Tort vs. Pearl

This is a junior tort English Angora, the genetic coding is

aaB-C-D-ee

The eye color of the tort is brown.



This is a junior pearl English Angora, the genetic coding is

aaB-c(chl)-D-ee

The eye color of the pearl with non-dilute D is brown with tinges of ruby glow.

Both rabbits have darker points with lighter color wool, this is due to the non-extension "ee" genes that do not extend the darker color to the rest of the body except the points.   The tort carries C, the full color gene while the pearl carries the light chin gene c(chl).  The light chin gene is also called the sable gene.   The light chin gene removes all the yellow pigment thus the wool is grayish beige without any tan color. 

If one compares the color genetic make-up of these two rabbits, the only difference is in the c series; once again the tort carries C while the pearl carries c(chl).