Tortoiseshell/Harlequin...

[DemiS]

Sorry for information overload, been a boring day :lol:

Here are two black torts...
http://www.rabbitcolors.info/int/en/entry/show.html?id=444
http://www.rabbitcolors.info/int/en/entry/show.html?id=466

See how the 'extremeties' (ears/legs/tail/nose and a bit of flank) are shaded?

With Harlequins, they can look very different depending on the balance of black/blue/lilac/chocolate and orange/fawn. Here are two black harlequins...
http://www.rabbitcolors.info/int/en/entry/show.html?id=682
http://www.rabbitcolors.info/int/en/entry/show.html?id=499

 

[georgie_f]

Ahh, I see!

I think I've been getting confused because the rabbits I've seen lately being discribed as 'tortoiseshell' have actually been harlequins. I was thinking tortoiseshell might be this sort of colour -

Sort of the same as harlequin but in spots rather than patches. If that makes sense. I guess that colour is actually 'tri coloured'?

Obviously tortoiseshell in rabbits is much different to tortoiseshell in cats.

 

[Jemma&Theo]

whats earl?

 

[DemiS]

Yep georgie that's a tri-dalmation rex

Is earl the bun in your sig? He's a tri colour, or broken harlequin

 

[tulsi]

I love all these colours. This a great thread. Good info and wonderful wabbits!

 

[Lea-Anne]

I consider Jester as a harlequin and Frags a tortie ( white, ginger and brown like a tortie cat)

 

[Mirth]

Peter is a Harlequin dutch. I googled his colour years ago as I was calling him a tort and wanted to know if it was a common colour in Dutch rabbits. Didn't know they would be called a tri-dutch.

http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?382669-Peter-has-a-new-friend