What color is Pumpkin?

[Flopsy]

I always thought that Pumpkin was a tortoise colored dutch, but yesterday I was looking threw the harlequin picture thread and though "Gee Pumpkin sure looks a lot like these" and posted in that thread. Today I remembered though "Wait... I thought he was a tort."

Haha this should be easy for you breeders to tell, I failll.

 

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

She looks like a Dutch Harlequin to me. Tort is different colours, only I think 2 dif. colors. He looks Harlequin to me....but I'm not sure on the tort.


Emily

 

[Starlight Rabbitry]

He is a Harlequin Dutch. Tortoise is an orange color with darker shading on the sides. There are different color Torts, meaning there are different colors that the orange is shaded with.

Yours is definitely a Harlequin. For a while, the Dutch breeders were trying to get Harelquin accepted as a new variety but the ARBA Standards committee rejected them.

Sharon

 

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

Starlight Rabbitry wrote:

He is a Harlequin Dutch. Tortoise is an orange color with darker shading on the sides. There are different color Torts, meaning there are different colors that the orange is shaded with.

Yours is definitely a Harlequin. For a while, the Dutch breeders were trying to get Harelquin accepted as a new variety but the ARBA Standards committee rejected them.

Sharon

Exactly what Sharon said. I couldn't figure out how to explain it, hehe.

Emily

 

[Flopsy]

Haha thanks everybody! Can someone tell me how to pronounce "Harlequin"? Everyone is always asking me what color he is and of course I knew how to say tortoise . Also could someone post a picture of a rabbit that color so I could know how to tell the difference for future reference? Thanks!

 

[tonyshuman]

That's a harli dutch. My Tony is a tort dutch.

 

[NZminilops]

I say it like: harley (as in harley davidson) and quinn (like Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman , some ooold tv show). But sort of string it together fast, so it sounds more like 'harl-uh-quin'.

This thread made me wonder, can you get a torted harli dutch? Lots of harlis here are torted.