Chicken Egg Colors Chart

By Chicken Fans Editorial Team 19 September, 2022

Chickens can lay white, brown, blue, green, and even pink eggs. The eggshell color is controlled by genetics and varies per breed. A chicken egg colors chart provides an overview of the egg color per breed.

You can consult the charts on this page or download the chicken egg colors charts as free printables.

Free Printable Chicken Egg Colors Charts
Chicken Egg Colors
Chicken Egg Colors Chart by Breed
Chicken Egg Colors Chart by Color

Free Printable Chicken Egg Color Charts

Here are two free printable Chicken Egg Color charts you can download as PDF files:

Egg Colors Chart PDF	Description
Chicken Egg Colors Chart by Breed	Alphabetical list of chicken breeds, egg colors, size, and amount of eggs per year
Chicken Egg Colors Chart by Egg Color	List of chicken breeds grouped per egg color, listing size, and amount of eggs per year

Chicken Egg Color Overview

The chicken egg color chart shows which color eggs a chicken breed is laying:

Egg Color	Description
White	No pigment in the shell
Cream, Tinted	Little brown pigmentation on top of the shell makes it off-white
Brown, Light or Dark	Brown pigmentation on the shell
Blue	Blue pigmentation throughout the shell
Green, Olive	Blue pigmentation covered with a layer of brown pigmentation
Pink	Bloom giving a white egg a pink shine
Purple, Plum	Bloom giving a brown or green egg a purple color

A basic chicken egg is made of white calcium. The color of an egg comes from brown and blue pigments. Blue pigments color the entire shell. Brown pigments are spread as a top layer on the shell, and brown shells are white on the inside.

An egg with both brown and blue pigments gets an olive-green hue. Eggs with a pink shine get their color from the bloom that covers the shell. The pink shine can turn purple or plum if the egg’s base color is brown or green.

Chicken Egg Colors Chart by Breed

The following table gives an overview of chicken egg colors per breed. The chart is also available as a printable pdf:

Download – Chicken Egg Colors Chart by Breed

Chicken Breed	Egg Color	Egg Size	Eggs per Year
Altsteirer	White, Ivory	Large	180 – 200
Ameraucana	Light blue	Medium	150 – 180
Amrock	Light Brown	Large	200 – 250
Ancona	White	Large	240 – 260
Andalusian	White	Large	220 – 240
American Game	Brown, Cream	Medium	80 – 100
Appenzeller Spitzhauben	White	Large	180 – 200
Araucana	Blue, Blue-green	Large	150 – 180
Australorp	Brown	Medium	220 – 280
Assendelfter	White, Cream	Medium	160 – 200
Asil, Aseel	Tinted, Cream, Light Brown	Medium	40 – 70
Augsburger	White	Large	150 – 180
Ayam Cemani	White	Small	70 – 90
Barbu d’Anvers	White, Cream	Small	90 – 120
Barbu de Watermael	White, Cream	Small	90 – 120
Barbu de Grubbe	White, Cream	Small	90 – 120
Barnevelder	Dark Brown	Large	180 – 200
Bergische Kräher	White	Large	140 – 160
Black Rock	Brown	Large	260 – 260
Booted Bantam	White, Tinted	Small	100 – 120
Bovans Hybrids	Brown	Large	260 – 290
Brabanter	White	Large	140 – 160
Brahma	Tinted, Brown	Large	140 – 160
Brakel	White	Small	150 – 180
Breda	Cream, White	Medium	160 – 180
Bresse	White	Large	160 – 180
Burford Brown	Brown	Large	160 – 180
Campine	White	Medium	150 – 170
Chantecler	Brown	Large	180 – 220
Cinnamon Queens	Brown	Large	260 – 280
Cochin	Cream, Light Brown	Medium	150 – 180
Cream Legbar	Blue-green	Large	160 – 180
Crevecoeur	White	Medium	120 – 150
Croad Lansghan	Brown, Pink, Plum	Large	140 – 160
Cubalaya	Light Brown	Small	150 – 200
Delaware	Brown	Large	250 – 300
Derbyshire Redcap	White	Large	150 – 200
Dominique	Brown	Large	220 – 240
Dorking	White, Tinted	Medium	140 -150
Dutch Bantam	White, Cream	Small	140 – 160
Easter Egger	Green, Blue, Various	Large	180 – 200
Faverolles	Light Brown, Pink	Medium	220 – 240
Favaucana	Sage Green	Medium	200 – 250
Fayoumi	Cream, Tinted	Medium	150 – 200
Friesian	White	Small	200 – 230
Frizzle	White, Tinted	Small	120 – 140
German bush fowl	Green	Medium	160 – 180
German Langshan	Brown	Large	150 – 200
Golden comets	Brown	Large	250 – 300
Gold tops	White, Cream	Small	120 – 140
Hamburg	White	Small	150 – 220
Houdan	White	Medium	150 – 200
Hy-Line	Brown	Large	240 – 260
Indian Game (Cornish)	Brown, Light Brown	Small	160 – 180
ISA Brown	Brown	Large	240 – 260
Ixworth	Cream, Tinted	Medium	240 – 260
Japanese Bantam (Chabo)	Cream, Tinted	Small	100 – 140
Java Chicken	Brown	Large	150 – 180
Jersey Giant	Brown, Light Brown	Large	240 – 260
Ko-Shamo	Light Brown	Small	140 – 160
Kraienkoppe	Cream, Tinted	Medium	150 – 200
Lakenvelder	White	Medium	150 – 170
Leghorn	White	Large	260 – 280
La Fleche	White	Large	150 – 160
Lohmann Brown	Brown	Large	260 – 280
Malay	Tinted, light brown	Medium	70 – 120
Malines	Tinted	Large	140 – 160
Marans	Very Dark Brown	Large	140 – 160
Marsh Daisy	Tinted, Cream	Small	220 – 250
Mille Fleur d’Uccle	White, Cream	Small	150 – 180
Minorca	White	Large	120 – 160
Modern Game	White	Medium	50 – 70
Modern Langshan	Brown	Medium	150 – 200
Nankin	White, Tinted	Small	80 – 100
New Hampshire Red	Brown, Light Brown	Large	200 – 260
Norfolk Grey	Tinted, Cream	Medium	200 – 220
North Holland Blue	Light Brown	Large	150 – 170
Old English Game	Tinted, Cream	Medium	150 – 170
Old English Pheasant Fowl	White	Large	160 – 200
Olive eggers	Olive Green	Large	160 – 180
Orpington	Light Brown	Large	180 – 200
Pekin	Light Brown	Small	100 – 140
Penedesenca	Dark Brown	Medium	150 – 200
Phoenix	Cream, Tinted	Medium	40 – 120
Plymouth Rock	Light Brown, Brown	Large	260 – 280
Poule de Bresse	White	Large	200 – 250
Polish Chicken	White	Medium	150 – 200
Red Star	Brown	Large	250 – 300
Rhode Island Red	Brown	Large	220 – 240
Rhodebar	Tinted, Cream	Large	180 – 250
Rosecomb	White, Tinted	Small	100 – 120
Rumpless Araucana	Blue	Medium	160 – 180
Rumpless Game	Cream, Tinted	Medium	160 – 180
Russian Orloff	Light Brown	Medium	100 – 120
Scots Dumpy	Cream, Tinted	Large	160 – 200
Scots Grey	Cream	Large	140 – 160
Sebright	White	Small	50 – 70
Serama	White, Light Brown	Small	50 – 70
Shamo	Brown Light Brown	Medium	60 – 90
Sicilian Buttercup	White	Small	160 – 180
Silkie	Tinted, Cream	Small	80 – 120
White-faced Black Spanish	White	Large	160 – 180
Siciliana	White, Light Brown	Small	150 – 180
Speckledy	Brown	Large	180 – 200
Sulmtaler	Cream, Light Brown	Medium	120 – 140
Sultan	White	Small	50 – 70
Sumatra	White	Medium	100 – 120
Sussex	White, Cream	Large	220 – 240
Transylvanian Naked Neck	Cream, Light Brown	Medium	100 – 120
Vorwerk	White	Large	200 – 220
Welbar	Brown	Large	180 – 200
Welsummer	Dark Brown	Large	140 – 160
White Star	White	Large	260 – 280
Wyandotte	Cream, Brown	Large	180 – 200
Wybar	Tinted	Large	180 – 200
Yokohama	White, Tinted	Medium	80 – 120

Chicken Egg Colors Chart by Color

The following table summarizes chicken egg breeds grouped per egg color. The chart is also available a printable pdf:

Download – Chicken Egg Colors Chart by Color

Egg Color	Chicken Breed	Egg Size	Eggs per Year
Blue	Rumpless Araucana	Medium	160 – 180
Blue, Blue-green	Cream Legbar	Large	160 – 180
Blue, Blue-green	Araucana	Large	150 – 180
Blue, Light Blue	Ameraucana	Medium	150 – 180
Brown	Australorp	Medium	220 – 280
Brown	Black Rock	Large	260 – 260
Brown	Bovans Hybrids	Large	260 – 290
Brown	Burford Brown	Large	160 – 180
Brown	Chantecler	Large	180 – 220
Brown	Cinnamon Queens	Large	260 – 280
Brown	Delaware	Large	250 – 300
Brown	Dominique	Large	220 – 240
Brown	German Langshan	Large	150 – 200
Brown	Golden comets	Large	250 – 300
Brown	Hy-Line	Large	240 – 260
Brown	ISA Brown	Large	240 – 260
Brown	Java Chicken	Large	150 – 180
Brown	Lohmann Brown	Large	260 – 280
Brown	Modern Langshan	Medium	150 – 200
Brown	Red Star	Large	250 – 300
Brown	Rhode Island Red	Large	220 – 240
Brown	Speckledy	Large	180 – 200
Brown	Welbar	Large	180 – 200
Brown, Cream	American Game	Medium	80 – 100
Brown, Light Brown	Shamo	Medium	60 – 90
Brown, Light Brown	Indian Game (Cornish)	Small	160 – 180
Brown, Light Brown	Jersey Giant	Large	240 – 260
Brown, Light Brown	New Hampshire Red	Large	200 – 260
Cream	Scots Grey	Large	140 – 160
Cream, Brown	Wyandotte	Large	180 – 200
Cream, Light Brown	Cochin	Medium	150 – 180
Cream, Light Brown	Sulmtaler	Medium	120 – 140
Cream, Light Brown	Transylvanian Naked Neck	Medium	100 – 120
Cream, Tinted	Fayoumi	Medium	150 – 200
Cream, Tinted	Ixworth	Medium	240 – 260
Cream, Tinted	Japanese Bantam (Chabo)	Small	100 – 140
Cream, Tinted	Kraienkoppe	Medium	150 – 200
Cream, Tinted	Phoenix	Medium	40 – 120
Cream, Tinted	Rumpless Game	Medium	160 – 180
Cream, Tinted	Scots Dumpy	Large	160 – 200
Cream, White	Breda	Medium	160 – 180
Dark Brown	Marans	Large	140 – 160
Dark Brown	Barnevelder	Large	180 – 200
Dark Brown	Penedesenca	Medium	150 – 200
Dark Brown	Welsummer	Large	140 – 160
Green	German bush fowl	Medium	160 – 180
Green – Olive	Olive eggers	Large	160 – 180
Green – Sage	Favaucana	Medium	200 – 250
Green, Blue, Various	Easter Egger	Large	180 – 200
Light Brown	Malay	Medium	70 – 120
Light Brown	Amrock	Large	200 – 250
Light Brown	Cubalaya	Small	150 – 200
Light Brown	Ko-Shamo	Small	140 – 160
Light Brown	North Holland Blue	Large	150 – 170
Light Brown	Orpington	Large	180 – 200
Light Brown	Pekin	Small	100 – 140
Light Brown	Russian Orloff	Medium	100 – 120
Light Brown, Brown	Plymouth Rock	Large	260 – 280
Pink, Light Brown	Faverolle	Medium	220 – 240
Pink, Brown, Plum	Croad Lansghan	Large	140 – 160
Tinted	Malines	Large	140 – 160
Tinted	Wybar	Large	180 – 200
Tinted, Brown	Brahma	Large	140 – 160
Tinted, Cream	Marsh Daisy	Small	220 – 250
Tinted, Cream	Norfolk Grey	Medium	200 – 220
Tinted, Cream	Old English Game	Medium	150 – 170
Tinted, Cream	Rhodebar	Large	180 – 250
Tinted, Cream	Silkie	Small	80 – 120
Tinted, Cream, Light Brown	Asil, Aseel	Medium	40 – 70
White	Altsteirer	Large	180 – 200
White	Ancona	Large	240 – 260
White	Andalusian	Large	220 – 240
White	Appenzeller Spitzhauben	Large	180 – 200
White	Augsburger	Large	150 – 180
White	Ayam Cemani	Small	70 – 90
White	Bergische Kräher	Large	140 – 160
White	Brabanter	Large	140 – 160
White	Brakel	Small	150 – 180
White	Bresse	Large	160 – 180
White	Campine	Medium	150 – 170
White	Crevecoeur	Medium	120 – 150
White	Derbyshire Redcap	Large	150 – 200
White	Friesian	Small	200 – 230
White	Hamburg	Small	150 – 220
White	Houdan	Medium	150 – 200
White	Lakenvelder	Medium	150 – 170
White	Leghorn	Large	260 – 280
White	La Fleche	Large	150 – 160
White	Minorca	Large	120 – 160
White	Modern Game	Medium	50 – 70
White	Old English Pheasant Fowl	Large	160 – 200
White	Poule de Bresse	Large	200 – 250
White	Polish Chicken	Medium	150 – 200
White	Sebright	Small	50 – 70
White	Sicilian Buttercup	Small	160 – 180
White	White-faced Black Spanish	Large	160 – 180
White	Sultan	Small	50 – 70
White	Sumatra	Medium	100 – 120
White	Vorwerk	Large	200 – 220
White	White Star	Large	260 – 280
White, Cream	Assendelfter	Medium	160 – 200
White, Cream	Barbu d’Anvers	Small	90 – 120
White, Cream	Barbu de Watermael	Small	90 – 120
White, Cream	Barbu de Grubbe	Small	90 – 120
White, Cream	Dutch Bantam	Small	140 – 160
White, Cream	Gold tops	Small	120 – 140
White, Cream	Mille Fleur d’Uccle	Small	150 – 180
White, Cream	Sussex	Large	220 – 240
White, Light Brown	Serama	Small	50 – 70
White, Light Brown	Siciliana	Small	150 – 180
White, Tinted	Booted Bantam	Small	100 – 120
White, Tinted	Dorking	Medium	140 -150
White, Tinted	Frizzle	Small	120 – 140
White, Tinted	Nankin	Small	80 – 100
White, Tinted	Rosecomb	Small	100 – 120
White, Tinted	Yokohama	Medium	80 – 120

Further Reads

Chicken Egg Color Genetics – in-depth explanation of chicken eggshell colors and how the color is the result of an interplay of multiple genes
Chicken Breeds Beginners Guide – convenient overview of the most common chicken breeds for beginners and popular egg layers that are easy to keep
Black Chicken eggs – busting some persistent myths about black eggs
Green Egg Yolks – why egg yolks turn green when they are hard boiled
Chicken Egg Anatomy – overview of the anatomy of a chicken egg
Top 5 Best Egg Layers That Lay Green Eggs – the best egg laying breeds with beautiful green eggs
10 Popular Chickens With Colored Eggs – great egg layers with colored eggs
15 Chickens & Designer Breeds That Lay Blue Eggs