Rabbit Colors?

I am not well versed in the coloring of rabbits, I have five rabbits. Four are "meat" rabbits, and one is some kind of Angora. I got them a while ago, but I just got curious about coloring. I'm getting a new angora kit, and I'm not sure what color she is, but she's the light-colored one in the last pic. I have two other rabbits that aren't pictured. One is white and the other is the rabbit on the left in the second picture. Thanks!

Is that tiny wire cage where they live? Sorry i don't know about what you're asking

I don't think that cage is a good size

I don't think they were asking about the cage. It's tilted on its side; the part on the right with the narrower wire should be the bottom.

With angoras the wool dilutes the color so you can't really tell color by looking at the wool. You need to either look at the short baby fur or the head fur. I believe the angora in the first picture is blue based (likely opal, blue tort or blue) but that's as much as I can guess from that picture.
The second picture has a chestnut on the left and a tortoise on the right.
In the last picture the one in the front is a tortoise. The lighter one in the background is a fawn and the darker ones in the background are chestnuts

Poopy Poo said:

Is that tiny wire cage where they live? Sorry i don't know about what you're asking

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Jasminebunny said:

I don't think that cage is a good size

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No, the cages in the pictures are not where they live. The lovely angora girl came from a sweet old lady who couldn't care for her anymore. The cage she is in is what the woman sent with her, along with the other rabbits we got from her. They were originally kept in it, and are in bigger cages. They're also soon getting new hutches completely rebuilt once I get my next paycheck. The two rabbits were actually in a dog crate, a gift from a friend, to transport them from a farm store that was selling rabbits. Not the best place to get them.

SableSteel said:

I don't think they were asking about the cage. It's tilted on its side; the part on the right with the narrower wire should be the bottom.

With angoras the wool dilutes the color so you can't really tell color by looking at the wool. You need to either look at the short baby fur or the head fur. I believe the angora in the first picture is blue based (likely opal, blue tort or blue) but that's as much as I can guess from that picture.
The second picture has a chestnut on the left and a tortoise on the right.
In the last picture the one in the front is a tortoise. The lighter one in the background is a fawn and the darker ones in the background are chestnuts

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Thank you! I've been having a hard time deciphering colors, and it may just be me. I can do snake morphs, for the most part, but for some reason, rabbit colors just make my brain spin!

TheCalicoCat said:

Thank you! I've been having a hard time deciphering colors, and it may just be me. I can do snake morphs, for the most part, but for some reason, rabbit colors just make my brain spin!

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Well, with English Angoras (the adult is an english angora or an english cross), I think you chose just about the most difficult breed to look at colors in ; ) You can only really tell their true color when they are about the age in that last picture, before their wool fully comes in, so that's when most breeders write down the colors for the pedigrees. Otherwise you have to go off of a bunch of other little cues to go on. Such as - if the inside of the ears are white, the rabbit is agouti (or tan pattern but that's not really found in angoras) while if they are solid the rabbit is self.

Do you have a picture of the angora's head?

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TheCalicoCat said:

No, the cages in the pictures are not where they live. The lovely angora girl came from a sweet old lady who couldn't care for her anymore. The cage she is in is what the woman sent with her, along with the other rabbits we got from her. They were originally kept in it, and are in bigger cages. They're also soon getting new hutches completely rebuilt once I get my next paycheck. The two rabbits were actually in a dog crate, a gift from a friend, to transport them from a farm store that was selling rabbits. Not the best place to get them.

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Oh okay !
i was just making sure

SableSteel said:

Well, with English Angoras (the adult is an english angora or an english cross), I think you chose just about the most difficult breed to look at colors in ; ) You can only really tell their true color when they are about the age in that last picture, before their wool fully comes in, so that's when most breeders write down the colors for the pedigrees. Otherwise you have to go off of a bunch of other little cues to go on. Such as - if the inside of the ears are white, the rabbit is agouti (or tan pattern but that's not really found in angoras) while if they are solid the rabbit is self.

Do you have a picture of the angora's head?

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I do not at the moment. She's currently staying at my grandparents while my family gets moved. I will definitely take a picture when I see her again. I was told by the woman I got her from that she was a giant angora. And me, knowing nothing about the angoras, believed her simply because of her size.