Rabbit Fur Colors

Rabbits come in many colors and patterns. Here are some of the recognized colors and their descriptions.


Black - pure black

Blue - a blue-gray color

Chocolate - darkish brown

Lilac - light grayish-purple

BEW - "Blue-eyed white" white fur with blue eyes

REW - "Ruby-eyed white" white fur with red eyes

Sable - a dark sepia brown

Siamese Sable - shading of dark sepia brown

Seal - a dark sepia brown

Agouti - a blend of black and brown colors (like a wild cottontail rabbit)

Opal Agouti - a blend of blue and brown colors

Chocolate Agouti - a blend of chocolate and brown colors

Lynx Agouti - a blend of lilac and brown colors

Black Otter - black body with silver tipping around the ears, eyes, and color and silver underparts

Blue Otter - blue body with silver tipping around the ears, eyes, and color and silver underparts

Chocolate Otter - Chocolate body with silver tipping around the ears, eyes, and color and silver underparts

Lilac Otter - lilac body with silver tipping around the ears, eyes, and color and silver underparts

Broken - white with patches or spots or any recognized color

Castor - brownish-redish-orange

Chinchilla - a blend of light and dark gray colors forming bands

Smoke - gray shading to light gray or white. Darker on nose, ears, feet, and tail.

Fawn - shading of light yellowish-tan

Lynx - light orange shaded with light, pale blue

Orange - a bright brownish orange

Pearl - rich blue-gray

Steel - black with light brown ticking throughout.

Silver Marten - black, blue, chocolate, or lilac over the body with silver around eyes, inside ears, collar, and underside.

Sable Marten - dark brown over body with silver around eyes, inside ears, collar, and underside.

Himalayan - red eyes with white body and dark ears (can be black, blue, chocolate, or lilac), nose, feet, and tail

Red - redish-brown

Tan Pattern - black, blue, chocolate, or lilac over the body with tan eye circles, collar, underparts and inside the ears.

Tortoiseshell - dark, smokey, sepia brown on nose, ears, feet, and tail with a lighter tan shading on the back

Blue Tortoiseshell - smokey blue on nose, ears, feet, and tail with a lighter tan shading on the back

Lilac Tortoiseshell - smokey lilac color on nose, ears, feet, and tail with a lighter shading on the back