​SPLASH (Provisional standard) - AORC (Any Other Recognised Colour)

 # update = as of 2016 this colour is still not recognised in the APS* for Orpingtons

* Australian Poultry Standard

Male and Female 

Plumage = a mixture of slate blue and white that has a faint bluish tinge.
The blue in feathers in the form of large irregular shaped 'blobs' as distinct from V-shaped ticking
Main tail feathers and primary wing feathers have a lesser amount of blue than the rest of the plumage

Undercolour = slate blue and sooty white evenly distributed
Blue Splashes to comprise no more than 50% of the plumage

Comb, Wattles, Face and Earlobes = Red 
Eyes = Black or dark Brown 
Beak = Black, a small amount of white allowed (but no more than 20% of mandible, on the tip only)
Shanks and Feet = Blue or Black
Soles of feet = White 
Toenails = White


Serious colour defects = any yellow, sappiness, rust or any colour other than prescribed in the feathers


Type (body shape overall) MUST conform to the Orpington Standard
if the bird exhibits traits not corresponding closely with the Orpington Type/Standard it should be considered 
not a good Orpington

examples below of allowable amount of white on beak = please ignore the breakfast all over the beaks = better pics to follow