blue-standardpoodles.com Blue Standard Poodles Blue Standard Poodles are a dilute of black. It carries the fading gene. Blue Standard Poodle puppies are usually orn black and then turn to blue as they get older.  This Poodle colour takes the longest time to clear. Standard Poodle puppies at a young age will have brown highlights in the coat showing they are a blue not a black puppy. Their faces have a slightly lighter shade to them compared to the rest of the body coat coat when shaven. Usually from 2 years of age the dog will usually turn a dark colour metal grey.  There are varying shades of blue as in any colour from light blue to a dark blue. Sometimes I also have found they take on a dark purplish colour in the light or to a shade of colour I will call a smoky black. (This is not an official coat colour).   The outer coat of a blue Standard Poodle as a puppy is nearly as dark as that of a black, but their inner coat is a mix of colours. The amount of each colour depends on the age of the dog. In middle-aged dog, medium brown predominates. Blues may take several years to "clear" and remain darker than silvers but lighter than blacks. Many are registered as black