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Coat Directory

Search for the perfect coat by color base, genetics or other miscellaneous factors!


BASE COLOURS
The 3 base horse colours are black, bay and chestnut. Horses may express various tones of those base colors, and some colors are affected in more dramatic ways by other genetics. For some, that occurs gradually over time (gray, roan) and others express less common coloration from birth or as they mature (dilutions). The presence of many unique genetical markings that a horse can express makes for a huge variety of potential combinations that can occur on top of a base coat.

Black Obsidian - Black
Bay (Brown)

Marshall - Dark Bay
Spirit - Buckskin

Chestnut (Red)

Zippy - Chestnut 
Blazie - Chestnut Roan

Other / Unknown

Ghost - Gray
Hickory - Dapple Gray


DILUTIONS
Dilution genes add a layer of genes that quite literally dilute the base coat, and occasionally they eyes or skin too.

Champagne

 

Cream

SINGLE DILUTES:

Dun

 

Silver

 


WHITE MARKINGS

Dominant White

 

Frame Overo

 

Leopard Complex

 

Roan

Blazie - Chestnut Roan

Sabino

 

Splashed White

 

Tobiano

 

Rabicano

 


NOTES

- Drop down for popular specific colours, like dapple gray, fleabitten, birdcatcher


Dapple gray - Hickory