Netherland Dwarf Color Guide
**UNDER CONSTRUCTION**
(I would like to use most of my own pictures, with some exceptions of colors I don't really work with, so this page may take a little time to build! For now all I have are a few adult pics but will be adding more as well as pictures of kits at different ages as I get them to help identify kit colors.....please bear with me!)
Being so new to the breed I've been having a difficult time being able to tell the difference between newborn kit colors. I've been trying to research the colors on the internet but all I seem to be finding are incomplete pages and links that no longer work and it's been really frustrating!! So....I've decided to work on setting up a page myself! It will take me a while but hopefully it will help future breeders and rabbit lovers alike!!!
*Color descriptions are based on the Netherland Dwarf Official Guidebook as published by the ANDRC*
(Click on any image for a larger view)
(I would like to use most of my own pictures, with some exceptions of colors I don't really work with, so this page may take a little time to build! For now all I have are a few adult pics but will be adding more as well as pictures of kits at different ages as I get them to help identify kit colors.....please bear with me!)
Being so new to the breed I've been having a difficult time being able to tell the difference between newborn kit colors. I've been trying to research the colors on the internet but all I seem to be finding are incomplete pages and links that no longer work and it's been really frustrating!! So....I've decided to work on setting up a page myself! It will take me a while but hopefully it will help future breeders and rabbit lovers alike!!!
*Color descriptions are based on the Netherland Dwarf Official Guidebook as published by the ANDRC*
(Click on any image for a larger view)
Group 1 - Self
 Shinobi's Narcissa | REW (Ruby-Eyed White)
The surface and under color is to be pure white over the entire animal. The eyes are to have a ruby red pupil with a lighter pink color in the iris. |
 Roadie Roo's Dynamite | BEW (Blue-Eyed White)
The surface and under color is to be pure white over the entire animal. The eyes are to be a brilliant blue. |
 VP's Hayley | Black
The surface color is to be rich, jet black over the entire animal and extending well down the hair shaft. The under color is to be a dark slate blue. The eyes are brown. |
 VP's Billie Jean | Blue
The surface color is to be dark blue over the entire animal and extending well down the hair shaft. The under color is to be a medium blue. The eyes are blue gray. (the under color appears to be a little white in this picture but the baby pictured is only 3 weeks old so hopefully she will grow out of it as she gets older!) |
 KT's Green M&M Chocolate (Photo Courtesy of Beth Tranter of Hip Hop Ranch)
| Chocolate
The surface color is to be rich chocolate over the entire animal and extending well down the hair shaft. The under color is to be a dove gray. The eyes are brown. |
Lilac
The surface color is to be dove gray with a pinkish tint over the entire animal and extending well down the hair shaft. The under color is to be a pale dove gray. The eyes are blue gray. |
Group 2 - Shaded
Sable Point
The nose, ears, feet, and tail are to be a rich sepia brown. The color on the points is to fade rapidly to a rich creamy body surface color which has a creamy white under color. Darker shading is permissible around the eyes. Eyes are to be brown. |
 KT Tooting Good Time | Siamese Sable
The surface color is to be a rich sepia brown on the head, ears, loin, outside of legs, and top of the tail. The surface color will fade to a lighter sepia brown on the side, chest, belly, inside of the legs, and underside of the tail. Dark face color is to fade from the eyes to the jaws and all blending of colors is to be gradual and free from blotches or streaks. The under color will be slightly lighter than the surface color. Eyes are to be brown. |
Siamese Smoke Pearl
The surface color is to be a rich smoke gray on the head, ears, loin, outside of legs, and top of the tail. The surface color will fade to a lighter pearl gray on the side, chest, belly, inside of the legs, and underside of the tail. Dark face color is to fade from the eyes to the jaws and blend with the chest color. All blending of colors is to be gradual and free from blotches or streaks. The under color will be slightly lighter than the surface color. Eyes are to be blue gray. |
Group 3 - Agouti
 J & H's Bernard | Chestnut
The surface color on the top and sides of the body is to be a light brown ticked with jet black. The intermediary band is to be a well defined orange over a dark slate blue under color. The chest is to be a light brown over a dark slate blue under color. The top of the tail is to be black, sparsely ticked with light brown over a dark slate blue under color. The nape of the neck is to be orange with the ears laced in black. Eyes are to be brown. |
 BJ's Molly | Opal
The surface color on the top and sides of the body is to be blue mingled with fawn. The intermediary band is to be fawn over a medium slate blue under color. The chest is to be fawn over a medium slate blue under color. The top of the tail is to be blue, sparsely ticked with fawn over a medium slate blue under color. The nape of the neck is to be fawn. Eyes are to be blue gray. |
 GC Rainier's Timmy | Chinchilla
The surface color on the top and sides of the body is to be pearl white ticked with jet black. The intermediary band is to be well defined pearl white over a dark slate blue under color. The chest is to be a pearl white over a dark slate blue under color. The top of the tail is to be black, sparsely ticked with white over a dark slate blue under color. The nape of the neck is to be white with ears laced in black. Eyes are to be brown. |
Group 4 - Tan Pattern
Otter (Black, Blue, Chocolate, Lilac)
The surface color of the head, outside of ears, front of fore feet, and the top and sides of the body are to be of the surface and under color described in the respective self varieties. The Black and Chocolate animals will have orange marking and ticking color while the Blue and Lilac animals will have fawn marking and ticking color. The belly, nostrils, eye circles, jowls, underside of tail, inside of the ears, back of the fore feet, and the inside of the hind feet and legs are to be a creamy white, highlighted by an orange or fawn marking as it meets the self color of the body. The under color of the belly is to be a slate blue. The triangle and the collar are to be orange or fawn. Prominent orange or fawn ticking is to be evenly distributed around the chest, sides, and lower hindquarters. The eye color is to be as described in the respective self varieties. |
Sable Marten
The surface color of the head, outside of ears, loin, outside of the legs, and the top of the tail is to be a rich sepia brown with a slightly lighter under color. The surface color will fade to a lighter sepia on the sides and chest. All blending of color is to be gradual and free from blotches and streaks. The nostrils, eye circles, jowls, inside of the ears, triangle color, back of fore feet, inside of the hind feet and legs, belly, and the underside of the tail are to be a sliver-white in color. Prominent silver-white guard hairs are to be evenly distributed around the chest, sides, and lower hindquarters. Eyes are to be brown. |
Silver Marten (Black, Blue, Chocolate, Lilac)
The surface color of the head, outside of ears, front of fore feet, outside if the hind feet, and the top and sides of the body are to be of the surface and under color described in the respective self varieties. The belly, nostrils, eye circles, jowls, underside of tail, inside of the ears, back of the fore feet, and the inside of the hind feet and legs are to be a silver-white in color. Prominent silver-white guard hairs are to be evenly distributed around the chest, sides, and lower hindquarters. Eye color is to be as described in the respective self varieties. |
Group 5 - AOV
 LT's Ruby - Black Himi  Garrett's Gone West - Blue Himi | Himalayan (Black, Blue, Chocolate, or Lilac)
The body color is to be white to the skin, except on the points. The colored points are the nose, ears, feet, and tail. The color of the points is to be as described in the respective self varieties and the color is to be deep and even. The nose marking is to come up on the face and be well rounded, clean cut, and distinct. The markings are to be carried well up the forelegs and above the hock joint on the hind legs. The ears are to be well colored and clean at the base. Allowances should be made for developing color on juniors. The upper and lower sides if the tail are to be well colored. The eyes are to have a ruby red pupil with a lighter pink color on the iris. |
 West Coast's Elliot - Broken Black Otter (Photo Courtesy of Beth Tranter of Hip Hop Ranch)
| Broken
Color is to indicate any recognized breed variety in conjunction with white. It is to have both ears colored, color around the eyes, and nose. The body pattern may be spotted, with individual colored spots or patches over the back, sides, and hips, or a blanket pattern starting at or near the neck and continuing over the back, sides, and hips. Preference to be given to an evenly balanced pattern. Toenails should be white but no fault or disqualification for colored toenail(s). Eye color to correspond to the colored variety requirement. |
More colors and pictures added soon! =o)
