Colour Mutations
Color canaries are divided into two main groups
Wout van Gils ·
Color canaries divided into two main groups
Colored canaries are classified into two main groups:
- Unpigmented canaries (fat color or lipochrome):
- The color is determined by the presence of lipochrome or fatty substance color.
- Colors in this group: white, yellow, red.
- White is considered the absence of fatty substance color in the feather.
- Pigmented canaries (melanin):
- These canaries have dark dyes in their feathering.
- Basic colours: black, brown, agate, isabel.
- These colors always occur in combination with a lipochrome color.
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