Horse Coat Colors

Appaloosa

Spotted coat patterns: leopard, blanket, mottled, marble (marmoreal)

No examples available at the moment.




Blanket appaloosa

White over the hip area with or without spots.

No examples available at the moment.


Buckskin

Tan or gold coat with black points; cream gene on bay base.

No examples available at the moment.


Champagne

Metallic gold coat, freckled pink skin, light eyes.

No examples available at the moment.



Cream / cremello / perlino

Very pale coat, white mane/tail, pink skin, blue/light eyes.

No examples available at the moment.



Flaxen

Light-colored mane and tail on a chestnut coat.

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Mealy / pangare

Lightening of underbelly, muzzle, and flanks.

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Mottled appaloosa

Mottled pattern with irregular light

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Overo

Irregular white patches, often on belly and face.

No examples available at the moment.


Palomino

Golden coat with cream or white mane/tail, dark skin.

No examples available at the moment.


Perlinó / pearl

A subtle dilution gene, darker mane/tail, often greenish eyes.

No examples available at the moment.


Pinto / piebald

Large white patches with colored areas; pink skin under white.

No examples available at the moment.


Roan

Even mix of white and base color hairs; stable through life.

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Sabino

Fuzzy-edged white patches, often on legs and belly, with roaning.

No examples available at the moment.


Silver

Lightened mane/tail on black or bay base; legs remain dark.

No examples available at the moment.


Silver bay

Bay base with silver gene; light mane/tail, dark legs.

No examples available at the moment.


Smoky black

Black coat with one cream gene; resembles regular black.

No examples available at the moment.


Smoky cream

Very pale coat from black + two cream genes; blue eyes.

No examples available at the moment.


Snowflake appaloosa

Dark coat with small white spots scattered across the body.

No examples available at the moment.


Sooty

Dark hairs mixed into the coat, giving a shaded effect on back/flanks.

No examples available at the moment.


Sooty buckskin / sooty chestnut

Dark smattering on base coat (smoky or toasted effect).

No examples available at the moment.


Splashed white

White on the lower body as if splashed, white face common.

No examples available at the moment.


Tobiano

Large, well-defined vertical white patches; mane often bicolored.

No examples available at the moment.


White

Pure white coat, pink skin, rare.

No examples available at the moment.