What colour is this Silkie?

Silverwulfess

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I bought this guy at a poultry show recently where he was being sold as a “charcoal”. I can’t find anything about charcoal coloured silkies, only the gene that darkens the head of other colours. Would he be a blue or something else? He’s very dark on top, like black but with some lighter parts and almost silver underneath. His wing feathers look to be a blue colour too maybe.
 

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I bought this guy at a poultry show recently where he was being sold as a “charcoal”. I can’t find anything about charcoal coloured silkies, only the gene that darkens the head of other colours. Would he be a blue or something else? He’s very dark on top, like black but with some lighter parts and almost silver underneath. His wing feathers look to be a blue colour too maybe.
He'll be a dark blue, possible a gray.
 

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