What Color is my Bunny? Rabbit Color Guide!

[@jillhiles143]

I loved your comment right at the beginning with "the wrong choice of words"! You have given me a lot of help. I am not breeding rabbits, nor am I raising them. However, I am writing a novel and in the book my main character is getting bunnies from a pet store and I needed lots of help with knowing color and how to describe them. Plus one bunny purchased has babies shortly after they get them home. So the genetics was another home run! I will be mentioning you and your KZbin channel in the acknowledgements for all your wonderful information. THANK YOU!!!!!

[@Star-dj1kw]

You’ve got a PhD in the science of cuteness

[@scottaltic1678]

When I first got into rabbits, I researched color genetics. It is fascinating. My holland/Mini lop is a Chinchilla/Agouti with a saddle. I had a dwarf hotot with perfect eye bands. I had a charlie Broken tri-color mini rex. And a black otter with silvering Netherland dwarf. Yes, I went around collecting bunnies at one point in my life. Don't judge. Color genetics are awesome in Buns!

[@Richie016]

Studying Holland Genetics looks like an exciting project to know rabbit family tree.

[@maliasanimals1441]

This is the earliest I’ve been to a video!

[@olgakru2491]

Dear Diane, I m always so glad when You make a new video ! Your bunnies are adorable ! 💓💓💓

[@HooksHollands]

Thank you so much!

[@cndystcre]

Very helpful!! Thanks you!! Even the start of the video I'm learning more.

[@RRDown]

This was so helpful. I have been trying to learn and your video has been the most helpful and you are so easy to listen to! Thank you for putting in the time and effort to create this awesome video.

[@rainw8448]

... but every gene is the gene that produces cuteness and perfection! :) This is a wonderful video and very informative. Thank you!

[@HooksHollands]

Ha ha! :)

[@hisyammohd5251]

Thanks for this guide on rabbit colours. I enjoyed a lot listening to the way you explained the colour genetics. For bragging purpose (lol), I got the answers for all questions correct. Hahaha.

[@deplorableinyogapants]

Hands down the best video I have watched on colors! Fantastic breakdown and explanation. Thank you so much for doing this!

[@HooksHollands]

Wow, thank you!

[@paytonbrookely6489]

I’ve been doing research regarding holland colors for a few months, and after watching this video, I feel like I have a really good grasp on it! Got every question on the quiz right :) Very educational video!

[@countingstarz2310]

This was so interesting! I have a chestnut Holland lop, he’s the sweetest! ❤️🐰

[@kellyk.8023]

Excellent video with great information! I felt like I was back in my college genetics class and I loved that class! It's a very complicated subject but you explained it brilliantly. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge with us.

[@HooksHollands]

You are so welcome!

[@lisaboo5806]

I find genetics fascinating. Thank you for sharing this information. 💗💗💗 Much love for you and your buns 🙏💗

[@Rayshader]

Absolutely lovely! Congrats!

[@BethLovison]

Your video is fantastic! You do so well with the tone and speed of your voice, along with clearly explaining the colors/genetics. Do I understand it all? Absolutely not, but in time who knows. I am so bummed you are no longer sell Holland Lops. I would have been honored to have one of yours. I had one many years ago when my son was younger and now I'm ready to get one for myself. I'll be watching every one of your videos and reading all your advice. By the way, I answered the last quiz question correctly; that's because you were an excellent teacher.

[@katewood9901]

OHH- that’s what my color rabbit is... 😂😅 i have a chocolate holland lop, he looks EXACTLY like the bunny on the right in 14:06. thanks!!!

[@kileylarsen7888]

Love You so Much! Thanks for this video I am so curious with rabbit color genetics and you explain it so well!

[@HooksHollands]

Happy to help!

[@anyaoberkirsch7015]

Thank you so much for this video! I recently started breeding Rex rabbits, and for the life of me I couldn't understand color genetics. Somehow this video made it all click into place. Thank you!!!

[@HooksHollands]

Glad it was helpful!

[@stephenpowell5912]

Adorable Bunnies 😍🫶💕🥰😘

[@jameswise3009]

Nice job You really know your bunny stuff

[@gigs6449]

You have such a wealth of information and experience with Holland Lops! On a side note: I also love your computer setup and your outfit!❤️

[@HooksHollands]

Somebunny with excellent taste gave me that hoodie. :)

[@T0mtoma]

Soo informative!! Learned lots today,Really well explained.and btw ur bunnies are soo cute I can’t wait to get an Holland lop soon! 🐰💕

[@katehuffman2252]

Wow, this is an epic video!! Your presentations are always so informative & thorough. My little guy is a blue tort ☺️

[@HooksHollands]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@rhythmandblues_alibi]

Wow I was not expecting such an in-depth video! Awesome, this is exactly what I was curious to know, like what can throw what colours. I'm reasonably familiar about horse colour genetics so it was kool to learn agouti exists in bunnies too!

[@HooksHollands]

Glad it was helpful!

[@melodyandoreo4325]

Ooh! This was very interesting! I already knew Oreos (broken black otter), but I'm always open to learning more! I never knew I would watch a 58 minute video about bunny colors!

[@HooksHollands]

LOL, I didn't think people would watch all 58 minutes either! :)

[@colesonmoeller-day8787]

I love this video. It is so helpful.

[@maddilamkin4429]

I would 100% recommend getting the Standard of Perfection I breed and show Mini Rexes and have a few rescues. That book is AMAZING! It not only shows a picture of the breed but describes every color each breed can be.

[@user-en6qj6zq5d]

I have one black tort, slightly darker though than the one on the picture (12:01) with brown, black and grey. The other bunny I have is like a broken black tort, she´s mostly white, but with a brown and black stripe on her back, brown and black around her eyes and two spots on each side of her back/side, also her tail has a stripe on it ❤️

[@jessalinburchette1549]

Yaay this video is great!! I've been wanting to know what colors our hollands are, even better to learn about some of the genetic info too. Also, I love your hoodie! Did you make it?

[@HooksHollands]

I'm glad this was helpful to you! My mom bought me the peach/gray hoodie for my birthday. :) www.kissandstitch.com/product/ampersand-avenue-basic-doublehood-sweatshirt-sedona/

[@jessalinburchette1549]

Thanks for the hoodie link.

[@katef9635]

This is a great video about holland lop colors! Love your videos Diane! :)

[@HooksHollands]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@superduperplaytime9809]

So fascinating! New friend here! I have a 5 month old mini lop so I'm learning more about rabbits these days. Your videos are very helpful. Thanks!👍

[@skiangel3962]

So glad you made this video! I used to be in rabbit 4-h and people would ask what color there bunny is and I went into this entire speech of rabbit colors. Or I would tell them the color and they didn’t believe me 😂😂. Most people who don’t know about rabbit genetics and Colors may get lost in the video however as a genetics Freak I’m loving and understanding this video so perfectly! It’s fun when you learn about the two and experiment with breeding with the colors! Very fun! 💖💖 You definitely need to know/ learn about Dominate and Recessive genes and the categories of colors (Shaded, Self, ect) to really really understand this video if you wanna know more if the breeding side of this video.

[@rubiej248]

Wow! What a great vid. I have a broken blue mini lop. I had to double check his eyes though...and yep they have a blue tinge. Thank you for the education.

[@volunteernation6863]

Great video!! Thank you!

[@zoeslovelylops9902]

Thank you so much for this video!!!! I had my first litter of bunnies yesterday and I’m not sure about their colors. ❤️

[@pyonkichiwhiteblaze6695]

Cute and healed💛

[@rachelcanterbury9912]

This was such a useful video. Thank you! I've always been at a loss to describe my miniature lops coloring to others without a picture. .

[@carriealberts8947]

I have 4 hollands: a cream, a black, a blue point, and a broken seal.

[@simplylxzziemsp7582]

do they get along?

[@carriealberts8947]

@@simplylxzziemsp7582 Usually, yes.

[@littlebopeepcattery2186]

Also, congrats on 100k!!

[@amandamiller3139]

Beautiful vid

[@ladylove3636]

26:46 thanks for making this, I got a rescue this week and thought he was an agouti but no white markings, then you mentioned sable, he has black smudge nose, ears, tail, feet, but when you started on tort, that is more his smudge nose. Most similar to 26:46 so I'm not 100% his fur doesn't have bands, more orange to cream skin looks black? Bizarre! He was supposed to be a mini lop but is bigger than the ones I had previously and can raise his ears right up unlike them. So I was thinking agouti or chestnut but think both were wrong 😂 x

[@bubblitzbubba3501]

Colors are my hobby and me luv rabbits :3 so interesting

[@flopsybunnies5841]

This video is super helpful, as I have been learning all about Holland lop colors and genetics. Thank you for putting so much of your time into making this amazing video! I have four Holland lops: a Blue tort, Blue point, Chesnut VM, and Orange.

[@HooksHollands]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bonniereindahl638]

This youtube was so. Informative thank you

[@jasmined3204]

Mine aren't too complicated but I'm happy it's now confirmed 🥰 I have a blue eyed white (BEW) and an harlequin

[@anousalis4089]

THANK YOU!!!! This video helps a lot! we are bless you have you!!!! 🐰🥕

[@HooksHollands]

No problem 😊

[@TheKelleyBunch]

Thank you! This helped a lot. I believe I have a chocolate silver marten in the litter.

[@ProjectWar17]

Wow, you have no idea how much I’ve been needing a good and comprehensive guide to color placing my Hollands and...have been too passive (and Lazy!) to look it up! This is a really great guide you made for us Diane and you bet I’ll be referring to this video all the time now. I have “Black, Broken Black, and Agouti Broken Cream! Feels good...😎🐰👍 Also...where’s the Men’s shirts sizes with the “Hooks Hollands” four different color baby bunnies?? I gotta get that one!

[@HooksHollands]

Hoppy to help! Although there are dozens and dozens of color possibilities, I enjoy being able to decipher some of the more common ones and their genotypes. Men's sizes are listed with each design, but here are the links. :) shop.spreadshirt.com/hooks-hollands/men+famous+buns+2?idea=5ff873e37e83792290337842&q=D1 shop.spreadshirt.com/hooks-hollands/men+famous+buns?idea=600389d5fce36161cc7cfb79&q=D1

[@ProjectWar17]

@@HooksHollands Yeah, just shows how internet savvy I am! I just clicked on the sticker and it took me to your page! I went ahead and got me a sticker and a Jersey Beanie because 1, I shaved my head and am growing a Wolf Tail that will become a Man Bun in time! (Bun...get it?) 2, I need one because my Ears are always COLD! So this will definitely be better for me than a shirt! Oh and 3, I realize I rarely wear Shirts...lol I’m more of a tank top Guy. Handle my order with care!!

[@HooksHollands]

"Man bun" - I LOL'd at that! :) Many thanks for the order...hope the hat keeps you warm (don't you live out west?), and we do have shirts for those who are ripped and want to show off their muscles: shop.spreadshirt.com/hooks-hollands/famous+buns+2-A5ff873e37e83792290337842?productType=916&sellable=Y5LmOYr9X4SRzOE7qyEw-916-15&appearance=2 ;)

[@ProjectWar17]

@@HooksHollands Well then I’m gonna have to dive back into the shop! I only had a few minutes to myself so I was checking out the new video and listening in the Jeep before I got down to the store. (Was buying Kale for my spoiled brats) So I quickly bought what I saw off the bat! I do love those baby bunny animations and I want those on everything! I need a bunny sign for my rabbit room still too. If your mech page has something like that, I’m sold! You have great merch and videos Diane, keep it up! I just had someone ask me about identifying their bunny’s gender so I just sent them one of your videos going over that since they are so well detailed and articulate very well! I do that a lot because I want people to have good info and I’m just full of long winded texts....as you can tell. 👍🐰

[@HooksHollands]

Many thanks for the referrals! Enjoy the kale! (We all know who REALLY was hungry for a salad.) ;)

[@Sedazia]

This video was so fun to watch! Why do we not learn this in school.

[@freya-louise6669]

Very interesting to learn about I have a black otter Neverland dwarf and yup he has the triangle behind his neck with beige and white on the underneath

[@ketocutie]

This helps a lot. I kind of understood how dilutes work but now i understand. I focus of silver fox so I dont have to worry about brokens but i love my vienna marked mini rex. So cute.

[@ronbiliusweasley8984]

Hello! My bun is a black otter tort! He has the otter markings with the orange at the back of the neck and on his nose but his belly is much more white and has black patches. He also has some orange mixed with the white on his belly as well.

[@NagiSanzanin]

Thank you for this video. My rabbit has a really unusual color and marking, so it was fun to play detective and discover wich gene combination were at play! :D

[@BumbleBeeOnTheBeach]

I know you made excellent video previously, crystal clear and reliables explanations about genetic and colours. But I was still in the blur and had questions I didn't dare to ask cause I feared to seem numbskull. Here the Bunnentertainment I needed. 'Black Tort' is the one I wanted to know ‼️ Thanks Diane for these precious details . All the best to the terrific Hooks Holland family 💫 (Foozy 💘)

[@HooksHollands]

No question is a dumb question...OK, so MOST questions aren't dumb. It's ok to ask. :) Glad this video is helpful to you!! ♥

[@kiashlan]

I feel like I’ve just revisited high school genetics 😄😄. I have a lilac Dutch and an orange mini-lop.

[@Ufuk646]

Sooooooooo cuuuute😍❤️

[@LoppieLove]

Wow, thanks so much for sharing this! 🥰

[@linkdude64]

Nice rig!!! ASUS ROG motherboards are the best! Also bunnertainment!!! 😂

[@HooksHollands]

Ha ha, you have good eyes! :)

[@Redhotandblue89]

In Texas/Oklahoma, Black and Blue Torts are definitely the most common, and the most popular. I have a couple Charlie Torts with mostly the orange showing that I loveeee. Thank you for the video, I've been in bunnies for awhile and still have trouble remembering all the colors.

[@SunnieDIY]

Agoutis of all kinds have some form of ticking. Its really cool each hair has multiple colors so if you blow on their fur its easy to see the layers of colors. Its so interesting. With our mix rabbits our chocolate chin mini rex mix (oddly part lionhead but unlike his sisters who looked like lionheads he came out all rex looking with no hint of the lionhead) a lot of them end up being opal, chocolate chin, other levels of greys. Some blue greys etc (cant remember what blue grey is called lavender?? Idk its like a Scottish blue cat color). Eli its hard to see but shes broken opal. His babies with her come out broken chocolate chinchillas and other levels of colors. It is such a cool gene. Interesting enough all of Cupid's (the chocolate chin mini rex lionhead I mentioned) sisters and brothers that looked lionhead came out that black otter color and pattern. His mom was the mini rex his mom looked like what I've seen labeled as castor. She had one lionhead looking girl that was her color all fluff. The rest were black otter and then there was Cupid super pale silvery grey lol. He had the ticking though it was more diluted than a typical chinchilla. I was told by people in the rabbit group he is "chocolate chinchilla with wideband"? Not sure what the wideband is not that far into the video yet. We have some tri mini rexs (purebred). Princess they told me is a booted tri color. Her daughter and an unrelated male she had that I bought are broken blue tris? Instead of the black its a blue grey but then the orange and white as well. Comet is a pretty boy. Princess won't be bred since she is recovering from an owl attack. Her color is super cool though its like with a TV if you turn the saturation up. She has a huge patch of an orange like color and then small black spots and a white belly and feet etc.

[@shotsfiredandmissed9068]

you have a nice gaming setup xD

[@HooksHollands]

Thanks...if only my PC made me a decent gamer! :)

[@shotsfiredandmissed9068]

@@HooksHollands aww thanks for the heart, I only play games that focus on the story though hehe. and about the rabbits, you have such nice photos of them, they're all so beautiful and happy. Thank you for taking really good care of them :)

[@littlebopeepcattery2186]

I have no bunnies but i do want some! I am a cat breeder so i am always studying genetics for my cats. I got a litle confused on your quiz but only got two wrong which was not too bad! I saved this video...so so informative!

[@lindseywilson6854]

I wanted this video to happen so much

[@lenersky3773]

Sunny Jim is so cute. I also luv ur intro. Is it okay is I leave my Holland lop in an 8square foot cage. She gets a lot of snuggle time with me. I let her out when I can 3 plus hours. I know it is supposed to be five hours but I am trying. Love sunny Jim:)

[@HooksHollands]

As long as your bunny is loved, healthy, gets exercise time and attention, do whatever works for you and your situation. There's no one correct habitat for a bunny. :)

[@crossroadcircleoffical]

I really wish there was at least one breeder of every breed that made a video like this for the corresponding breed. I've watched this video five times already!

[@HooksHollands]

Thanks for watching (repeatedly, ha ha). :)

[@crossroadcircleoffical]

@@HooksHollands wow I was watching while you commented 🤣🤣🤣

[@mengyungu6443]

Ah! My epi genetics class tells me Agouti gene in mice makes them look orange and fat 😂 Chubby bun mystery solved

[@HooksHollands]

LOL :)

[@aldrinvillacrusis8778]

Oh i love to have a Holland loop,

[@brianatabler3546]

This video was really helpful, as I'm about to start breeding Holland Lops as a hobby. I currently have a Seal Point, and I'm really excited to get him a girlfriend.

[@MidnightCatBrix]

I'm gonna have to watch this a few times lol way over my head but that comp omg gamers/streamer and content creaters dream

[@HooksHollands]

Ha ha, thanks! :)

[@SuperSaiyen4]

Off topic: That is a nice setup 😮

[@HooksHollands]

Thanks...it's my midlife crisis rig. :)

[@ProphetKee]

You are the best

[@nis9931]

Hi There I have a smoke pearl marten female and a male chocolate chinchilla. If i were to let them have a litter, what would the possible colours be ?

[@casemiroparadella]

You are beautiful, your bunnies are wonderful. I love you

[@athens212]

She got a better pc setup then half the gamers I know haha Love it

[@HooksHollands]

LOL...but I'm waaaaay worse than 99% of gamers! ;)

[@yairalance9040]

i love your video

[@lucatartaglia6576]

I have a harlequin lionhead, I noticed she has what looks like agouti markings with the lighter fur around her nose and her belly

[@najpotenicewolf934]

I'm pretty sure my rabbit has the orange agouti base. But his fur is in some places mixed with dark-grey splotches and stripes in some places. Maybe tortoise, though I'm not sure.

[@kayrafeliz6922]

Rabbit genetics are so interesting but so complicated! I have a chinchilla buck with dark grey eyes. I can't tell whether he's black or opal chinchilla. He also has the reddish/lavender cast around his eyes like a sable point does. Does that mean he might be carrying the sable gene?

[@notaveri09]

I watch so many of your videos!! You are the one who got me into breeding!! I am going to message you on Facebook in a bit I have some questions for you!!

[@롸잇두들]

My bunny love color❤️

[@Msxallisonwonderland]

I actually have a question on lop-eared bunnies. I am thinking to adopt another bunny to my fluffle and she is labeled as a "lop ear mix". She has though ears that are at a "helicopter" state and have not flopped completely down. In fact, they are nearly standing upright, but just curved downwards and look like propellers. Are there lops that just never get their ears to lop? Or are there ways to massage or something to make it so the ears can lop? I think the girl is so cute, and of course I love all animals/bunnies, but this was something that stood out to me and I feel I've not seen. I have seen lops with one ear up and one down... but that usually would fall over time. But this girl is already over 10 months old and doesn't seem to show signs of lopping. Do you have any ideas on these types of lop-eared bunnies?

[@ZanderFoster]

I have a cinnamon breed rabbit. She is my best friend. I had a chestnut Netherland dwarf, that little dude was my world but he passed, now every chestnut reminds me of him.

[@crossroadcircleoffical]

Great video you should be a ARBA Official. This is very handy

[@courtneygoodhart8592]

Thank you. I learned alot! But you lost me a bit after the first part🤣

[@alexandrajeffries9273]

I thought agouti was rings in the layers of fur, so if you blow in the fur you would see layers of multiple colors and tan (otter) was the light under the eyes and underbelly. I guess I should have waited till the end to ask questions! You've explained the above. Thank you Did I learn my lesson of patience? No.

[@TheKelleyBunch]

Got it all right at the end. Took two watches to understand it all. Still confusing. I need help with the chocolate silver martens vs chocolate otter. I think the otter would have the tan behind the ears/nape of neck and tan ring around the nose.

[@averylindsey4287]

I have three Holland’s but do you have any tips to get like a rabbitry started or any tips on how to start breeding your rabbits because I really would like to own a rabbity but don’t know how to get started.

[@HooksHollands]

It's a LOT of work (twice a day or more with no vacations) and costs more money than it makes. You might try the website called The Nature Trail for breeding info. :)

[@abdulkaderjailani2986]

Whatever,I love all the colors.😀😊

[@Valerie-qu5it]

I love your videos, this one especially! I know you separate your rabbits because they're not neutered/spayed etc, but do you recommend people only keep 1 pet rabbit at a time or do you think bonding and keeping 2 that have been spay/neutered is ok? I'm looking at getting 2 sibling bunnies, but looking around for more advice first. Sorry if you've addressed this in previous videos, I haven't watched them all yet. Thanks!

[@HooksHollands]

www.ohiohollandlops.com/bonding-bunnies.html

[@Valerie-qu5it]

Thank you so much!

[@orifine6812]

I have a cream lionhead, and either a brown-grey or chocolate agouti French lop

[@rmcccccccr8954]

Nice PC

[@hyeni100]

Are white marking, Vienna marking more prominent as babies. Do they disappear or get smaller as they grow up?

[@HooksHollands]

I've only had a couple with Vienna markings over the years, and these became more pronounced as the babies grew and the fur came in.

[@bonniereindahl638]

Do you have a list of showable colors

[@sarah-beavor]

This was really helpful I have a red rabbit and I think she is a orange

[@Carmen-oz3fx]

I have four Netherland dwarfs. 1 broken orange, 1 black otter, 1 charlie, and 1 lilac otter

[@anggurrabbitry5606]

What the offspring colour will be if a Siamese Sable Buck mate with a Blue Tort Doe?

[@Carmen-oz3fx]

I have the standard of perfection and I read it like a Bible 😂 I am constantly looking up new information. I’m a rabbit judge and knowing the information without having to look at the book, saves a lot of time when judging.

[@HooksHollands]

I've read the Holland lop section, but that's about it. I can see how you would need to know it like the back of your hand as a judge. :)

[@ArielChao-n6n]

Now I know I have a Charlie tri-color❤️!!!