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Bay
One of
the most common coat colours. A bay horse has a
chestnut to brown coat, and black
"points" - mane, tail, ears, legs, and
muzzle.
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Chestnut
This
colouring is also very common. It is a reddish shade
of gold, usually a rich, red gold, as here.
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Palomino
Varies
from a bright golden or rich chestnut coat
with striking white mane and tail (picture above) to a pale shade
of chestnut with flaxen (a pale shade of yellow) mane and tail
(picture below).
This colour is uncommon to have much black
in it.
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Dun
A sandy
yellowish coat with white mane and tail that often
has dark areas, as here.
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Brown
A very
dark, almost black shade of chestnut.
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Black
Occurs
when the horse's coat is completely black.
White markings are another matter.
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Grey
It's
what unknowing people often call "white."
But a horse can only be actually white if it's and
albino, but then it has pink skin and blue eyes.
There
are four types of grey - light grey (as here), iron
grey, dapple grey, and fleabitten grey. Iron grey
is a dark grey. Dapple grey is a dark grey with
light grey spots. Fleabitten grey is a grey coat
with tiny punches of brown hairs.
Dapple
Grey
Iron
Grey
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Cream
Occurs
when a horse's coat is a creamy white colour.
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Dark
Palomino
A very
rare colour. It's a chocolate brown with flaxen
mane and tail.
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Buckskin
Usually
a golden coat with brownish-black mane, tail, and
"points" (ears, legs, and muzzle.) Has
a dark stripe running down the back. This colouring
is well-known in mustangs. That connection is probably
also the reason for the name - a "bucking skin".
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Skewbald
Occurs
when the horse's coat is any colour except
black, with large white patches. When describing
a horse which is a skewbald, (there are others known as
"Ovaro"), Piebald, or Tobiano, the
horse is often just called a "coloured",
or "paint". In the words Piebald and Skewbald,
the "bald" part means "painted".
There are also "paint" colourings known
as bay skewbald (bay horse with white patches),
and dun skewbald (dun horse with white patches).
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Piebald
Occurs
when the horse's coat is a black and white
colour.
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Ovaro
Ovaro
occurs when it is hard to tell what is the horse's
base colour. Ovaro can only be chestnut and white.
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Tobiano
Tobiano
is when the horse's body is white with coloured
patches.
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Appaloosa
Also
known as a breed of spotted horses. There a five
varieties of Appaloosa, usually dark spots on light
coat.
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Blue
Roan
Occurs
when the horse's body is grey (any solid shade of
grey) with black points. It sometimes has a black
head (as here).
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Strawberry
Roan
Strawberry
roan is a rusty grey colour, a grey coat with
a solid mixture of chestnut hairs. Strawberry roan
also has chestnut points. It often has the whole
head chestnut (as here).
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