Chocolate poodle color descriptions are described in chocolate-like terms, or sometimes coffee! Light cocoa, dark bittersweet, milky, etc., and not always solid.
A chocolate poodle is a dark brown usually, like a hershey bar. They are not as glossy as say a chocolate lab because of the curly nature of their hair.
The shade of brown can vary depending on the breeder. Some may be a little darker than apricot. Others are so dark that they may look black in dim light.
It is usually a really dark brown sometimes they will look black to a degree. It can be a light brown. It is hard to say, It could be like the shade of dark dark brown. It could be extremely light brown. Chocolate means it would be anywhere from light brown to really dark brown coloring.
a chocolate poodle is a really super dark brown. its almost the same color as a hershy chocolate candy bar but like three or four more shades darker then that.