Color genetics are a funny thing. In rabbits they are easily mapped out on paper and as a result, litters can often be predicted, but just as often nature shows the big middle finger and throws us all for a loop. Adhering to the color breeding rules brings predictability. Breeding whatever to whatever without regard often produces color throw up (surprises).
Many colors can hide as a recessive for GENERATIONS upon GENERATIONS. (BEW, Steel, Pointed White)

Generally, the color of any given rabbit is written out in the course of 5 pairs of letters. AABBCCDDEE others are extra.
Each parents contributes one of each.
For example the B series determines black or brown. All rabbit colors are black or brown based. Depending on what the parents carry, options are .. BB, Bb, or bb. BB and Bb are black or black based. Capital letters are dominant and overpower everything else. Only bb shows chocolate or chocolate based. A parent can only give what it has. If both parents are BB, or one is BB and one is Bb, they will never produce chocolate (bb).
If you see B? this means there is an unknown, but in this case it wouldnt matter because capitals are dominant.
If you see B- this means BB.

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Order of Dominance Top to Bottom
Many times one influences the other, rather than standing alone.
Color genetics are a funny thing.

A Series Agouti - A tan Pattern - at or self - a	B Series Black - B or brown - b	C Series Pigments that are expressed or hidden	D Series dilute or full color	E Series (extension) How far black pigment extends up the hair shaft	Broken abbreviated -en- due to English Spot origins	Wide Band (red group)
A Agouti (Dominant)	B Black (Dominant)	C Full Color (Dominant)	D Intensity (Dominant)	Es Steel (Dominant)	En Broken (Dominant)	W
at Tan Pattern (recessive)	bb Chocolate (recessive)	cchd Dark Chinchilla	dd Diluted (recessive)	E Extension (Dominant)	enen Solid (recessive)	ww wideband coloration (recessive)
aa Self (recessive)	*	cchl Light Chinchilla Shaded	*	ej Harlequin Japanese (recessive)	*	*
*	*	ch Himilayan (Pointed White)	*	ee Non-Extension (recessive)	*	*
*	*	cc Albino (mostrecessive)	*	*	*	*

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Black Sire	Opal Mother
aa B? C? D? E?	A? B? C? D? E?

Each parent contributes one selection in each series presented. Remember, the ? can be either Dominant (capital letter) or recessive (lowercase letter). So for the A (Agouti) Series, the possible outcomes of breeding Black to Opal are only aA or aa
This means the possible offspring could be Agouti or Self. Do this with each letter series to create the genetic sentence to determine offspring possibilities.
As you breed generation after generation or do test breedings to determine unknowns, especially with REWs,
those ? in your sequences will identify themselves.

Sequencing Charts

SELF	Sequences
Black	aa B? C? D? E?
Blue	aa B? C? dd E?
Chocolate	aa bb C? D? E?
Lilac	aa bb C? dd E?

AGOUTI	Sequences
Chestnut / Copper (copper has an excess of rufous modifiers)	A? B? C? D? E?
Opal	A? B? C? dd E?
Chocolate Agouti	A? bb C? D? E?
Lynx	A? bb C? dd E?

CHINCHILLA GROUP	Sequences
Chinchilla	A? B? cchd? D? E?
Squirrel (Blue Chin)	A? B? cchd? dd E?
Chocolate Chin	A? bb cchd? D? E?
Lilac Chin	A? bb cchd? dd E?
Black Self Chin	aa B? cchd? D? E?
Blue Self Chin	aa B? cchd? dd E?
Chocolate Self Chin	aa bb cchd? D? E?
Lilac Self Chin	aa bb cchd? dd E?

SHADED GROUP	Sequences
Black Tort	aa B? C? D? ee
Blue Tort	aa B? C? dd ee
Chocolate Tort	aa bb C? D? ee
Lilac Tort	aa bb C? dd ee
Black Pearl	aa B? cchd? D? ee
Blue Pearl	aa B? cchd? OR cchl? dd ee
Chocolate Pearl	aa bb cchd? OR cchl? D? ee
Lilac Pearl	aa bb cchd? OR cchl? dd ee
Sable Pearl	aa B? cchl? D? ee
Sable	aa B? cchl? D? E?
Smoke Pearl	aa B? cchl? dd E?
Seal	aa bb cchl cchl D? E?

WIDE BAND GROUP	Sequences
Red (same as fawn except w/extra rufous modifiers)	A? B? OR bb C? D? ee ww
Fawn	A? B? OR bb C? D? ee ww
Cream	A? B? OR bb C? dd ee ww

POINTED WHITE (HIMI)	Sequences
Black Pointed White	aa B? ch? D? E?
Blue Pointed White	aa B? ch? dd E?
Chocolate Pointed White	aa bb ch? D? E?
Lilac Pointed White	aa bb ch? dd E?

TICKED GROUP	Sequences
Steel (C is Gold Tipped, cchd is Silver Tipped all color options)	A? B? C? OR cchd? D? EsE OR EsEs
Blue Steel	A? B? C? OR cchd? dd EsE OR EsEs
Chocolate Steel	A? bb C? OR cchd? D? EsE OR EsEs
Lilac Steel	A? bb C? OR cchd? dd EsE OR EsEs
Self Steel If rabbit carries Es & ee it can appear Self and hide Steel	A? OR aa ?? C? OR cchd? ?? Esee

HARLEQUIN GROUP	Sequences
Black Japanese (well marked)	A? B? C? D? eje OR ejej enen
Black Japanese (poorly marked)	aa B? C? D? eje OR ejej enen
Black Magpie	A? B? cchd? D? eje OR ejej enen
Black Tri - Color	A? B? C? D? eje OR ejej Enen

WEIRD SHIT GROUP	Sequences
REW	?? ?? cc ?? ?? ??
Ermine	A? ?? cchd? OR cchl? ?? ee
Martinized Pointed White	A? ?? ch? ?? E?
BEW and the Vienna Gene	VV - Normal Vv - Vienna Marked OR Carrier vv - BEW

Credit given where Credit is due. Much of this information came from Marna Davis of Class Act Angoras