Horse Colors And Markings

Horse colors and markings. The 4 base horse colors.

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Even though there are various coat colors they all come under the variations of the main categories.

Horse colors and markings. The term markings refers to the white areas on a horse usually on the face and legs. Chestnut horse color is a reference to the dark reddish brown color seen on chestnut trees fruit. Horse colour calculator horse colours naming them right what color is your horse.

Sometimes markings can be diluted or muddled and are not considered actual markings. For example a horse might have a black dot of dark color in the middle of a pastern marking or a strangely shaped stripe. Tan or gold colored coat with black points on mane tail legs and muzzle.

Brown a brown horse has a mixture of black and brown in his coat. Please note that white markings are different than spots on a horse s body. Bay black chestnut brown and white.

For example if a bay horse which has black on its lower legs has one or more white socks it is still a bay horse. There are five basic body colors of horses. In europe a bay is considered to be a brown horse.

Sorrel horses usually have black points on mane tail muzzle ears and lower legs. It s from middle english chesten and old french chastaign both with roots in latin. Horse colours markings.

Brown or black haircoat but with brown points on ears muz zle and legs. Red or reddish brown coat. Chestnut is used in the 14th century to describe a specific tree but the earliest use to describe a horse s color i found was in the mid 1800s.

The term black points is used to describe a black mane and tail with black legs. Bay a bay. This as with most other equine related trivia is not an exact science.

White markings on a horse such as a star blaze socks or stockings etc do not affect how a horse s color is classified. Technically speaking there are four basic horse coat colors and the additional white coat color. So there are 5 main coat colors in horses.

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