Black, blue, or lilac?

[slleavy]

Out of curiousity/fun… Can anyone tell what coloring my lionhead is? Someone told me black Japanese harlequin. But I was looking at the pictures online at the American harlequin rabbit club site and they all look so similar! http://www.americanharlequinrabbitclub.com/Color.html
I know it can be hard to tell from pictures b/c the coloring can look a bit off though. (I don’t know anything of his background parent-wise, etc.) He is definitely fawn and not like the deeper orange ones on the website. I don’t know how to tell how dark would be considered black. I would think it would be either black, blue, or lilac as opposed to brown. His belly has some white, but I’m pretty sure that does not make him a magpie. Maybe I’m just missing something and this is obvious? Thanks for any opinions/information! Here are some pictures c:

 

[pamnock]

The white belly is normal for a Japanese (due to the agouti gene, and is not considered a DQ).

He looks blue to me in the photo, but I notice that he has a brown eye. He may just be a faded black/orange. It would be helpful if you could have a judge or registrar at a show take a look at him in person.

 

[leo9lionheads]

It looks like a blue Japanese harlequin , but the eye color is throwing me off. could you take a eye shot with flash?

 

[TinysMom]

what about tort harlequin?

 

[pamnock]

TinysMom wrote:

what about tort harlequin?

I don't think it appears to be an ej e - which could cause some smokey blue shading, but would still show some black.

 

[~*Midnight Moon*~]

Looks to me like a Black or a Blue. Like Pam said, the white belly is normal in Japanese varietys.

 

[Jaded]

Japanese harlequin

 

[slleavy]

thanks for your ideas! actually the first pic of him which is closer up the flash was on by accident. i will look for a better pic of his eye or take a new one and try to post it asap

 

[slleavy]

i think this looks pretty close to the real life color...