Post by Adrienne Dionas on Oct 12, 2008 15:02:21 GMT -5
Okay, so we know there is a pretty big variety of colors for a horse's coat.Here is a list of the colors that a horse can have and their descriptions.
Bay: Brown with a black main and tail and black points on the ears, muzzle, and lower legs. Occasionally have white markings on their legs and face.
Chestnut: Reddish brown with no black points. Mane and tail are either a lighter, or darker shade of the body color. May be white markings on face and legs.
Black: Must have a black coat with no trace of brown hairs as well as the mane and tail. Can have white markings on face and legs.
Brown: Coat is a mixture of black and brown hair and mane and tail are a dark brown.
Grey: Skin pigment is dark and coat contains black and white hairs.
Flea Bitten Grey
Roan: White hairs mixed evenly in the main coat coloring. Mane and tail may also contain white hairs.
Blue Roan
Palomino: Golden coat with white or creme mane and tail. Can have white markings on the mane and tail.
Skewbald: a coat made up of chestnut (or any color besides black) and white patches, on top of either pink or dark skin.
Piebald: Similar to skewbald except that the coat has patches of white and black.
Dun: Beige coat with black mane and tail, points , dark dorsal strip, and can have dark wither strips and zebra stripes on the legs.
Creme: Often mistaken for white; The coat and mane and tail are a pale-creme color.
Appaloosa: The appaloosa has several different patterns.
Blanket: White coat over the hips that may or may not have spots
Marble: When the coat is a roan color with dark coloring at the edges of the body, and white, frost in the middle of the body.
Leopard: White coat with black or liver colored spots
Frost: White speckling on a dark coat
Blanket Appaloosa
Grulla: Considered a gray version of the dun. Has a grayish coat and the same markings as a dun.
White/ Albino: A horse is not truly white unless it is an albino. White coat, mane, and tail. Blue Eyes
Bay: Brown with a black main and tail and black points on the ears, muzzle, and lower legs. Occasionally have white markings on their legs and face.
Chestnut: Reddish brown with no black points. Mane and tail are either a lighter, or darker shade of the body color. May be white markings on face and legs.
Black: Must have a black coat with no trace of brown hairs as well as the mane and tail. Can have white markings on face and legs.
Brown: Coat is a mixture of black and brown hair and mane and tail are a dark brown.
Grey: Skin pigment is dark and coat contains black and white hairs.
Flea Bitten Grey
Roan: White hairs mixed evenly in the main coat coloring. Mane and tail may also contain white hairs.
Blue Roan
Palomino: Golden coat with white or creme mane and tail. Can have white markings on the mane and tail.
Skewbald: a coat made up of chestnut (or any color besides black) and white patches, on top of either pink or dark skin.
Piebald: Similar to skewbald except that the coat has patches of white and black.
Dun: Beige coat with black mane and tail, points , dark dorsal strip, and can have dark wither strips and zebra stripes on the legs.
Creme: Often mistaken for white; The coat and mane and tail are a pale-creme color.
Appaloosa: The appaloosa has several different patterns.
Blanket: White coat over the hips that may or may not have spots
Marble: When the coat is a roan color with dark coloring at the edges of the body, and white, frost in the middle of the body.
Leopard: White coat with black or liver colored spots
Frost: White speckling on a dark coat
Blanket Appaloosa
Grulla: Considered a gray version of the dun. Has a grayish coat and the same markings as a dun.
White/ Albino: A horse is not truly white unless it is an albino. White coat, mane, and tail. Blue Eyes