Chocolate Fawn and Black Fawn

French Angora, ears of a chocolate fawn.

French Angora, ears of a black fawn, they have dark ticking.

French Angora, face of a chocolate fawn.

French Angora, face of a black fawn, lots of black tips on the fawn wool.

French Angora, wool of a chocolate fawn.   It should have wide bands but the lighting is not the best.

English Angora, wool of a young chocolate fawn.   The French Angora above should have similar orange/fawn wide band but the French Angora photo does not have good light thus an English Angora wool photo is added to clarify the proper color.

French Angora, black fawn that shows grayish band of wool, considered a fault.   (This French Angora is in the process of being cut down, the left side shows her skin).  

The new standard is coming out in 2021, the wording of the fault remains the same but the fawn is being recognized that there are two kinds: Black and chocolate, and cream will be recognized that there are also two kinds: blue and lilac.

Breeding advise:  The Standard does not give any preference to black tort or chocolate tort (dilute version: blue tort or lilac tort).   Having black/blue mask and ears is as good as the chocolate/lilac face and ears in the tort group.   However, in fawn  there is a strong preference given to chocolate fawn and lilac cream as they are considered as "clean".   The black fawn and blue cream are considered as a fault in color.  If you wish to avoid your show animal being faulted,  use chocolate (bb) based parents to achieve the "clean" look.    Once again, be reminded that color only carries 5 points, it should be considered as the icing on the cake but not the cake itself.   If the rabbit has wool and body, color fault is not going to be a deterrent in doing well in shows.