| Key 12 : | Key for Groundcolor |
| Wildtype chickens have a gold groundcolor, with red features. Upon that they have black pattern or large black patches, bodyparts. Note: Black can be diluted to blue, lavender, chocolate, khaki or white. | |
| The chicken is partly white, but not fully white and not white with a few (diluted) black flecks or spots.
The (diluted) black pattern is covering a white base, maybe with some red features like shoulders or salmon breast or a dilute wheaten body. Silver. | |
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| The chicken has a caramel gold groundcolor maybe with some red features.
Black pattern maybe absent. Gold. | |
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| The chicken has a (dark) red groundcolor, up to darkbrown or black.
Black pattern mostly present, but maybe absent. Red. | |
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| The chicken is not (bright) white in groundcolor, nor gold, nor red, but a light brassy or lemon tint. Gold, orange to red features may be present.
Cream, lemon or isabell. | |
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