Contents of this slide show come from the website for

Green Barn Farm Rabbitryand are being presented for educational purposes only.

http://www.gbfarm.org/rabbit/holland-colors.shtml

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Same color over the entire body of the rabbit, including tummy, feet, tail and ears. These rabbits are one solid color.

Black, aaB_C_D_E_

 Black hollands are jet black when they are just a couple days old. Tummies and ears are also black.

GBF's Indigo - sire to black buck shown to the right, GBF's Indy.

GBF's Indy.

Show Class - SolidSelf Group

Blue, aaB_C_ddE_

 Blue holland kits are dark blue over their entire bodies. Shown left to right: Orange, Siamese Sable, Broken Opal, Blue, and Black Tort kits at 9 days old. The Siamese Sable and Blue look identical at first, but then the SS gets a shimmery cast to its coat. The Broken Opal looks much like a Broken Blue at a few days old, but then the inside of the ears get a brownish cast to them.

4-weeks. Pix courtesy of Ki Pippenger. Plank's Aqualena, a very pretty blue fuzzy holland.

Chocolate, aa bb C_ D_ E_

 2-days old. Left to right: Lilac, Chocolate, Chocolate Agouti, Chocolate. Kits will be a light cocoa color over their entire body. Pix courtesy of Amy Hinkle.

 4-weeks. ARR's Boeing. Pix courtesy of Amy Hinkle.

Holland Haven's Jonah - Chocolate Buck. Pix courtesy of Keith Becki.

Lilac, aa bb C_ dd E_

 2-days old. Left to right: Lilac, Chocolate, Chocolate Agouti, Chocolate. Lilac's appear pale silvery gray - they are lighter then a blue tort - and have no shading of course. Pix courtesy of Amy Hinkle.

7-weeks. ARR's Pudge. Pix courtesy of Amy Hinkle. Pix needed of Holland Haven's Lila.

REW, ?? ?? cc ?? ??

 Two day old REW's. Kits are pink at birth. These are English Angora kits, but Hollands look the same at birth color wise.

 As they get older, their white wool comes in and their eyes open to reveal their ruby-red-pink eyes. These are EA kits, but coloring applies to the Hollands also.

ARR's Angry Squirrel.

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Shaded Hollands have darker color on the feet, ears, tail, and head. These areas fade back to a lighter shade on the rest of the body.

Sable Point, aaB_c(chl)_D_ee

 Bottom to top: Tort, Black, Sable Point.  Sable Point kit at 8 days old.

Three weeks old. Click Here to watch a Sable Point kit grow up.

3.5 month old Sable Point buck - GBF's Kuala Bear.

Shaded Group

Siamese Sable, aaB_c(chl)_D_E_

 These can be tricky! Shown left to right: Orange, Siamese Sable, Broken Opal, Blue, and Black Tort kits at 9 days old. The Siamese Sable and Blue look identical at first, but then the SS gets a shimmery cast to its coat (note the shimmery cast on the kit in this pix). Then it develops white ticking almost on the ends of its hair. It goes through several color changes before looking like a Siamese Sable.

5-weeks old. Shown left to right: Siamese Sable, Seal and Smoke Pearl kits. Pix courtesy of Amy Hinkle. Click Here to watch a Siamese Sable kit grow up.

GBF's Houdini.

Seal, aaB_c(chl)c(chl)D_E_

Missed my photo op. As a kit, he looked just like a black kit, until you put him next to his black sibling. Then you could tell, he was NOT black. The color is duller - a brown cast to it.

5-weeks old. Shown left to right: Siamese Sable, Seal and Smoke Pearl kits. Pix courtesy of Amy Hinkle.

3 month old Seal buck - GBF's Handsom Ransom.

Seal Point, aaB_c(chl)c(chl)D_ee

 3 days old: Seal Point, Tort, Tort. Note the dark black/gray color over his back.

Same kit now at 12 days old. Need pix (Kit didn't make it).

Smoke Pearl, aaB_c(chl)_ddE_

Missed my photo op. As a kit, he looked just like a blue, until you put him next to his blue sibling. Then you could tell, he was NOT blue. The color is lighter.

5-weeks old. Shown left to right: Siamese Sable, Seal and Smoke Pearl kits. Pix courtesy of Amy Hinkle.

3 month old Smoke Pearl buck. A Smoke Pearl is just a dilute Siamese Sable.

Black Tort, aaB_C_D_ee

 Litter of four healthy, fat black torts.  A young black tort. White River's Darby - beautiful bodied black tort.

Blue Tort, aaB_C_ddee

 Nine day old Blue Tort on bottom, Opal at top.  Tummy of 9 day old Blue Tort.

4 weeks old. Pix courtesty of Ki Pippenger. Blue Tort buck.

Chocolate Tort, aabbC_D_ee

Need pix. Need pix.Holland Haven's Copper - Chocolate Tort Buck. Pix courtesy of Amy Hinkle.

Lilac Tort, aabbC_ddee

Need pix. Need pix. Need pix.

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The top side of the Agouti body is banded and ticked. Banding means there is a ring pattern of different colors on each hair shaft. Ticked means that the color of the tip of each hair is different than the overall body color. Their ears are laced with the same color as the ticking. The eye circles, inside of the ears, and the nape of the neck is either white or tan. The underside of the tail, belly, nostrils and underside of the jowls are tan or white.

Click Here to see picutres of Agouti Banding.

Chestnut Agouti, A_B_C_D_E_

 When they are first born they look like a Black kit. However, they will have pink bellies and the inside of their ears will be light colored.

Chestnut kit at 11 days old. Three month old Chestnut buck, GBF's Enderby.

Agouti Group

Chocolate Chestnut/Agouti, A_bbC_D_E_

 2-days old. Left to right: Lilac, Chocolate, Chocolate Agouti, Chocolate. Pix courtesy of Amy Hinkle.  3-days old. Left - Chestnut, Top - Opal, Right - Chocolate agouti. Unfortunately, all peanuts.  Tummy of the Chocolate Agouti.

Need pix. Need pix.

Lynx, A_bbC_ddE_

 9-days old. Lynx on top, cream on bottom. Pix courtesy of Amy Hinkle.

Hope to have a pix some day. ARR's Jonica.

Opal (Blue Agouti), A_B_C_ddE_

 Tummy of an Opal kit 9 days old.  Opal on top. They are very dark gray looking with white tummy and Agouti markings when born.

Note the agouti nose markings and light coloring on the inside of the ears. Same Opal buck, GBF's Opie, now shown at 7 weeks of age.

Note nose markings, light fur around mouth and light belly. LSR's Odessa.

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Even though this is the 'wide band group' that does NOT mean all of these rabbits carry the wide band gene (ww)!

Cream, A_B_C_ddee

Cream and Blue Tort at 6 days.  9-days old. Lynx on top, cream on bottom. Pix courtesy of Amy Hinkle.

3-months old. GBF's Brooks. ELS's Columbus

The basic genotype for Fawn, Orange and Red Hollands are all the same. Rufus Modifiers are what differentiate them from each other. The Fawns have fewer rufus modifiers then the Orange, and the Orange have fewer then the Red. The '+' indicates rufus modifiers. Red's DO have the wide band gene (ww).

Wide Band Group

Fawn/Orange, A_B_C_D_ee +++

Red kit at top, rest are fawns/oranges.Three orange and one broken orange. Note the faint white rings around the noses. Month old orange doe.

GBF's Respite and GBF's Triskit.

Red, A_B_C_D_ee ww +++++

 Kit at the top is a Red. Left to right: Red kit, 3 Fawn/Orange kits, 1 red kit.

 GBF's Gold Digger is a low-modifier red. Note the coloring on his stomach indicating the wide-band gene is present.  RA's Gold Nugget.

Few Days Old Few Weeks Old Adult Color

Harlequin's are NOT showable. Tri-Colors are shown as Brokens, but I put them here since they are sort of unique. Their solid harli counterpart is shown to help better identify the color.

Black/Orange Harlequin, A_B_C_D_e(j)_

Day old Black/Orange Harlequin kit (on the bottom) with his tort(upper left) and broken tort (upper right) siblings.

Harli peanut, Orange, Red and Harli kits at 11 days old.

ARR's Dedekind - sire to previous babies shown. Pix courtesy of Amy Hinkle.

Harlequin & Tri-colors

Black/Orange Tri, A_B_C_D_e(j)_ En en

 7 days; Black/Orange Harlequin kit (left) and Black/Orange Tri (right).

4 weeks old. ARR's Fibonacci. Pix courtesy of Amy Hinkle.

ARR's Pegasus. Pix courtesy of Amy Hinkle.

Chocolate Tri-color, A_bb_C_D_e(j)_ En en

Need pix.5-weeks old. ARR's Sigma. Pix courtesty of Amy Hinkle.

ARR's Jessica.

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Broken Black Tort

 Lighter brown color on the back, shading to the darker sepia brown/black on the sides, interspersed with white. GBF's Bridgette.

GBF's Emmet - gorgeous broken tort buck.

ELS's Lucy - very nice broken tort doe.

Show Class - BrokenAny Recognized Color with White

Broken Blue Tort

 Broken black, black, blue, broken blue tort. Bluish cast with some beige on his back.

Bluish cast with some beige on her back.

Karrot Kreek's Zoey. Pix courtesy of Tina Fuller.

Broken Lilac Tort

Need pix.5-weeks. ARR's Jess. Pix courtesy of Amy Hinkle.

ARR's Jess all grown up. Note the dove-gray coloring around the nose.

Broken Fawn/Orange

 Broken Fawn kit 2nd from right. Note the inside of the ears are white. The kit on the far right is a broken tort (heavily blanketed)- note the inside of the ears are darker.  Two broken orange kits.

Broken Fawn on left and Fawn on the right.

GBF's Cassandra.

Broken Black

 Jet black and pink. The pink gradually turns to white after a few days.

 Jet black and bright white fur. GBF's Domino.

 Jet black and bright white fur. Campo's Hobie at 6.5 years old!

Broken Chestnut Agouti

 Hour old kits. Look very similar to a broken black kit at birth. However, the black quickly turns to a brownish color within a few days. The inside of the ears are light colored on a Chestnut.

Broken Chestnut kit on upper right. Note the light color on the inside of the ears.

Young Broken Chestnut Junior.

Broken Chocolate Agouti (Chocolate Chestnut)

Need pix and description.5 weeks. ARR's Go-Joe. The black band in the hair shaft is replaced with chocolate. Pix courtesy of Amy Hinkle.

Pix Needed of ARR's CVSoul.

Broken Opal

 Broken Opal holland kits are similiar to a broken blue kit. The inside of the ears will get a brownish cast to them instead of white like a Broken Blue does. Shown left to right: Fawn/Orange, Smoke Pearl, Broken Opal, Blue, and Black Tort kits at 9 days old.

ARR's Coconut. 7-weeks old. Pix courtesty of Amy Hinkle.

Pix needed.

Broken Sable Point

Missed my photo op. 10 weeks old. GBF's Calamity Jane.

GBF's Catastrophe. She is a much cleaner Sable Point, plus she has more white, making her look almost like a Himi.

Contents of this slide show come from the website for

Green Barn Farm Rabbitryand are being presented for educational purposes only.

http://www.gbfarm.org/rabbit/holland-colors.shtml