Holland Lop Color Chart

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Holland Lop & Mini Lop Colors

Rabbit coat color genetics are fascinating and sometimes confusing. This chart covers the color groups recognized by ARBA and the colors you will most commonly see at Birchbark. For deeper genetics explanations visit our Genetics Guide.

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Self Colors

Single solid color from nose to tail, same shade throughout the coat.

Black

Rich jet black from nose to tail. Caused by dominant black base (aa BB CC dd).

Blue

Dilute black — soft blue-gray. Our Clover carries blue base genetics.

Chocolate

Warm rich brown. Our Nutella is a chocolate Holland Lop.

Lilac

Dilute chocolate — soft dove gray with a pinkish-lavender tint.

REW (Ruby Eyed White)

True albino — white body, pink/ruby eyes. Caused by cc (no pigment at all).

BEW (Blue Eyed White)

Double Vienna (VV) — white body, blue eyes. Present in our breeding program.

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Shaded Colors

Darker on the points (ears, nose, feet, tail) fading to a lighter body color.

Black Tort

Warm fawn/orange body with dark shading on the points. One of the most common Holland Lop colors.

Blue Tort

Dilute version of black tort — soft fawn body with blue-gray shading. Our Blueberry Tart.

Chocolate Tort

Fawn body with warm chocolate brown shading on the points.

Lilac Tort

Palest of the torts — very light fawn body with lavender-gray point shading.

Sable

Dark sepia brown shading from dark back to creamy white belly.

Smoke Pearl

Dilute sable — smoky gray-blue with off-white belly.

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Agouti Colors

Each hair has alternating bands of color — the classic wild rabbit pattern.

Chestnut Agouti

Rich warm brown with ticking. The classic wild rabbit look. White belly.

Opal

Blue agouti — blue-gray body with fawn ticking and slate blue/white undercolor.

Lynx

Lilac agouti — warm fawn with lavender-gray ticking and orange highlights.

Chocolate Agouti

Chocolate base with agouti banding — warm brown with chestnut ticking.

Squirrel

Blue chinchilla — blue-gray body with silver tipping and white belly.

Chinchilla

Black agouti modified — silver-gray with black ticking, white belly.

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Wide Band / Tan Pattern

Warm orange or fawn colors caused by the non-extension gene (ee).

Orange

Bright warm orange. Our Cinnamon is a smutty orange — darker shading from black base genetics showing through.

Fawn

Pale warm cream-fawn. Dilute version of orange.

Cream

Very pale off-white with warm undertones. Double dilute of orange.

Red

Deeper, richer orange — a show standard color in Holland Lops.

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Harlequin

Alternating patches of two colors — the rarest and most striking Holland Lop pattern.

Japanese Harlequin

Alternating black and orange — one side of head orange, other side dark, alternating body bands. One of the rarest Holland Lop colors.

Blue Harlequin

Dilute harlequin — blue-gray alternating with warm cream-fawn. Extraordinarily rare. Possible in our Blueberry Tart × Cinnamon pairings.

Magpie

Alternating black and white — similar to harlequin but with white replacing the orange.

Tricolor

Three colors present — black, orange and white together from broken + tort genetics. Blueberry Tart has produced a tricolor in a previous litter.

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Broken Pattern

Any of the above colors combined with white patches from the broken gene (En).

Broken Black

Black patches on white body. Clean broken — roughly 50/50 color to white.

Broken Blue Tort

Blue tort patches on white. Blueberry Tart carries broken gene — potential in her litters.

Broken Orange

Orange patches on white. Cinnamon carries broken hidden — appears in his litters.

High White

Broken + Vienna stacked — mostly white with minimal color remaining. Clover is a high white broken blue.

Charlie

Double factor broken (En En) — nearly all white with very minimal color, often just a head smudge. Can have digestive concerns.

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Vienna Marked

White markings in specific locations caused by one copy of the Vienna gene (Vv).

Vienna Marked Orange

Orange body with white eye circles, white chin, white feet. Our Cinnamon is a smutty orange Vienna marked buck.

Vienna Marked Tort

Blue or black tort body with characteristic white Vienna markings on face and feet.

Vienna Marked Blue

Blue body with Vienna eye rings, white chin, white feet. Striking combination.

Vienna Marked Chocolate

Chocolate body with white Vienna markings. Possible from Nutella × Cinnamon pairings.

Our Herd Colors at a Glance

Rabbit	Color	Color Group	Potential Litter Colors
🍂 Cinnamon	Smutty Orange VM	Wide Band + Vienna Marked	Orange, fawn, broken orange, VM versions of all
🍫 Nutella	Chocolate	Self — Chocolate	Chocolate VM, chocolate broken — from Cinnamon pairing
🍀 Clover	High White Broken Blue	Broken + Vienna — Blue base	Blue tort broken, BEW, broken orange, VM broken — with Cinnamon
🫐 Blueberry Tart	Blue Tort	Shaded — Blue Tort + Vienna Marked	Blue harlequin, tricolor, broken blue tort, blue tort broken VM

Want to understand the genetics behind these colors? Visit our Genetics Guide for a deep dive into Vienna, broken and harlequin in plain language.