Color & Markings Flashcards by Conner Becker

What is a hair shaft that has three or more bands of color with a definite break between each color?

Agouti

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What is a hair shaft having various colors, normally associated with an agouti coat called?

Banding

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What do you call the fur color at the base of the fur shaft next to the skin?

Base color or undercolor

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What do you call the color on the underside of the rabbit extending from the forelegs to the crotch area?

Belly color

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What are the colored markings on the feet and legs of pointed pattern rabbits called?

Boots

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What do you call an intermixture of two colors without definite pattern?

Brindle

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What is the longer tan tipped guard hairs carried up the flanks and hindquarter of tan pattern rabbits called?

Brindling

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What is a nose marking found on some marked breeds and broken varieties called?

Butterfly

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What do you call an extremely lightly marked animal in marked breeds or broken groups?

Charlie

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What is a single, round spot of color on the cheek of marked breeds called?

Cheek spot

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What is it called when a color marking intrudes into a white marking area?

Drag

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What is a colored line of fur that outlines the sides and tips of the ears called?

Ear lacing

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What is a round marking found on the Checkered Giant, English Spot, Rhinelander, Tan and broken varieties that surround the eye?

Eye circle

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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

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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

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What is a distinct and noticeable cluster of white or colored hairs called?

Spot

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What is any marking spot occurring in an area that should be devoid of markings called?

Stray spot

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What is the top color of the fur, lying in its normal position called?

Surface color

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What do you call a slight coloring or dusting of one color on another color?

Tint

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Off colored stray hairs in a colored pattern, giving the appearance of being powdered or sprinkled with meal is called what?

Mealy

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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

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A reddish-brown coloration of the fur, usually appearing on the sides, flanks, or feet of rabbits is called what?

Rust

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What is the term for a regular cheek spot which is divided into two spots by a line of white?

Double Cheek Spot

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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

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What is the term for well-formed markings without congestion or drags?

Clean

A foreign colored pigment on the skin in the nose and mouth area is called what?

Freckle

What is the term for intensification of belly color in the area of the groin?

Lap Spots

Small colored drag off the top of the eye circle. Usually associated with Checkered Giant, English Spot or Rhinelander.

Feather

Any drag in the coloration of a Dwarf Hotot or Hotot eye band.

Feathering

What is ring color?

Color of the intermediate portion of a hair shaft in Agouti patterned animals

When referring to color, what is run?

Intrusion of white color into a colored marking area

When referring to color, what are points?

Colored ears, tail, nose, rear feet and forelegs of rabbits like the Californian or Himalayan

What is the belly marking on a Dutch rabbit?

Undercut

What is the white marking found on the face of a Dutch?

Blaze

What is the body portion of the butterfly marking called?

Nosefork

What is the serrated edge to the spine marking in the English Spot called?

Herringbone

What is the marking on each rear hock of a Dutch called?

Stop

Where are the leg spots located on the English Spot?

Elbow of front leg and hock of rear leg

What is the surface or intermediate color band of some varieties of rabbits, which is off-white in color called?

Pearl

What is the narrow white line running between the ears of a Dutch, connecting the blaze to the neck marking called?

Hairline

Describe self when referring to color.

Rabbits with same color fur all over the body, head, legs and tail

Define broken color.

Any recognized rabbit breed color in conjunction with white, and carrying the breed pattern.

What is an eye band?

Thin marking that forms complete outline of the eye; found in the Dwarf Hotot and Blanc de Hotot

Define neck when referring to marking.

Wedge shaped marking that is a portion of the collar, behind the ears, on a Dutch

What is a feature of Tan patterned rabbits when referring to the small area behind the ears which is generally lighter in color than the rest of the coat?

Triangle

All domestic rabbits have only three patterns of coat, what are they?

Agouti, Tan Pattern and Self

How many colors of domestic rabbits are there and what are they?

2; black and chocolate

What are the five eye colors?

Pink, Brown, Blue, Blue gray, Marbled

Describe undercut.

The belly marking on a Dutch rabbit

Referring to color, what are cheeks?

Rounded color head markings that forms blaze and carries down along jaw line of Dutch

Is the stop on a Dutch located on the front legs or hinds legs?

Hind

Where are cheek spots located?

Below the eye, should center where whisker emerges

Colored rabbits exposed to direct sunlight will develop what?

Discolored cast over the fur

How do you describe a solid rabbit?

A rabbit with the same basic color over entire body

What is the term for splotches or streaks of color around eyes of himalayan and pointed white breeds?

Eye Stain

What part of the body is the butterfly found?

Nose

What causes silvering?

Abundance of silver white or silver tipped guard hairs

In Tan Pattern rabbits where on the head must markings appear?

Nostrils, eye circles, jowls, inner edges of ears

What causes rust on a rabbit?

Dead fur about to molt, sunlight

When do you see the colors on a Dutch appear?

Right away

Name the head markings of the Checkered Giant, English Spot, Rhinelander and any broken variety.

Butterfly, Eye Circles, Cheek Spots and Ear Markings

This is the stable genetic feature of the Tan rabbit.

Markings

Tortoise is a recognized color with black shading being the most recognized, however, what are the shades Tortoise can be seen in?

Black, Blue, Chocolate, Lilac

When referring to coat color genetics, the cch gene gives us what pattern on rabbits?

Himalayan pattern

Where on the head must tan pattern rabbits have markings?

Eye circles, nostrils, jowls, inner edges of ears

Name the 6 markings judged on a Dutch.

Cheeks, Blaze, Neck, Saddle, Undercut, Stop