![]() ![]() Brown: The word "brown" is used by some breed registries to describe dark bays.Blood Bay/Red Bay: a bright red chestnut coat with black points.Sometimes also called "black bay" or "mahogany bay." Dark Bay: a dark brown or dark reddish-brown coat with black points, difficult to distinguish from seal brown. ![]() Bay: Body color ranges from a light reddish-brown to rich chocolate brown with black points: the mane, tail, lower legs, and tips of the ears The terminology for various color variations are:.The hairs around the coronet band of the hoof will be black on a black horse, but on a chestnut (no matter the shade) they will always be red. On a black these hairs are black, even if the horse is sun-bleached on other colors, they will be lighter. A visible difference between a black and a dark chestnut or bay is seen in the fine hairs around the eyes and muzzle. A sun-bleached black horse is still called a black horse, even though it may appear to be a dark bay or brown. For a horse to be considered black, it must be completely black except for white markings. As their foal coat begins to shed out, their black color will show through. Most black foals are usually born a mousy grey color resembling grullo. Some horses appear to have a non-fading black coat that does not fade in the sun. This may be due to nutrition or genetics. Many, though not all black horses will fade to a brownish color if the horse is exposed to sunlight regularly. There may be two types of black, fading black and non-fading black. Black: Black is relatively uncommon, though it is not "rare".Flaxen Chestnut: Any shade of chestnut, with a significantly lighter mane and tail.Light Chestnut: seldom-used term for a pale chestnut coat, mane, and tail.Sometimes a liver chestnut is also simply called "brown". Liver Chestnut: very dark red chestnut coat.The mane and tail are the same shade of chestnut or lighter chestnut than the body coat. Chestnut/ Sorrel: A red coat with no black.The vast range of all other coat colors are created by additional genes' action upon one of these three base colors. The most common modifier creates point coloration of both red and black hairs, known as bay, which is classified as a base color as well. These two hair pigment genes create two base colors: chestnut, which is fully red, and black, which is fully black.Īll other coat colors are created by additional genes that modify these two base colors. The two basic pigment colors of horse hairs are pheomelanin ("red") which produces a reddish brown color, and eumelanin, which produces black. Bay (left) and chestnut (right) mustangs. ![]()
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