Horse coat colors

The Appaloosa is an American horse breed best known for its colorful spotted coat pattern. There is a wide range of body types within the breed, stemming from the influence of multiple breeds of horses throughout its history. Each horse's color pattern is genetically the result of various spotting patterns overlaid on top of one of several recognized base coat colors. The color pattern of the Appaloosa is of interest to those who study equine coat color genetics, as it and several other physical characteristics are linked to the leopard complex mutation (LP). Appaloosas are prone to develop eq

thumb|A palomino mare with a chestnut foal. This golden shade is widely recognized as palomino.

horse coat colors and markings

hair coat color of horses

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horse with coat color that consists of large patches

equine coat colour gene

equine coat colour

dilution gene

equine coat color

horse coat color

distinctive white areas of horses' coats

Coat pattern in horses

horse coat color

gene responsible for a number of horse coat colors

thumb|A Great Dane with the brindle color pattern Brindle is a coat coloring pattern in animals, particularly dogs, cattle, guinea pigs, cats, and, rarely, horses. It is sometimes described as "tiger-striped", although the brindle pattern is more subtle than that of a tiger's coat.

color

simple dominant allele responsible for a number of rare horse coat colors

form of coloration

type of color

hair coat color of horses

thumb|upright|A piebald horse, Tobiano pattern

also known as the "Z" gene, that dilutes the black base coat color in horses

horse coat color and its genetics

color pattern in horses

thumb|An extensively expressed rabicano Arabian horse thumb|Classic rabicano markings on flanks and a skunk tail Rabicano, sometimes called white ticking, is a horse coat color characterized by limited roaning in a specific pattern: its most minimal form is expressed by white hairs at the top of a horse's tail, often is expressed by additional interspersed white hairs seen first at the flank, then other parts of the body radiating out from the flank, where the white hairs will be most pronounced. Rabicano is distinct from true roan, which causes evenly interspersed white hairs throughout the b

type of dilution gene

thumb|A grulla, like all dun gene|duns, exhibits a lighter body coat than mane and tail color, clear [[primitive markings (a distinctive dorsal stripe, horizontal striping on the back of the forelegs, often a transverse stripe over the withers), and the dark "dun mask" on the face. Zebra stripes are visible on the left back leg. The dun gene also produces light guard hairs in the mane and the tail.]]

Tobiano is a spotted color pattern commonly seen in pinto horses, produced by a dominant gene. The tobiano gene produces white-haired, pink-skinned patches on a base coat color. The coloration is almost always present from birth and does not change throughout the horse's lifetime, unless the horse also carries the gray gene. It is a dominant gene, so any tobiano horse must have at least one parent who carries the tobiano gene.

horse coat color

gene that lightens the coat color of certain living things

genetics behind the equine coat color

thumb|Pangare traits include light underparts and light muzzle thumb|Pangare traits are most visible on the belly thumb|right|Fjord horses usually express the pangaré trait. thumb|Pangare is less obvious on a summer coat

genetic trait that causes a lighter mane and tail than body color of chestnut horses

horse coat colour

common hair coat of horses and donkeys

trait characterized by black or darker hairs mixed into a horse's coat

thumb|A frame overo Overo refers to several genetically unrelated pinto coloration patterns of white-over-dark body markings in horses, and is a term used by the American Paint Horse Association to classify a set of pinto patterns that are not tobiano. Overo is a Spanish word, originally meaning "like an egg". The most common usage refers to frame overo, but splashed white and sabino are also considered "overo". A horse with both tobiano and overo patterns is called tovero.