK: Brown, dark horn; khaki, light horn to flesh. 

TOENAILS: Same. 

CHECKER 

PLUMAGE: Checker is a pattern but is shown as a “color class” with consideration given to balance 

in pattern and richness in color. The pattern varies with the amount of light colored 

pigment base. The checker pattern is made up of light and ark colored shades of the 

same color. The light color appears as a “T” on the wing covert feathers. Checker class 

includes checkers in all basic colors (ash red, blue and brown) as well as their dilutes. 

It also can include checkers that have had their pigment modified by reduced, milky, 

pale, and the like, that leaves the checker appearance. Checkers are various patterns that 

range from light to dark to velvet “T” pattern checks. 

EYES & EYE CERE: Same coloration as that of its basic color. 



CREAM 

PLUMAGE: The body and the wing color is a very soft cream-gray blend, shading to a rich golden 

cream on head and hackle. The wing bars shall be a rich golden cream. Tail, a very 

pale cream-gray shading to ash-white with as little flecking as possible with no flecking

at all preferred. 

EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange, pearl preferred, with light horn colored ceres. 

BEAK: Light horn colored. 

TOENAILS: Light horn colored. 

DOMINANT OPAL (Od) 

PLUMAGE This highly variable mutant bleaches the pattern areas in the wing, the tail bar, and the primary 

feathers to an off white. Color lPreference is to be given to the cleaner, ligher off white expression. 

These areas are to be free of buff or bronze. The body coloc is also slightly lightened. It can be 

Produced on blue, brown and ash red base and should correspond to the color descreption to the 

Color description of these base colors except for the above mentioned characteristics. All patterns 

( bar, check and T pattern ) are acceptable as well as other pigment altering modifiers(Dilute, 

Milky, etc ). Spwad and recessive red may also be added which produces a variably laced shield, 

And tail. 

EYE AND CERE; Corresponding to that of the base color`s description. 

BEAK Corresponding to thas of the base color`s description. 

TOE NAILS Corresponding to that of the base color`s description. 

DEROY 

PLUMAGE: A recessive yellow “mimic”. A fairly uniform golden buff shade which usually 

has lightening in the flights and tail and slight frosting on the head. May develop 

darker, reddish splotching with age akin to the break of an almond. Shade may vary 

from dull, washed-out buff to almost red with a rich golden bull preferred. 

EYES & CERE: Pearl preferred with flesh-colored ceres. 

BEAK: Flesh to horn-colored with flesh preferred. 

TOENAILS: Same. 

DUN 

PLUMAGE: A soft even shade of dull brown with no tendency toward a purple or bluish tint. The 

feathers of the neck and throat shall be covered with an iridescent metallic sheen. 

EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange, pearl preferred, with drab colored ceres. 

BEAK: Horn colored. 

TOENAILS: Horn colored 

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GOLD 

PLUMAGE This color is a combination of the pale and recessive red genes. A rich even color , about midway 

between red and yellow with a deep orange cast and as much sheen as possible particularly on the 

neck and body. 

EYES & EYE CERE Pearl preferred with flesh colored ceres. 

BEAK Horn colored. 

TOENAILS Horn colored. 

GRIZZLE 

PLUMAGE: A 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. 

Grizzle can be bred in all colors, patterns and markings as well as in conjunction with 

many other pigment affecting factors (dilute, milky, etc.). The classical “dragoon 

grizzle” is the expression on a blue bar. Tortoiseshell effects are produced when grizzle 

is in conjunction with checker. Pure grizzle produces stork-mark. Grizzle in 

combination with spread or recessive red can produce an evenly grizzled bird but most 

often produces black or red splashed appearing birds. 

EYES & EYE CERE: Same as that of its basic color.



INDIGO 

PLUMAGE: Often termed an ash red “mimic”. Indigo affects the check and bar areas of the bird. 

When indigo is combined with blue it results in a rusty reddening of the bar and check 

areas and a washing out of the terminal bar of the tail. The effects are not as dramatic 

in combination with ash red or brown. When combined with black the result is what is 

called andalusian. 

INDIGO BLUE BAR Light greyish blue on the wings, body and rump. Hackle a darker shade with a green 

luster. Flights and tail a darker shade with an indistinct terminal bar. Wing bars are 

a dark chestnut. 

INDIGO BLUE CHECK Ground color is a light greyish blue with distinct and even dark chestnut “V” checks 

on the wing, back and rump. Tail terminal bar is indistinct. 

INDIGO BLUE “T” Dark blue/black on head, neck body and rump. Somewhat lighter blue/black on the 

tail and flights. Indistinct tail terminal bar. Wing shield a dark cinnamon bronze. 

Green metallic luster on the head and hackle. 

EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange with pearl preferred and dark colored ceres. 

BEAK: Black. 


MEALY 

PLUMAGE: The body and wing color shall be a clear lavender-gray shading to a rich claret-red on 

head and hackle. The bars shall be a rich claret-red. The tail is an even shade of 

lavender-gray with as little flecking as possible with no flecking at all preferred. 



TOENAILS: Horn colored. 

NCC (Non Classified Color) This classification is to be used for those colors and markings that have 

not been recognized. It is also to be used for marked birds of a color that has 

not been recognized as well as for any new marking that has not been 

recognized. There will be no allowance for color and/or marking points for birds 

competing in this classification. 

PIED 

PLUMAGE: A colored bird with up to 75% of its plumage randomly dispersed white. 

A white bird with less than 25% of its plumage colored. 

A tailmark with less than 75% of its tail feathers carrying color. 

A bodymark with less than 75% of its tail feathers white. 

A saddle with less than 75% color in the shield area. 

Note: A pied bird is one whose odd feathers are too numerous to pluck. 

EYES & EYE CERE: Same as that of its basic color or marking. 

BEAK: Same as that of its basic color or marking. 

TOENAILS: Same as that of its basic color or marking. 

POWDERED BLUE 

PLUMAGE: Clear, sound, light, milky blue on body, wings and tail. Free from sootiness with no

tendency toward cream, yellow or purple coloring. Having the appearance of being 

lightly flecked but not checked with powder. The feathers on the neck and throat shall 

be slightly darker than the body and covered with an iridescent metallic sheen 

comparable to burnished silver. The neck and throat, like the body, wings and tail, 

shall be free of cream, yellow or purple coloring. The wing and tail bars shall be flat 

black, as near black as possible and shall be distinct. The feathers of the tail shall be 

edged beyond the terminal bar with the same color as the shield area. 

EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl, red or orange, pearl preferred, with fine, dark ceres. 

BEAK: Black. 


POWDERED SILVER 

PLUMAGE: Fawn colored on the body, wings and tail. Having the appearance of being sprinkled 

with a powdery glow. The feathers on the neck and throat shall be slightly darker 

than the body and covered with an iridescent metallic sheen. The wing and tail bars 

shall be distinct and dun colored. The tail feathers shall be edged beyond the terminal 

bar with the same color as the shield area. 




QUALMOND 

PLUMAGE: An even peppering of bluish grey shades throughout the body, wings and tail. The 

even peppering is desired, but flecking and patches of darker blue are not a serious 

fault, as it is a unique part of this mutant. Wing bars vary from almost non-existent to 

dark gray, with preference for non-distinct bars. Flight tips and tail bar to be a darker 

shade of the blue-gray body color. Hackle to have a pink and green luster. This color 

may be further affected with the addition of dilution, milky (powdered), etc. 

EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl, orange or yellow, with pearl preferred, with dark eye ceres. 



RED 

PLUMAGE: An even shade throughout of clear, rich, bright, chestnut, free from sootiness or any 

tendency toward bluish or plum tints. The feathers on the neck and throat shall be 

covered with an iridescent metallic sheen. 


BEAK: Flesh colored. 


SADDLE 

PLUMAGE: The wings shall be marked evenly, the ten outside feathers (primaries) being white, the 

rest, including the covert (shield) and scapular (thumb) feathering to be colored. The 

body, except for the back, shall be white. In barred varieties the wing barring shall be 

clear and distinct. The colored plumage shall follow the rules for color under 

appropriate color description for the basic color and pattern involved. 

EYES & EYE CERE: Dark hazel or bull with flesh colored ceres. 



SILVER 

PLUMAGE: A soft shade of light silver with no tendency toward a creamy color. The feathers on 

The neck and throat shall be covered with an iridescent metallic sheen. The wing and

tail bars shall be dun and well defined. The tail feathers shall be edged all around with 

the same shade as the shield area. 




TAILMARK 

PLUMAGE: The tailmark is a bird basically with a white body and a colored tail. It is bred in all the 

standard colors. The color intensity of the tail may vary from an intense solid to a 

delicate lace. A white back cushion is preferred. Uniformity of marking is desired. 




WHITE 

PLUMAGE: Pure white 




YELLOW 

PLUMAGE: An even shade throughout of rich, bright, golden-buff with no tendency to run light 

on the rump. The feathers on the neck and throat shall be covered with an iridescent 

metallic sheen. 




DISQUALIFICATIONS 

1. Any sign of sickness -- coughing, sneezing, canker, diarrhea, going light. 

2. Deformities -- webbed feet, crooked mandibles, pock disfigurations. 

3. External parasites -- lice, mites.

Standard Recognized Colors - Central Fantail Club

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