1. Equine Science 1

2. FADED BLACK (HAS A RUST TINT AND IS USUALLY CAUSED BY SUN) Jet BLACK (true black will not fade in the sun) All horses are genetically either black or red. (red is chestnut or sorrel) Color variations are due to genetic modifications to the two colors which dilutes them or additions of white markings and patterns.

3. Black foals are usually a mousy color when born. As their foal coat sheds out, black comes through.

4. These are essentially the same colors. Chestnut and sorrel colored horses are red, yellowish red, or reddish brown, and they do not have black points. Mane and tail are a lighter color than the body.

5. Chestnut and sorrel coloring is recessive whereas black coloring is dominant. Example: EE = Black Ee = Black ee = chestnut or sorrel

6. Bays have reddish brown colored bodies With black points. Points are mane, tail, and lower legs. They always have black mane and tail but shades of Body color vary.

7. A white horse has pure white hair, pink skin and brown, hazel, or blue eyes

8. Strawberry Roan Blue Roan Roans have a mixture of white and colored hair.

9. Buckskin is bay diluted. These horses are yellowish, golden tan, or gold, with black mane and tail.

10. Grey is a pattern of individual white hairs intermingled with colored hairs. It can occur on any base color. Grey foals are born colored and become progressively lighter with age until the horse appears white, but the grey horse retains its dark skin, unlike a true white horse, which has pink skin.white

11. A dun is yellowish or gold in body color With a mane and tail of varying colors. A dun has a dorsal stripe, zebra type Markings on legs or stripes on the withers. A dorsal stripe is a stripe running over the rump of the horse.