comparison of chocolate brown and black runner

[stargazingmommy]

Does anyone have some pics showing the differences between the chocolate brown and black runners?
My runner is a very very dark dark brown with a bit of the pearl grey under his wings, a nice irridescent sheen to his feathers and back, a greenish colored beak.
I'm not sure what to call him.

 

[Amiga]

Hang on . . . I've got some pics around here somewhere . . . .

Here we go:

Two chocolates and a black. Since this was taken, the ducks with green highlights on their bills now have blue highlights. This is Drei, Zehn, and Zwei.

 

[Oregon Blues]

If the duck is a very dark brown, then he is not a black. Black should be that raven's wing color with no brown or red sheen to it.

 

[70%cocoa]

Yep, very very very dark brown equals chocolate. Even darker than the brown ones in Amiga's photo. Chocolate can look almost black until you see them next to a true black.