This is the canary colour some know as Peach. The lipochrome colour is actually the same as that of the Intensive Red Canary, but the effect is softened by a slightly different kind of feather. A canary with this feather type is sometimes called soft-feathered, but the correct terms are buff or non-intensive, depending on the breed.

      The feathers of the non-intensive lipochrome canary are slightly broader than those of the intensive canary, and the colour does not extend across the whole expanse of the feather. Instead each feather possesses a colourless 'fringe', that when lapped over the feathers underneath, softens the intensity of the colour and gives the bird a slightly rounder appearance.

      Breeders usually try to breed a canary with non-intensive feather to one with intensive feathering - this ensures a roughly even distribution of feather types in the offspring. Breeding non-intensive feathered birds together over several generations will see each generation showing slightly broader feathers, and is thought to contribute to a tendancy for developing feather lumps, while breeding intensive birds together will gradually reduce the feather width until skin begins to show in places.

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