Transcript Horse Colors

Horse Colors
Sorrel
A reddish brown horse with reddish, brown or tan mane and tail. Legs are the same
color as the body. Their legs may also have white markings.
Bay
A brown horse with black legs, mane and tail. Body color run from light brown, reddish
to very dark brown, but legs, mane and tails are always black (they may also have white
markings).
White
White horses are born white. They have pink skins and usually blue or pink eyes.
Pinto
White plus large patches of black, brown, chestnut or any other colors.
Gray
Born dark with dark skin. Hair becomes whiter with age until pure white. A gray may
range from iron gray (nearly black) to dapple gray, white gray or flea-bitten
gray (with tiny flecks of black or brown).
Black
Coal black without brown highlights
Buckskin
A light to dark yellow with black mane and tail.
Dun
Sandy yellow, reddish or brown, usually with darker legs, a dark
stripe down the back, and a dark mane and tail.
Palomino
Golden body color with white mane and tail. Can be a light to very dark gold color.
Roan
Mixture of white hairs and one other color (chestnut, bay or black).
A chestnut roan is called a strawberry roan or red roan.
A black roan is called a blue roan.
Face Markings
Star Is a spot of white in
the forehead
Blaze Is a wide stripe of
white down the face
Strip Is a narrow strip of
white down the
face.
Bald Face Is a white face extending
across or including at
least one eye and down
on sides of face.
Snip Is a spot of white on
the muzzle.
Leg Markings
Stocking White extending to
knee or hock.
Half Stocking White part way up
cannon bone.
Pastern White to bottom of
fetlock.
Ermine Spots Black or colored
spots in a white
leg.
Sock White includes
fetlock.
Coronet White ring around coronet
of hoof.
Heel Spot White spot on the heel.