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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 genetic markings that a horse can express makes for a huge variety of potential combinations that can occur on top of a base coat.

Black
Coat Name Coat Color Eye ColourColor Significant Markings
Obsidian Black Purple Star
Jessie Black Orange Broken Snip | Sunbleaching | Sock & Coronet
Polaris Black Birdcatcher Olive Green Snip | Stocking & Coronet
Burrito Black Leopard Appaloosa Light Blue Striped hooves
Asteria Black Leopard Appaloosa Blue Streaked Mane | Widespread Leopard Spotting
Domino Black Snowcap Appaloosa Dark Blue Blaze & Snip | Stockings & Striped Hooves
Lunar Black Silver Rabicano Silver Gray Stripe & Snip
Masquerade Black Tovero Blue Medicine Hat 
Schwoompl Blue Roan Dark Brown Star & Stripe | Snip
Fortune Blue Roan Blue Bald Face | Stocking | Socks
Sweetboi Blue Roan Tobiano Aqua Heart Shaped Muzzle | Striped Hoof
Gooseberry Grullo Olive Green Dark Dorsal Stripe
Hurricane Grullo Gray Primitive Markings
Toothbrush Grullo Tobiano Dark Cyan Stocking & Sock | Dorsal Stripe | Leg Barring
Panama Silver Dapple Splash Light Blue Widespread Splash
Mystic Splashed White Black Cyan Bald Face
Carousel Classic Champagne Brown N/A
Bay (Brown)
Coat Name Coat Color Eye ColourColor Significant Markings
Carnelian Bay Brown Blue White stockingsStockings | Bald face
Marshall Dark Bay Light Brown N/A
Valegro  Dark Bay Dark Brown White socksSocks | Blaze & Snip
Charlotte Blood Bay Yellow White marking | Star
Helios Copper Bay Light Brown White socksSocks | Short blazeBlaze
Poppy Bright Bay Yellow Pink Snip
Vulcan Sooty Bay Amber WhiteCoronet coronet/socks| Socks | Stripe & Snip
Mika Silver Bay Dark Brown White pasternPastern
Freighter Silver Bay (Dark Bay) Brown White starStar | Primitive markingsMarkings | Striped backBack
Birdie Bay Birdcatcher Dark Gray White socksSocks | Irregular blaze | Birdcatcher spotsSpots
Monty Bay Roan Brown White starStar
Rain Bay Tobiano Cyan White stockingsStockings | Bald face
Joergen Bay Tobiano (Dark Bay) Brown N/A
Frank Bay Skewbald (Tricolor) Dark Gray White stockingsStockings
Romeo Graying Bay Skewbald Dark Blue Blaze | Graying
Marzapa Splashed White Bay Light Blue Extensive Splash
Mazie Bay Blanket Appaloosa Pink Blanket
Symphony Bay Dun Dark Brown Star & Snip | Primitive markings
Freyja Brown Dun Dark Brown Star & Snip | Primitive markings | Frosting
Spirit Buckskin Light Gray N/A
Kodiak Buckskin Cyan Dapples
Aphrodite Sooty Buckskin Tobiano Light Brown Bald face
Titus Sooty Buckskin Skewbald Dark Brown N/A
Dustar  Buckskin Overo Amber / Brown WhiteFacial facial markingMarking | White socksSocks & stockings
Champion Buckskin Appaloosa Gray White socksSocks |  Star | Blanket
Wren Sable Champagne Light Brown N/A
Antique Amber Champagne Brown N/A
Sonata  Amber Champagne Dun Dark Brown Blaze & Snip |  Sock & Coronets
Chestnut (Red)
Coat Name
Coat Color Eye ColourColor
Significant Markings
Zippy Chestnut Gray Blaze | Snip | Coronet & Sock
Man O War Chestnut Brown Star & Stripe
Secretariat Chestnut Brown Socks
Sergeant Reckless Chestnut Light Gray Blaze & Socks
Bandit Chestnut Light Blue Badger Face & Socks
Blazie Chestnut (Red) Roan Brown Blaze | Sock | Coronet | Stocking
Delta Chestnut Roan Muted Brown Widespread Roaning
Annie Chestnut Tovero Light Blue Medicine Hat 
Calihan Flaxen Liver Chestnut Gray Blaze & Face Mask | Socks | Stocking
El Cazador Liver Chestnut Pintaloosa Light Gray Blaze & Snip
Dollor Dark Chestnut Brown Blaze | Snip | Sock | Stockings
Primrose Chestnut Skewbald Dark Brown Blaze | Snip | Sock | Stockings
Star Palomino Light Green Snip
Esperanza Golden Palomino Light Blue (L) Light Green (R) Bald Face | Sock | Stockings
Hibiscus Palomino Roan Brown Coronet
Dahlia Palomino Tobiano Yellow Stripe | Snip | Stockings | Socks
Heartbreaker Red Dun Dark Brown Snip | Sock | Stockings | Coronet
Nero Cremello Overo Pale N/A
Inferno Splashed White Chestnut Cyan N/A
Citrine Gold Champagne Light Blue N/A


Other / Unknown
Coat NameCoat ColorEye ColorSignificant Markings
AvalanchePure WhiteLight BlueN/A
GhostWhite GrayIce BlueN/A
ParisGrayDark BrownBlood Marks
IbisGrayTeal/BlueBlaze | Stockings
Finbar FoaleyGrayGreenSocks
HickoryDapple GrayLight GreenN/A
JoeyDapple GrayDark BrownN/A
ArialFleabitten GrayLight GrayN/A
OrionSnowy GrayBlackCoronet
RositaRose GrayDark BrownCoronet | Pastern
No BuckleRose Gray SplashYellowBroken Blaze | Snip
RomeoGraying Bay SkewbaldDark BlueBlaze | Snip | Stockings


Avalanche - Pure White (Dominant)
Ghost - Gray
Paris - Gray
Ibis - Gray
Finbar Foaley - Gray
Hickory - Dapple Gray
Joey - Dapple Gray
Arial - Fleabitten Gray
Orion - Snowy Gray
Rosita - Rose Gray
No Buckle - Rose Gray Splash
Romeo - Graying Bay Skewbald


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

Champagne

Carousel - Classic Champagne
Antique - Amber Champagne
Wren - Sable Champagne
Citrine - Gold Champagne
Sonata - Amber Champagne Dun

Cream

SINGLE DILUTES:
Spirit - Buckskin
Kodiak - Buckskin
Dustar - Buckskin Overo
Champion - Buckskin Appaloosa
Aphrodite - Sooty Buckskin Tobiano
Titus - Sooty Buckskin Skewbald
Star - Palomino
Mr Ed - Palomino
Esperanza - Palomino (Golden)
Trigger - Palomino (Golden)
Hibiscus - Palomino Roan
Dahlia - Palomino Tobiano
DOUBLE DILUTES:
Nero - Cremello Overo

Dun

Gooseberry - Grullo
Hurricane - Grullo
Toothbrush - Grullo Tobiano
Freyja - Brown Dun
Symphony - Bay Dun
Sonata - Amber Champagne Dun
Heartbreaker - Red Dun
ND1:
Freighter - Dark Silver Bay

Silver

Lunar - Black Silver Rabicano
Mika - Silver Bay
Panama - Silver Dapple Splash
Freighter - Dark Silver Bay


WHITE MARKINGS
White markings (excluding roan, rabicano and leopard complex) can also be referred to as Pinto - and the term can apply to horses expressing one or more of certain markings in the presence of different genetic influences. These markings create minimal, medium or extensive areas of white on a horse.

Dominant White

Avalanche - Pure White (Dominant)

Frame Overo

Dustar - Buckskin Overo
Nero - Cremello Overo
Masquerade - Black Tovero
Annie - Chestnut Tovero

Leopard Complex

Mazie - Bay Blanket Appaloosa
Burrito - Black Leopard Appaloosa
Asteria - Black Leopard Appaloosa
Domino - Black Snowcap Appaloosa
Champion - Buckskin Appaloosa
El Cazador - Liver Chestnut Pintaloosa

Roan

Blazie - Chestnut Roan
Delta - Chestnut Roan
Schwoompl - Blue Roan
Fortune - Blue Roan
Sweetboi - Blue Roan Tobiano
Monty - Bay Roan
Hibiscus - Palomino Roan

Sabino


Splashed White

No Buckle - Rose Gray Splash
Panama - Silver Dapple Splash
Mystic - Splashed White Black (Minimal)
Inferno - Splashed White Chestnut (Medium)
Marzapa - Splashed White Bay (Extensive)

Tobiano

Rain - Bay Tobiano
Frank - Tricolour Skewbald (Bay Tobiano)
Primrose - Chestnut Skewbald
Sweetboi - Blue Roan Tobiano
Joergen - Dark Bay Tobiano
Masquerade - Black Tovero
Annie - Chestnut Tovero
Aphrodite - Sooty Buckskin Tobiano
Toothbrush - Grullo Tobiano
Dahlia - Palomino Tobiano

Rabicano

Lunar - Black Silver Rabicano

Non-specific Pinto

Titus - Sooty Buckskin Skewbald
Romeo - Graying Bay Skewbald
Primrose - Chestnut Skewbald

NOTE:

  • Certain combinations of Pinto markings often have their own terms:
    • Tobiano + Overo = Tovero
    • Any pinto markings + Appaloosa = Pintaloosa
  • Horses with white markings are often mistakenly be referred to indiscriminately as Paint, however Paint horses are a breed that heavily feature Pinto markings, the term is not specific to the markings themselves.
  • In the UK, horses are commonly referred to as Piebald (Black & White) or Skewbald (Brown & White) when describing Pinto markings.

SPECIAL FEATURES
Features by type that give a specific appearance - includes both genetics (sooty, flaxen, dapples) or more cosmetic/markings (bald faced, dapples).

Sooty

Aphrodite - Sooty Buckskin Tobiano
Titus - Sooty Buckskin Skewbald
Vulcan - Sooty Bay

Dapples

Hickory - Dapple Gray
Joey - Dapple Gray
Kodiak - Buckskin
Dahlia - Palomino Tobiano

Birdcatcher Spots

Polaris - Black Birdcatcher
Birdie - Dark Bay Birdcatcher

Blood Marks

Paris - Gray

Fleabitten Arials - Fleabitten Gray
Pangare

Primrose - Chestnut Skewbald

Flaxen

Calihan - Flaxen Liver Chestnut

'Bald' Facial Markings

Fortune - Blue Roan
Carnelian - Bay
Esperanza - Palomino (Golden)
Rain - Bay Tobiano
Frank - Tricolour Skewbald (Bay Tobiano)
Aphrodite - Sooty Buckskin Tobiano
Inferno - Splashed White Chestnut
Mystic - Splashed White Black
Marzapa - Splashed White Bay

Badger Face

Bandit - Chestnut


DON'T SEE YOUR FAVORITE COAT HERE?
Originally, SWEM planned to include only 16 coats + 2 secret coats. That number was greatly surpassed to bring over 100 coats ahead of V1's release. With so much to do and so many potential genetics or coat variations to consider, some coats inevitably did not make it in. Look out for them in the genetics update in V2!