List of chicken colours
Breeders and fanciers of chickens accurately describe the colours and patterns of the feathers of chicken breeds and varieties. This is a list of the terms used in this context.
Self
Self-coloured chickens are those which display one solid colour without patterning of any kind.| Colour | Cock | Hen | Notes |
| Black | Green iridescence is desired for "beetle black" show chickens. | ||
| Blue | Sumatra | dark blue-laced Andalusian | |
| Splash or Blue Splashed White | Sumatra | Silkie | Splash is the homozygous form of Blue |
| Buff | |||
| Lavender | Red lavender | ||
| Red | Red is the intensified version of Buff | ||
| White | Silkie |
Laced
Black-breasted
Others
| Colour | Cock | Hen | Notes |
| Brassy Back | |||
| Blue Brassy Back | |||
| Blue Light Brown | |||
| Blue-red | |||
| Brown | |||
| Brown Red | Sometimes called Gold Birchen. | ||
| Coloured | |||
| Coronation | |||
| Cream Light Brown | |||
| Dark brown | |||
| Exchequer | only in the Leghorn | ||
| Ginger Red | |||
| Golden Neck | |||
| Golden-necked mille fleur | |||
| Gray | |||
| Lemon Blue | |||
| Light Brown | |||
| Pyle | Alternatively spelt Pile. | ||
| Red Pyle | |||
| Quail | |||
| Salmon | |||
| Silver Blue | |||
| Silver Gray | |||
| Splash | |||
| Tolbunt | Seen only in Polish chickens | ||
| White Laced Red | |||
| Chocolate | Rare; bred in Orpington bantams in the 1990s |