© silver standard poodles dot com silver-standardpoodles.com Silver Standard Poodles are a dilute of black. Silver Standard poodles also carries the fading gene. What makes this color fascinating is that Silver Standard Poodle puppies are born black and gradually fade into a silver color.   Usually the coat clears by the age of 2, sometimes with a Standard Poodle it may take a little longer to completely clear the body coat than a toy or miniature Poodle Silver Standard Poodles should have a silver face and feet by the age of 6 weeks to be a real silver, the rest of the coat will follow in suit over the next few years. It is from the face and feet that the silvering appears to move up into the body. The longer part of the coat may be a black to dark grey to almost dark brown until it clears and grows out. There are varying shades of the silver coloring in Standard Poodles, from sparkling platinum that is almost white, to a beautiful pewter colour.