What color are my mini rex rabbits?

[HuffleClaw]

Hello!
I have 2 bunnies. I know they are mini rex females... but I don’t know what color they actually are.

Tippin is the brown-ish one and Fauna is the calico looking one

Thanks y’all!

 

[Jrnguyen]

Your babies look like mine! I'm new to this bunny business, but from my own research, it looks like you have a Blue Silver Marten and a Harlequin.
These are my babies!

 

[HuffleClaw]

Your babies look like mine! I'm new to this bunny business, but from my own research, it looks like you have a Blue Silver Marten and a Harlequin.
These are my babies!

Thank you so much!

 

[HuffleClaw]

Well I googled the Blue Silver Marten color, it’s a little bit darker than Tippin is. But otherwise looks fairly close. I think you’re correct about Fauna being a Harlequin, thanks again @Jrnguyen!

 

[Jrnguyen]

https://wildriverrabbitry.weebly.com/mini-rex-color-guide.html

This color guide should help! Silver Martens also come in a lighter lilac. Could also be a Blue or Lilac Otter depending on markings.

 

[Bunnylady]

Fauna appears to be a Torted Harlequin - a rabbit that has Harlequin markings expressing over Tortoise. Tippin is a Chestnut (Agouti pattern, not Tan - so not any kind of Otter or Marten). The "correct" version of Chestnut in the Mini Rex is a color called Castor; basically, it's Chestnut + rufous modifiers. The rufous ramps up the yellow/red pigment, creating a deeper, richer all-over redder shade than your basic Chestnut.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Fauna appears to be a Torted Harlequin - a rabbit that has Harlequin markings expressing over Tortoise. Tippin is a Chestnut (Agouti pattern, not Tan - so not any kind of Otter or Marten). The "correct" version of Chestnut in the Mini Rex is a color called Castor; basically, it's Chestnut + rufous modifiers. The rufous ramps up the yellow/red pigment, creating a deeper, richer all-over redder shade than your basic Chestnut.

Thank you so much! You are awesome!

 

[007Sean]

Hello!
I have 2 bunnies. I know they are mini rex females... but I don’t know what color they actually are.

Tippin is the brown-ish one and Fauna is the calico looking one
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Thanks y’all!

I don't know anything about rabbits, except they taste pretty good but I bet @CapricornFarm does!

 

[Bunnylady]

Thank you so much! You are awesome!

You're welcome! I don't know about "awesome" . . . but thirty years of breeding rabbits (including Mini Rex and Harlequins) seem to have taught me a thing or three.

 

[HuffleClaw]

You're welcome! I don't know about "awesome" . . . but thirty years of breeding rabbits (including Mini Rex and Harlequins) seem to have taught me a thing or three.

Well you’re definitely awesome in my eyes! 30 years is huge!!