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What about the not being colorful part?
Not all roosters are colorful. Blue roosters are just that: blue color. The only difference between a solid colored male bird and a solid colored female bird is that the males generally have shinier feathers and more blotchy coloring.

And the wattles are tiny
Some roosters mature slower than others, especially in comb/wattle size. One of my cockerels this year was lowest in the rooster pecking order, and it was 8 months before he crowed. His comb/wattles stopped growing at about 14 weeks of age, making him look rather hen-like. I wouldn't have known he was a cockerel except for the fact that he developed rooster tail feathers and coloring.
 
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And the wattles are tiny
One of the breeds that made this cross was the Ameraucana. Ameraucanas have almost no wattles or comb. The wattles are a little larger on this bird because it is mixed with a Marans, but they still aren't that large because he has some Ameraucana in him.
What about the not being colorful part?
Roosters are not always colorful. The typical rooster that everybody thinks of has lots of colors, but many breeds have rather dull colored roosters. Not all roosters are colorful-- it depends on their color variety. White Wyandotte roosters are plain white, Blue Ameraucana roosters are only blue, and Rhode Island Red roosters are only shades of red. It just depends on the breed.
 
He's not colorful cause he's just blue, or whatever you want to call it. He may develop red leakage on the wings or hackle feathers as he ages, depending on his background. But he is more colorful than a hen of the same color would be...see the darker shading on the wings and sex feathers? Hens will be basically one shade all over, more even colored. Pea combs don't grow as fast as straight combs, EE have basically no wattles, but that bird is male.
 

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