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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