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Show Class - Colored

Agouti Group

Few Days Old	Few Weeks Old	Adult Color
Lynx, A_bbC_ddE_
Baby Pix Needed	Awesome Angora's Emily. Pix courtesy of JoAnn Schoolcraft.	Surface color is light tan ticked with lilac tipped guard hairs. Has one or more alternating bands of tan and light lilac. Has a light lilac undercolor (white is allowed though).
Chestnut, A_B_C_D_E_
Kits look black, except they have agouti markings - white tummy, white inside of ears.	Eight week old Chestnut buck.	Awesome Angora's Amelia. Pix courtesy of JoAnn Schoolcraft.
Chocolate Agouti, A_bbC_D_E_
		May's Adrian, a six month old Chocolate Agouti. The chocolate behind her causes her nose to have more of a carmel color to it. The chocolate removes the black band from the hair shaft and replaces it white brown.

Self Group

Few Days Old	Few Weeks Old	Adult Color
Black, aaB_C_D_E_
Two day old black kit. Jet black. Belly is also black.	Shown left to right is a REW, Black, Blue Tort, with 2 Torts and another REW behind. There is no doubt when you have a black EA baby - they are JET BLACK. Their wool fades out as they get older, just like the other EA colors do.	Five month old Black EA. Note her jet black nose and face. As they mature, the wool gets lighter.
Blue, aaB_C_ddE_
Pictured at 5 days, top to bottom: tort, black, REW, black, blue, blue tort	Pix Needed	The key on the blue and black EA's is to look at their nose first. The Blue EA has a blue colored nose - it definately is not black. Their wool may look similar at first glance, however, their noses will be very different.
Chocolate, aabbC_D_E_
3 day old kits; 4 Chocolates and 2 Lilac.	Eight week old Chocolate buck, GBF's Mozart. Note his chocolate colored nose. GBF's Taffeta. 8-weeks old.	Pix to come.
Lilac, aabbC_ddE_
3 day old kits; 4 Chocolates and 2 Lilac.	GBF's Pashmina. One of the lilacs pix on the left, now 8-weeks old.	Pix to come.

Shaded Group

Few Days Old	Few Weeks Old	Adult Color
Black Tort
A two or three day old black tort kit. Notice the darker shading on the sides and head.	At 2 weeks, a Tort EA looks like a Tort Holland in coloring.	As adults, the Torts wool is much lighter then when younger. Note how dark the Tort nose is compared to the 4 mth Blue Tort below.
Blue Tort
Blue Tort kit on upper right - his head is resting on a REW. Taken at 1 day old. Note how his color matches his mother's wool color (a blue doe). Pictured at 5 days, top to bottom: tort, black, REW, black, blue, blue tort.	Baby Blue Torts have a blue sheen to their coat. See the blue on his ears, shoulders and front feet. You can tell he is not a self blue, but a blue tort, because of the brown tort color on his back by my thumb and the area on his face between his eyes.	The blue face and nose of a 3 month old Blue Tort. If he were a Self Blue, his wool would match his nose. But it doesn't - it has a brown cast to it on the tips of the wool.
Chocolate Tort
Three day old Chocolate tort kit.and two week old Chocolate Tort kit.	Same kit now two weeks old. Notice he is a carmel color. If he were a Chocolate, he would be a very dark brown/chocolate color.	And, here he is again, GBF's Ghiradelli is growing up. Pictured at 4 months.
Lilac Tort

Show Class - White

Self Group

Few Days Old	Few Weeks Old	Adult Color
REW (Ruby Eyed White)
Two day old REW's. Kits are pink at birth.	As they get older, their white wool comes in and their eyes open to reveal their ruby-red-pink eyes.	GBF's Kastor - Three month old REW.

Pointed Group

Few Days Old	Few Weeks Old	Adult Color
Black Pointed White
As young kits, they look just like a REW. As they get older though, the coloring starts to develop on the nose, tail, ears & feet. 17 day old pointed white kit - not sure of color yet.	Black Point on the right and Chocolate Point on the left.	Pix to Come.
Chocolate Pointed White
See above.	Chocolate Point on the left and Black Point on the right.	Pix to Come.
Blue Pointed White
See above.	A very cute Blue Pointed White buck.	Pix to Come.

English Angora Colors

English Angoras come in many different, beautiful colors. EA's are shown in two classes: White and Colored. The White Group includes the REW, BEW and Pointed Whites. Everything else falls under the Colored Group, including the Brokens.

At the left are pictures of English Angora's in different colors, as babies, youngsters and then as adults. As I acquire pictures I will fill in the blanks.

The EA coloring changes dramatically just in the two weeks after it is born. The change can be even more dramatic as it gets a few months older.

Tort Comparisons

How do you know what color tort it is? Once the kits are 3 or 4 days old, you tell better what color tort they are. The picture below shows, from top to bottom: Black Tort (lighter then my typical black torts), a Chocolate Tort, and a dark Black Tort. The Chocolate Tort has light ears compared to the Black Torts. A Blue Tort would have a definate blue sheen to their wool.

Thank You for Letting Me Use Your Pictures:

Jo Ann Schoolcraft - Jo's Awesome Angora's.

Last Modified: October 3rd, 2010