Self Group
Solids
| Few Days Old | Few Weeks Old | Adult Color |
| Black, aaB_C_D_E_ | ||
| "The surface color is to be rich, jet black, extending well down the hair shaft. The undercolor is to be a dark slate-blue. Eyes: Brown." | ||
Black hollands are jet black when they are just a couple days old. Tummies and ears are also black. |
GBF's Indigo - sire to black buck shown to the right, GBF's Indy. |
 GBF's Indy. |
| Blue, aaB_C_ddE_ | ||
| "The surface color is to be rich, dark blue, extending well down the hair shaft. The undercolor is to be a medium blue. Eyes: Blue-gray." | ||
Blue holland kits are dark blue over their entire bodies. Shown left to right: Orange, Siamese Sable, Broken Opal, Blue, and Black Tort kits at 9 days old. The Siamese Sable and Blue look identical at first, but then the SS gets a shimmery cast to its coat. The Broken Opal looks much like a Broken Blue at a few days old, but will have Agouti markings. 
Blue, Lilac Tort and Blue kits. |
4-weeks. Pix permission of Ki Pippenger. |
GBF's Oliver. 
Chocolate, Blue (GBF's Airdrie), and Lilac. |
| Chocolate, aa bb C_ D_ E_ | ||
| "The surface color is to be rich chocolate, extending well down the hair shaft. The undercolor is to be a dove-gray. Eyes: Brown." | 
2-days old. Left to right: Lilac, Chocolate, Chocolate Agouti, Chocolate. Kits will be a light cocoa color over their entire body. Pix permission of Amy Hinkle. 
Three Chocolate, 1 Chocolate Otter (top), 1 Lilac, 1 Broken Chocolate (bottom right), and 1 Broken Chocolate Silver Marten (all white on the inside of his ears). Pix permission of Christina Hallock. |
4-weeks. ARR's Boeing. Pix permission of Amy Hinkle. 
2-month old Chocolates with a Lilac for comparison. |
Holland Haven's Jonah - Chocolate Buck. Pix permission of Keith Becki. 
GBF's Kastania. |
| Lilac, aa bb C_ dd E_ | ||
| "The surface color is to be dove-gray with a pinkish tiny, extending well down the hair shaft. The undercolor is to be a pale dove-gray. Eyes: Blue-gray." |
Left: Broken Lilac. Right: Broken Blue. These may have actually been steel kits, but at this age, it doesn't matter. The picture still shows the difference in color between a Lilac and a Blue.
2-days old. Left to right: Lilac, Chocolate, Chocolate Agouti, Chocolate. Lilac's appear pale silvery gray - they are lighter then a blue tort - and have no shading of course. Pix permission of Amy Hinkle.  Two broken chocolate and two lilac kits. Pix permission of Christina Hallock. |
 GBF's Kennedy at 2.5 months. If you don't have a Blue available to compare against, you might think you have a Blue. However, Lilacs are lighter in color then a Blue. It's easiest to tell when they are just little kits, as Blue's are a nice dark blue. As kits, Lilacs are quite pale. |
 Pix permission of Christina Hallock. |
| REW, ?? ?? cc ?? ?? | ||
| "The surface color and undercolor is to be pure white. The eyes are to have a ruby red pupil with a lighter pink color in the iris." | ||
Two day old REW's. Kits are pink at birth. These are English Angora kits, but Hollands look the same at birth color wise. |
As they get older, their white wool comes in and their eyes open to reveal their ruby-red-pink eyes. 17-days old. |
GBF's Unrewlee. 
GBF's Unrewlee. |
| BEW, ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? vv | ||
| "The surface color and undercolor is to be pure white. The eyes are to be billiant blue." | ||
Same as a REW kit. |
Hobb's Hera. Picture permission of Mythical Lops Rabbitry. |
IR Cupid. Picture permission of Mythical Lops Rabbitry. |
Brokens
| Few Days Old | Few Weeks Old | Adult Color |
| Broken Black | ||
Jet black and pink. The pink gradually turns to white after a few days. |
Jet black and bright white fur. GBF's Domino. |
Jet black and bright white fur. Campo's Hobie at 6.5 years old! |
| Broken Blue | ||
 Chocolate Tort, Sable Point, Broken Blue kits. |
 Pix permission of Katie Boswell. |
 Dragonfly's Dakota. Picture permission of Kristen Heines. |
| Broken Chocolate | ||
 Broken chocolate (on right) and lilac tort kits. Pix permission of Katie Boswell. Two broken chocolate and two lilac kits. Pix permission of Christina Hallock.
Kits that are a bit older, showing darker colors: Three Chocolate, 1 Chocolate Otter (top), 1 Lilac, 1 Broken Chocolate (bottom right), and 1 Broken Chocolate Silver Marten (all white on the inside of his ears). Pix permission of Christina Hallock. |
Broken chocolate. Pix permission of Christina Hallock. |
 Pix permission of Katie Boswell.  MTS Hollands Mojo. Pix permission of Christina Hallock. |
| Broken Lilac | ||
 Broken Chocolate, Lilac and Broken Lilac kits. Pix permission of Christina Hallock. |
Need pix. | Need pix. |
Holland Lop Colors
Same color over the entire body of the rabbit, including stomach, feet, tail and ears. These rabbits are one solid color.
The REW's and BEW's look the same whether they are solid or broken.
Recent Updates:
Broken Choc Jr, Broken Choc Sr; Broken Choc Kits; Lilac Kits; Lilac Sr. 06/13/2012.
Comparison Photos:
A comparison photo of Chocolate, Blue (GBF's Airdrie) and Lilac (GBF's Kennedy) Hollands:
Chocolates and a Lilac:
Genetics of SELF Colors
ALL self group colors are ALWAYS a minimum of: aa__C_ __E_ (EXCEPT for REW and BEW).
A basic BLACK is aaB_C_D_E_.
To make CHOCOLATE, you simply change the B_ to 'bb'. So, Chocolate is aabbC_D_E_. Remember, the B-series has only two alleles, "B" for BLACK and "b" for BROWN (otherwise known as chocolate for us Holland folks). The chocolate allele is recessive, so for it to show itself there MUST be two of them. So, to be chocolate, it must be "bb" in the B-series.
To make BLUE, you simply change the D_ to 'dd'. So, Blue is aaB_C_ddE_. The D-series is very simple, just like the B-series. There is only "D", for dense, and "d" for dilute. The dilute allele is recessive, so for it to show itself, there MUST be two of them. So, to be Blue, it must be "dd" in the D-series.
And, to make Lilac, you simply change BOTH the B_ and D_ to 'bb' and 'dd'. So, Lilac is aabbC_ddE_. Anything Lilac, is ALWAYS both CHOCOLATE AND DILUTE.
Genetics of the REW
A REW is easy and hard at the same time. It is easy in that it is ALWAYS "cc". It does not matter what the A, B, D or E-series alleles are. When two "c" alleles pair up in a kit, it creates a REW. This HIDES the other genes the rabbit possesses.
Having a REW in your breeding program can be very beneficial ASSUMING you know what genes it is hiding. If you are working on Sable Points, you would not want to use a REW that is Agouti or Otter based (for Holland Lops anyway). But, if the REW is aaE_ or aaee, it is perfect to breed to Seals or Seal Points, as all offspring will be Sable Points or Siamese Sables. And, they will be correctly colored.
A REW is also nice if you're trying to figure out the color of another rabbit - specifically what that other rabbit is in the C-series.
Genetics of the BEW
A BEW is similar to how a REW works, but it uses an entirely different gene series that I haven't addressed yet. This is the V-series; the "Vienna Gene". The V-series only has two alleles, "V" or "v". The combination of "vv" makes the Blue Eyed White. It hides all the other genes, much like the "cc" does. However, this creates the brilliant blue eyes instead of the ruby eyes. If a rabbit is "Vv" then it could be either what is called VM (vienna marked) or a VC (vienna carrier).
A VM typically has dutch like markings, but could also have a stripe on the face, snip of white of the nose, spots of white on the shoulders, white toes or excessive scattered white hairs. The eyes are sometimes partially or totally blue.
A VC will look like whatever the other genes say the rabbit is - perhaps a self black or a blue tort - and may be perfectly showable. HOWEVER, the breeder needs to be aware of the presence of the Vienna gene. VM's and VC's SHOULD ONLY BE USED IN BEW PROGRAMS!
REW removes all pigment from the rabbit, even the pigment in the eye. So, if a rabbit is BOTH "cc" AND "vv", the rabbit will be all white and have ruby red eyes, as the 'cc' removes ALL pigment. It is not recommended to cross REWs and BEWs in your breeding program. It is also recommened that you DO NOT mix in Shaded or Chocolate varieties into a BEW program. This is because these varieties have a ruby-cast to their eyes, which can alter the correct blue eye color of the BEW. Brokens should also be avoided to prevent confusion in the markings (is it a broken or a VM??), and mis-colored eyes on Brokens.