Horse Colors



There are many different horse colors existing, but the basic ones are Bay, Chestnut and Black. Most of the other colors are modified versions of these colors, due to genetics.

Bay- Brown coat with black points(mane, tail, legs, muzzle and ears). There are several shades of brown coat though points are always black.

Black- Coat color completely black including skin, mane, tail, limbs and muzzle.

Chestnut-� Coat color of bright, rather carrot red.� Skin, muzzle and tail the same color, though mane and�� tail may be lighter or flaxen. There are several shades of chestnut.
Dark Chestnut From reddish-brown to near black
Golden Chestnut Reddish shot with gold
Light Chestnut Red with a tinge of cream (mealy), yellow (lemon) or sorrel.
Liver Chestnut Between sand and cooked liver in color
Red Chestnut Deep bright red

Appaloosa- The base coat is any solid color with a pattern of spots. There are several different patterns. Visible skin is mottled pink. Typical of appaloosa's is small hooves with striping and thin coarse manes and tails.
Blanket A solid base coat with a white rump covered in spots. Spots spread through the rest of the body.
Leopard White base coat with black, or brown/red spots spread throughout the coat
Snowflake A dark base coat with a few small snowflake like spots on the body
Few-spot or no-spot Appaloosa with almost no spots or no spots.


Brindle-�Brindle isn't common coloring on horses but is seen often on dogs and cattle. It's striping all over the body and is still being researched. The stripes are usually darker and seem to physically stand up from the hair of the base color of the horse. It is often confused with dun factor because of the stripes on duns, but a horse can be both dun and brindle at the same time, or simply brindle or dun.

Brown- Coat color is dark brown with lighter brown highlights on the muzzle and flanks.

Buckskin- Buckskin horses are a light-to-dark sandy yellow or tan color with all black points. Buckskins are very similar to duns, however, buckskins do not have a dorsal stripe or other "primitive" markings that are shown in the dun color.

Champagne- A dilution. The horse is born with pink skin and blue eyes which darken as it ages.

Cremello-�Creamy colored hairs with pink skin and pinkish eyes. Almost like an albino but darker.

Dun-�Light sandy coloured coat with black main and tail. A dorsal stripe, and sometimes zebras stripes on the legs and a stripe across the whithers. There are several shades of dun.

Grey-�Horses with black skin and a mixture of white and black hairs. Grey horses are born darker and fade out when they're older. Grey can vary from near black to near white.
Light Grey Dark skin with mostly white hairs, look white.
Steel Grey Dark skin with mostly black hair.
Dapple Grey Lighter grey base with darker grey rings.
Flea-Bitten Grey Light grey coat with little spots of brown hair.
Rose Grey Black coat with white and chestnut hairs mixed in. It looks almost like roan but rose grey fade from a darker color and can dapple, unlike roan.


Grulla- A range of mousey-grey browns.

Palomino-�A creamy-golden color. Mane and tail are white with only a small amount of darker hair. White markings only on the legs and face. There are many different shades of palomino.

Paint/Pinto-�White with patches of color. Piebald and Skewbald.

Piebald-�Distinct patches of black and white on black skin in two forms.

Roan-�A solid colored coat with white hairs mixed in with it.
Blue Roan A black base coat with white hairs throughout.
Red Roan A bay base coat with white hairs dispersed throughout.
Strawberry Roan A chestnut base coat with white hairs dispersed throughout.
Skewbald-�Large, irregular patches of white and any other color except black.




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