Is there a name for this colour?

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I'm not overly concerned with correct colour names for our meat mutts, but I'm tired of referring to this rabbit as "the young browny-black doe". She is our keeper from Alice's December litter. Alice is black with white on nose, throat and feet. Jasper, the sire, is a NZR. This youngster in some lights looks like a rich mahogany frosted with black. In other lights she looks more like a very dark agouti. She has dark eyes.
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Variations of this colour have popped up from time to time. I was rather pleased that this gal was the best of the does from that litter. I don't save on the basis of colour because we are talking meat mutts here, but it's always nice to have a variety of colours in the nest box. Lately the kits have mostly been red or fawn - not surprising with a NZR daddy.
 
Looks like a sha-gouti to me. That is when you take a shaded and breed it to a agouti. Looks like a sable with a chestnut.
 
I don't think it's quite a gold-tipped steel. It is way too shaded looking for one. I'd say a sable, but more likely a sable steel. Flash on a sable or a sable steel can make their color look awfully funny.

And by the way, there is no such thing as a sha-gouti. There ARE sable chinchillas, smoke pearl chinchillas, sable steels & smoke pearl steels.

Qadoshyah
 
Brody":938kaaio said:
umm dark brown?
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:lol: Works for me, Brody, although that really doesn't describe the black over brown shading. In some lights she looks like brown velvet airbrushed with black. However I notice this less often lately and the ticking/tipping seems more pronounced.

I know! I'll just give her a name and then I won't have to refer to her by colour at all! :D
 
Not golden steel, if what I had was any example, seems agouti based
the guard hairs are black, with steel, they would hold the color
 
Let's name her BROWNIE

hahahahahaha - i slay me :)

I'm awful - i keep thinking - hmm i wonder what colour you are in rabbit speak when i look at our gang .. and then i think - nearly black; cream, whatever ... LOL
moonkitten is a greta help but the wierd colours just don't stick in my brain :)
 
It looks sable too me.if shes any agouti and you blow into her fur you will see different ring colors.
 

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