Equine coat color - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Horses exhibit a diverse array of coat colors and distinctive markings. A specialized vocabulary has evolved to describe them. Color is one of the first things that is noticed about a horse. Often,...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equine_coat_color
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they only show probability where applicable (except 100%). Clicking the horse pictures will take you to a DIFFERENT PAGE, about that color. We're using "sorrel" to mean sorrel OR chestnut.
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www.horsecolor.com/dilutions/cream/foal_chart.htm
www.horsecolor.com/dilutions/cream/foal_chart.htm
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Some may wonder, why should we be so interested in a horse's color? One of the most famous "Old Horsemans' Tales", after all, is "a good horse is never a bad color." And indeed, each horse's ability to do the job for which it was intended is always the most important (for some, the only) standard by which it is judged.
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www.horsecolor.com/
www.horsecolor.com/
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Simply put, any color of horse you can think of is either black-based or red-based. ... Genetically the same color, sorrel and chestnut are used to define different shades of the recessive red gene. A chestnut horse’s coat has a brown tint, with the most extreme color being an almost dark brown “liver” color.
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americashorsedaily.com/learn-how-horses-get-their-color...
americashorsedaily.com/learn-how-horses-get-their-colors/
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Tennessee Walking Horse Heritage Society ... Williams Annabelle, Northern Foundations Farm, models the chestnut color. Since chestnut is a recessive gene, it can appear in almost any cross. It would never appear in the mating of a cremello with a chestnut or sorrel horse.
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www.walking-horse.com/twhheritagesociety/colors.html
www.walking-horse.com/twhheritagesociety/colors.html
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Also known as sorrel, chestnut is the most recessive equine color. Different shades of chestnut may be given different names in different parts of the world or in different breeds, but since every red horse has the same genetic makeup, we will stick to one term: Chestnut.
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www.ultimatehorsesite.com/colors/chestnut.html
www.ultimatehorsesite.com/colors/chestnut.html
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In order to identify a horse, you should know the terms for the basic horse colors and markings. ... In the following sections, you will see examples of different horse colors and markings. You will also have the chance to test your knowledge in a game or quiz at the end of each section.
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www.deannesweb.com/horses/horsecolors/
www.deannesweb.com/horses/horsecolors/
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The horse can be assumed to be homozygous for red (ee). The basic color is sorrel or chestnut, but depending on genes at other color loci, the horse could be palomino, red dun, gray, cremello, white or any of these colors with the white hair patterns tobiano, overo, roan or appaloosa.
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www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/coatcolorhorse.php
www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/coatcolorhorse.php
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Fig. IF - Sorrel (ee). Thoroughbred gelding, Flying Comedian. This horse is registered as a chestnut, but Western regional terminology would describe this light color variant as sorrel. In order to avoid confusion, the use of the term red is preferred.
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www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/coatcolor.php
www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/coatcolor.php
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