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| There are 144 possible coat colors of Holland Lops. Below is a brief explanation of the various color and coat categories. There is 7 groups of Holland color varieties and there are 28 different varieties. Working with colors in Holland Lops is very challenging for show/type. However, we find that working with colors is something we just can't resist! |
| Description of colors is listed below... Agouti: bands of color occur on each hair - the colors of these bands vary depending onthe type of agouti coloration. Black: dark black. Black otter: black body with lighter underside, hair may be orange tinted at the border of the black and lighter color. Blue: medium or slate blue. Blue otter: blue coat with fawn tipped guard hairs, fawn areas. Blue steel: blue with silver or tan "ticking" (see below) Blue tortoiseshell: blue and beige. Broken: white with any color patches or spots, with nose markings, colored ears, and eye circles. Chinchilla: slate or black blended with pearl, black tipped guard hairs. Chocolate: deep dark brown. Chocolate agouti: bands of tan and chocolate with a chestnut tip. Chocolate chinchilla: chocolate and pearl with chocolate tipped guard hairs. Chocolate steel: chocolate with tan or silver ticking. Chocolate tortoiseshell: creamy chocolate with fawn. Copper agouti: bands of red/orange and dark slate with red at tip, ticked with black tipped guard hairs. Cream: pinkish beige to almond. Fawn: straw color. Frosted pearl: pearl with black, blue, chocolate or lilac shading. aka;frosty Gray: three different colors of hair: black, black with tan tip, and black with tan band, and slate under color. Light gray: agouti with slate blue at base, off white in middle, and light gray at tip, with black tipped guard hairs. Lilac: pinkish pale gray Lilac chinchilla: lilac and pearl ticked with lilac tipped guard hairs. Lilac steel: lilac with tan or silver ticking. Lilac tortoiseshell: lilac and beige. Opal agouti: slate blue at base of hair, then gold, then blue tip. Orange: light to bright orange. Pearl: light creamy gray. Pointed white: white with black, blue, chocolate or lilac colored nose, ears, feet, tail (like a Himalayan coloring). Red: rich brown red color. Sable: dark grayish brown with sable mask, ears, feet, and tail. Sable marten: Siamese sable coloring with silver tipped guard hairs. Sable point: cream body and sable on nose, ears, feet and tail. Sandy: reddish tan. Seal: dark (almost black) sable. Self group: solid color in black, blue, lilac, blue eyed white, and ruby eyed white. Shaded group: color transitions from dark to light (e.g. frosted pearl, sable, sable point, siamese sable,: similar to a siamese cat. seal: black with a blue tint Silver or silver fox: silver with white or white tipped hairs. Silver Marten: black, blue, chocolate or lilac with silver white markings and silver tipped guard hairs. Tan Pattern: marks (not necessarily tan) on nostril, eye circles, jowls, inside ears, belly,inside led, underside of tail. Groups included marten and otter colorations. Ticking: solid or tipped guard hairs different than the main coat color interspersed throughout the coat. Tortoise: orange with black, blue, chocolate or lilac. Tortoiseshell: orange or dark fawn and black. Tri-colored: white with any of black and orange, lavender blue and fawn, chocolate and orange, gray and fawn. Brief Breed Description: The Holland Lop is a DWARF Lop. A Mini Lop is twice the size of a Holland Lop. The ideal weight of a Holland Lop is 3- 3 1/2 pounds. Holland Lops can go up to 4 pounds but never more than that. Keep in mind that rabbits that do not meet the breed standard due to weight and body type can still be okay for breeding (does) and for pets. All Lops are known for their wonderful disposition which makes them ideal pets. Both bucks and does make equally good pets as it just depends on the rabbit's particular personality on how they will behave. As far as breeding and showing is concerned Holland Lops are very challenging to breed and highly competitive to show. |
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