Major Color Horse Flashcards
More or less uniform mixture of white with red hairs on a large portion of the body, but usually darker on head and lower legs; can have red or flaxen mane and/or tail
Red Roan
More or less uniform mixture of white with
black hairs over a large portion of the body, but usually darker on head and lower legs; can have a few red hairs in mixture
Blue Roan
More or less uniform mixture of white with red
hairs on a large portion of the body; darker on
head, usually red but can have a few black hairs
in mixture; black mane and tail and black on
lower legs.
Bay Roan
Body color yellowish or gold; mane and tail are
black; black on lower legs; typically buckskins
without dorsal stripe
Buckskin
Body color a golden yellow; mane and tail white;
typically palominos do not have dorsal stripes
Palomino
Body color yellowish or gold; mane and tail are
black or brown; has dorsal stripe and usually
zebra stripes on legs, and transverse stripe over
withers
Dun
A form of dun with body color yellowish or flesh
colored, mane and tail are red or reddish, flaxen,
white or mixed; has red or reddish dorsal stripe
and usually red or reddish zebra stripes on legs
and transverse stripe over withers.
Red Dun
Mixture of white with any other colored hairs;
often born solid-colored or almost solid-colored
and get lighter with age as more white hairs
appear
Gray or Grey
Body color smoky or mouse-colored (not a
mixture of black and white hairs, but each hair
mouse-colored); mane and tail black; usually has
black dorsal stripe and black on lower legs
Grullo
Body color reddish or copper-red; mane and tail
usually same color as body; but may be flaxen
Sorrel
Light (or pink) skin over the body, white or
cream-colored hair and blue eyes.
Cremello
Light (or pink) skin over the body, white or
cream-colored hair and blue eyes. Mane, tail
and lower legs slightly darker than body color.
Perlino
Dark color usually covers one or both flanks.
* Generally all four legs are white.
* Color is more regular with oval-shaped spots.
* Head markings are like a solid-colored horse.
* May be predominantly dark or white.
* Tail is often two colors.
Tobiano
- Usually white will not cross the back of the horse
between withers and tail. - Generally dark legs.
- Color is irregular, scattered or splashy.
- Often loud head markings, for example, a bald
face. - May be predominantly dark or white.
- Tail is usually one color.
Overo
- Combination of tobiano and overo
characteristics. - Dark pigment around ears.
- One or both eyes are “glass” or blue eyes.
- Dark pigment around the mouth.
- Usually have chest spots, flank spots and spots
around the base of the tail.
Tovero
