About these masks ...
A light grey mask is certainly not a good mask - a mask like this will be poorly defined.
Having a well defined mask means that you have to have just the right degradation from the colour of the upper muzzle through white and to the black of the lips (while I don't think pink lips are specifically stated as a defect in the standard most people will agree that a CSW with pink lips is certainly not very typical - or desireable)
You have to understand that a mask is not a colour or even a shape, though both of those features play a role - the mask is actually an effect. Does the face of the dog have the capacity for expression while at the same time mantaining its natural camouflage? If yes then you have a dog with a good mask. Colour and shape are part of the explanation but neither colour nor shape alone explain the mask.
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