Blues can have paler variations and darker splashes on them. I still think he's blue because his "background" seems to be blue? There may be something else going on, but blues' color fades over time, and he may look more blue again after his next molt.
My family had chickens when I grew up in Texas, and since moving to Oregon I've recently started keeping them again in the past few years. I am just starting up a new chicken breeding project in 2022 after moving to a new home. I currently work from home with 4 dogs, so I'm lucky to be able to...