My question is

I have a bird and wanted to know what colour is relevent to this bird

Is it "Green" Is it "Cinnamon" or Is it "Olive" Green

Edited February 25, 200619 yr by hommer2054

I would say he is green with the grey factor: normal grey green.

 

Regards.

Yes that was my thought too Javi.

I would say he is green with the grey factor: normal grey green.

 

Regards.

okay thanks for that so what will the grey factor do if I breed them?

if matched up with blue show as the grey colour if match to green more like him.

handsome whichever he is

I would have said olive.

 

Nice bird, Hommer.

interesting..

 

What would make a bird 'olive', and what would make a bird 'grey green'?? I seem to always get these two mixed up!!!

A bird that is olive has 2 dark factors. Green budgies are either light green with 0 dark factors, dark green with 1 dark factor, or olive green with 2 dark factors. Blue budgies are sky blue with 0 dark factors, cobalt with 1 dark factor, and mauve with 2 dark factors. The dark factors are inherited by their parents based on how many they have - but the most they can inherit would be 2 (one from each parent).

 

Grey green is when a green bird gets a grey factor from one of its parents. If a blue bird gets a grey factor, it would be grey. It could get one from each of its parents, but it only takes one to show up.

 

I think that homers bird is olive green - because the cheek patches are dark (purplish) instead of silvery blue, but I'm not sure.

Oh I see.. so from this post, I'm guessing that visual are hard to tell for olive and grey green?? Are they similar in colours?

 

And thanks for explaining that to me.