Equine Colors & Markings

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Across
  1. 5. solid white area normally over, but not limited to, the hip area with a contrasting base color.
  2. 6. or reddish dorsal stripe, usually red or reddish zebra stripes on legs and transverse stripes over withers.
  3. 9. more or less, uniform mixture of white and black hairs on the body; darker on head and lower legs
  4. 13. dark pigmentation around the ears, which may expand to cover the forehead and/or eye; dark pigmentation around the mouth, which may extend up the sides of the face and form spots; one or both eyes blue; combination of the Tobiano and Overo coat patterns
  5. 14. white, skin is pink; small black spots may be found in the skin, but usually are not accompanied by colored hair
  6. 16. white or light cream; mane and tail usually have a darker tint – pale copper or orange; pink or pinkish skin over entire body; blue eyes
  7. 17. white usually will not cross the back of the horse between its withers and its tail; generally, the white is irregular and is rather scattered or splashy; legs generally, at least one and often all four legs are dark; may be either predominantly dark or white; tail is usually one color.
  8. 18. more or less uniform mixture of white with red hairs on a large portion of the body; darker on head, usually red but can have a few black hairs in mixture; mane and tail: black; black on lower legs
  9. 20. or blaze, strip, star or snip; white markings usually cross the back between the withers and tail; may be either predominantly dark or white; tail is often two colors
  10. 21. True black without light areas; Mane and Tail: Black
  11. 22. Dark red or brownish-red; Mane and tail: Usually dark red or brownish red, but may be flaxen; Mane and tail may appear dark, but lower legs will be red; May have dorsal stripe
  12. 23. yellowish or gold; mane and tail may be black or brown; has dorsal stripe; usually zebra stripes on legs with transverse stripe over withers.
Down
  1. 1. dark color usually covers one or both flanks generally, all four legs are white at least below the hocks and knees; spots: regular and distinct as ovals or round patterns that extend down over the neck and chest,giving the appearance of a shield; head markings are like those of a solid-colored horse:
  2. 2. golden yellow; mane and tail white; typically do not have dorsal stripes.
  3. 3. reddish or copper red mane and Tail usually same color as body, but may be flaxen
  4. 4. have dorsal stripe.
  5. 7. smoky or mouse-colored (not a mixture of black and white hairs). Mane and Tail: black; black on lower legs, usuallyhas a dorsal stripe
  6. 8. Ranging from tan, through red, to reddish-brown; Mane and Tail: Black; Black on lower legs
  7. 10. Brown or black; Light areas around muzzle, on muzzle, eyes, flank and inside upper legs; Mane, tail and all points are black
  8. 11. more or less a uniform mixture of white and red hairs on the body; red on head and lower legs; mane and/or tail: red or flaxen
  9. 12. white or light cream; mane and tail: white; pink or pinkish over entire body; blue eyes
  10. 15. mixture of white with any other colored hairs; often born solid colored or almost solid colored and gets lighter with age as more white hairs appear
  11. 18. yellowish or gold; mane and tail: black usually black on lower legs; typically do not have dorsal stripes
  12. 19. form of dun; yellowish or flesh-colored, mane and tail: red or reddish, flaxen, white, or mixed;