What's the Difference?

Shepherds Nautilus, lilac buck.

Tulamores Caprice, black doe with chewed shoulder wool.

Shepherds Cezanne, blue buck.

I have a thing for color. Everyone who knows me, knows that. Often I am asked for the color on a bunny and what's the difference between, black, blue and lilac english angoras. Nest box babies are often the easy way to tell color. The color at birth gives almost instant color except torts as they tend to change over time until the full coat comes in.

Looking at the nose is another easy way to tell the color. The nose 0n a black is dark black even when the coat appears silver and on some older angoras, almost white. The nose on blues look slate blue and the body is a more silver blue or powder blue. The lilac looks more like a dove gray, kind of pinkish gray and the eyes will often have a red cast to the pupil. They are such pretty colors and so beautiful to spin in their natural state. The middle photo above shows Caprice trying to spin some of her own wool by removing it from her shoulder. Bad bunny!