There is no standard for Marans yet in America. The proposed standard (which is essentially a translation of the French) is pasted below.
White feathers will be considered a defect if the draft standard is adopted, but most people are more concerned with the color of the eggs.
Draft Color Standard for
Brown Red (Black Copper) Marans
Disqualifications:
White in ear-lobes. Two or more white feathers in plumage.
Color of Male:
Comb Face, Wattles and Ear-Lobes: Bright red.
Beak: Dark Horn.
Eyes: Reddish bay.
Shanks and Toes: Dark Slate, bottom of feet pinkish white.
Head: Lustrous deep orange.
Neck: HackleLustrous deep orange with narrow dark stripe through the middle of each feather terminating in a point near its lower extremity.
Front of neck: Black with narrow lacing of deep orange.
Back of neck: Lustrous deep orange.
Saddle: Same as hackle.
Tail: Main TailBlack with slight luster,
Sickles and Coverts: Lustrous beetle green black.
Wings: Shoulders and FrontsBlack.
Bows: Lustrous deep orange to match back.
Coverts: Lustrous black.
Primaries: Black.
Secondaries: Black, with exposed portion forming wing bay, with slight luster.
Breast: Upper breast, black with narrow lacing of deep orange.
Lower Breast: black.
Body and Stern: Black.
Legs: Lower ThighsBlack
Shanks and Toes: Black.
Color of Female:
Comb, Face, Wattles and Ear Lobes: Bright red.
Beak: Dark horn.
Eyes: Reddish bay.
Shanks and Toes: Dark Slate, bottom of feet pinkish white.
Head: Copper.
Neck: HackleCopper, with a narrow dark stripe through the middle of each feather, terminating in a point near its lower extremity.
Front of Neck: Black with narrow lacing of copper.
Back: Black.
Tail: Black.
Wings: Black.
Breast: Upper breast, black with narrow lacing of copper.
Body and Stern: Black.
Lower Thighs:Black.
Shank and Toe Feathering: Black.