Color & Markings Flashcards
What is a hair shaft that has three or more bands of color with a definite break between each color?
Agouti
What is a hair shaft having various colors, normally associated with an agouti coat called?
Banding
What do you call the fur color at the base of the fur shaft next to the skin?
Base color or undercolor
What do you call the color on the underside of the rabbit extending from the forelegs to the crotch area?
Belly color
What are the colored markings on the feet and legs of pointed pattern rabbits called?
Boots
What do you call an intermixture of two colors without definite pattern?
Brindle
What is the longer tan tipped guard hairs carried up the flanks and hindquarter of tan pattern rabbits called?
Brindling
What is a nose marking found on some marked breeds and broken varieties called?
Butterfly
What do you call an extremely lightly marked animal in marked breeds or broken groups?
Charlie
What is a single, round spot of color on the cheek of marked breeds called?
Cheek spot
What is it called when a color marking intrudes into a white marking area?
Drag
What is a colored line of fur that outlines the sides and tips of the ears called?
Ear lacing
What is a round marking found on the Checkered Giant, English Spot, Rhinelander, Tan and broken varieties that surround the eye?
Eye circle
What is a thin marking that forms a complete outline of the eye called? Found in the Dwarf Hotot and Blanc de Hotot
Eye band
What do you call two spots of marking color at the inside base of the ears in tan patterned breeds?
Pea spots or Crown spots
What is a distinct and noticeable cluster of white or colored hairs called?
Spot
What is any marking spot occurring in an area that should be devoid of markings called?
Stray spot
What is the top color of the fur, lying in its normal position called?
Surface color
What do you call a slight coloring or dusting of one color on another color?
Tint
Off colored stray hairs in a colored pattern, giving the appearance of being powdered or sprinkled with meal is called what?
Mealy
A distribution of longer guard hairs of a color distinct from the under wool or body fur which presents a wavy appearance is called what?
Ticking
A reddish-brown coloration of the fur, usually appearing on the sides, flanks, or feet of rabbits is called what?
Rust
What is the term for a regular cheek spot which is divided into two spots by a line of white?
Double Cheek Spot
What is the term for any color of fur, nails, or eyes differing from that called for in the ARBA Standard of Perfection for the breed or variety?
Foreign Color
What is the term for well-formed markings without congestion or drags?
Clean