Defining the IFGA Bicolor Guppy
Defining the IFGA Bicolor Guppy
By Bryan Chin
This article discusses what qualifies as an IFGA Bicolor guppy. This applies to the IFGA Red Bicolor, Blue/Green Bicolor and AOC Bicolor classes. Big thank you to Tom Allen for working with me on this article.
What is a Bicolor?
A variegated pattern of two contrasting colors, or two distinct contrasting hues of the same color. The primary color covers the majority of the caudal area. The secondary color covers less than primary and must have a minimum of 25% coverage of the caudal. The ideal bicolor has a split of 51% primary color and 49% secondary color in the caudal fin. If there is a third color present it must be less than 15% to qualify as a bicolor. If the third color is 15% or more it is considered a multicolor.
Red Bicolor is a guppy with red as the primary color in the caudal with a secondary color that can be any contrasting color or contrasting hue of the same color.
Blue/Green Bicolor is a guppy with blue, green or blue-green blend that is the primary color in the caudal fin with a secondary color that can be any contrasting color or contrasting hue of the same color.
AOC Bicolor, Any-Other-Color Bicolor, is a guppy has two contrasting colors in the caudal fin where its primary color doesn’t fit other IFGA bicolor classes. The secondary color can be any distinctly contrasting color or distinctly contrasting hue of the same color.
The color points are divided into two criteria which is coverage and quality. Coverage points are judged on how well the primary and secondary colors cover the caudal and how close it meets the ideal 51%primary color/49% secondary color. For body and dorsal fin, ideal coverage is a 100% match of both colors and pattern of the caudal fin. Color quality for the caudal is judged on how distinct and contrasting both colors are and the brilliance of the colors. Dorsal and body color quality is judged on how well its colors match the caudal. For all fins and body, areas that do not have the primary and secondary colors receive no points for color coverage and quality.
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