Partridge Silkies - Nothing else

[peepblessed]

Beth G. :

Oh, Very important question for you all.

I need help, I want my DH to build me a show box and if you all had a choice for backround color w a partridge silkie what backround color would that be? My husband said White and I do no think white does anything to help the color bust.

What do you all suggest?

Thanks!!
Beth

This is probably way too late to respond to, but I am a professional artist and understanding color is part of my work. Here is a color chart http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...3E6B788AA390FF2FF9DEABD71B344D862622D&first=0 You can chose the color in your silkie that you most want to highlight and then look at the exact opposite color on the chart. That would be the background that would best show off your bird. You might want to tone it down a bit by chosing a color near by. An example of opposite color use would be the orange thread used in most blue denim jeans.

 

[Lovesdisney]

No more chicks have hatched. They said the one chick is light with black around the eyes. Sounds like the buff/partridge mix. Boo hiss. I hope more hatch!!

 

[pennie1]

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This is probably way too late to respond to, but I am a professional artist and understanding color is part of my work. Here is a color chart http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...3E6B788AA390FF2FF9DEABD71B344D862622D&first=0 You can chose the color in your silkie that you most want to highlight and then look at the exact opposite color on the chart. That would be the background that would best show off your bird. You might want to tone it down a bit by chosing a color near by. An example of opposite color use would be the orange thread used in most blue denim jeans.

A lot of people use varying shades of blue.

 

[pennie1]

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Sometimes I can take up to 3 days for othes to hatch. Patients, my dear... You sound like the worried mother herself?

 

[chikalady]

What color silkie will I get if I breed a Partridge Roo with a White hen?

 

[BlossomSilkies]

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(I have a partridge rooster and a white hen too)

 

[racuda]

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This is probably way too late to respond to, but I am a professional artist and understanding color is part of my work. Here is a color chart http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...3E6B788AA390FF2FF9DEABD71B344D862622D&first=0 You can chose the color in your silkie that you most want to highlight and then look at the exact opposite color on the chart. That would be the background that would best show off your bird. You might want to tone it down a bit by chosing a color near by. An example of opposite color use would be the orange thread used in most blue denim jeans.

I am in the graphics business and peepblessed is absolutely correct that picking an opposite complementary color background will give the most contrast. That's why white Silkies really "pop" off of a black background. It is because the opposite of white is black.

However, there is the matter of aesthetics. While the opposite color of a partridge Silke may be some shade of aqua, I think the effect is somewhat garish. Others may disagree.

(not my bird)

I'm afraid I agree with your husband that a white background may be a better choice. With white, your bird can be the "rainbow", without having to compete with a too colorful background.

 

[pennie1]

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(I have a partridge rooster and a white hen too)

partridge

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

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(I have a partridge rooster and a white hen too)

partridge

Pennie is that if the white is recessive or dominant? I would think if the white is recessive to something else and there is homozygous (sp) genes present then you could get some weird colors when added to a partridge.

 

[SilkieTime]

You could get this.