Post by ϞSymreeϞ on Jan 13, 2008 14:29:38 GMT -5
Solid Colors
-Points- the mane, tail, and lower legs
Brown- uniform brown color
Bay- a reddish body color with black points. Can have zebra stripes
*Blood Bay- a dark reddish bay.
*Light Bay- a light red bay
*Mahogany Bay- a dark brown bay.
*Silver Bay- a bay with a white mane and tail.
Chestnut- brown skin, with red hairs
*Flaxen Chestnut- light flaxen mane and tail.
*Liver Chestnut- a very dark chestnut
*Sorrel- considered a light red chestnut.
* Black- stays black, does not fade in sun
*Seal Brown- black (sometimes with a brown sheen to the coat) with brown on muzzle, flanks, under eyes, and on tips of ears
Gray- white hairs mingled with hairs of any base color; as the horse gets older, white hairs replace the colored ones so the horse gets whiter as it ages
**Steel Gray- (a.k.a. Iron gray) solid dark gray horse, refers only to horses who currently have more black hairs than white hairs
*Dapple Gray- gray with a white star like pattern on it's coat.
*Flea bitten Gay- white with tiny flecks of dark brown or black.
*Rosette- gray with small bursts of white
Dun- black points, can have zebra stripes, darker than buckskin, can be described as dingy yellow
Buckskin- light yellow, tan, or golden body color, mane and tail most often aren't as black as some duns, possible zebra stripes
*Red Dun- reddish coat with darker red points and a possible dorsal stripe along the spine, darker than base coat color. May have leg and shoulder striping as well.
*Yellow Dun- dusty tan color with brown points and dorsal stripe.
*Grulla- varries from sooty black to mousy gray with black points
Roan- mixture of white and colored hairs; unlike grays, color presant at birth and doesn't change as horse grows older; generally, the head, mane, tail, and lower legs contain less white than the rest of the body, and can be a solid color
*Red Roan- white hairs mixed in on a bay coat
*Strawberry Roan- sorrel or chestnut horses with white hairs mixed in
*Blue Roan- black coat with white hairs
Palomino- a golden, copper, or yellow coat with pure white or flaxen mane and tail
*True Palomino- bright copper coat with pure white mane and tail
Other Colors
Paint Colors
Classification type 1
Tobiano- A dark color usually covers one or both flanks, and the head of the horse is solid in color with possible markings (like blaze, snip, ect.). Generally, all four legs are white, at least below the hocks and knees and the spots are regular and distinct, as ovals or round patterns extending down over the neck and chest, giving the appearance of a shield. A tobiano may be either predominantly dark or white and the tail is often two colors.
Overo- The white usually will not cross the back of the horse between its withers and its tail and the white is irregular, rather scattered or splashy. Generally, at least one and often all four legs are dark. Head markings are distinctive, often bald-faced, apron-faced or bonnet-faced. An overo may be either predominantly dark or white and the tail is usually one color.
Tovero- Dark pigmentation exists around the ears, which may expand to cover the forehead and/or eyes while one or both eyes tend to be blue. Also dark pigmentation can be around the mouth, which may extend up the sides of the face and form spots. Chest spot(s) in varying sizes. These may also extend up the neck. Flank spot(s) ranging in size. These are often accompanied by smaller spots that extend forward across the barrel, and up over the loin. Often spots exist at the base of the tail which vary in size.
Sabino- a splash of white starting on the belly and coming up the sides of the equine. Usually ragged white and has broken markings on the legs, which also tend to be mostly white.
Rabicano- Have white ticking, minimal or extensive, accross the flanks and barrel. This tends to look like roaning, but it won't extend to other parts of the horse. Flecking can occur on the chest and the belly, commonly in small white spots of ragged and irregular appearance. White tends to be present in the tail head, striping it to give it the name of a 'coon tail.' The white present can be just a little to quite a lot, turning the barrel and flanks near total white or just slightly roaned. The white will not be on the chest or head (except for blazes, stars, ect.). Leg markings are common, with the white extending up the leg.
Classification Type 2
Skewbald- horses with any color other than black as their base coat
Piebald- horses with a black base coat (black paint horse, can be tobiano, overo, or sabino)
Appaloosa Colors
Leopard - like a Dalmatian, the coat is white with colored spots on it's entire body.
Blanket-a colored body with a blanket of white, usually across the hips and back. Typically there are dark spots on the blanket. (Horses with no spots are seen, though.)
Snowflake- A dark horse with spots (of any size) covering the entire body
Roan Blanket- any roan pattern occuring over the hips (can have spots)
Frosted- A scattering of white speckles, generally over the hip area
No Blanket, no white- any color pattern with dark spots, covering entire body or limited to the 'blanket' area (even though none exists
Spotted, no blanket- white spots occuring in the 'blanket,' but never covers entire horse
Other Colors
Perlino- off-white or pearl-white body color, mane and tail the color of light rust
Cremello- off-white or cream colored body, some have lighter manes and tails; outlines of face & leg markings visible
*Note: Paint and Appy colorings can occur with any of the solid colors above. Ex: Red Dun Blanket Appaloosa Mare. Or; Grulla Sabino Stallion.
*Note: With the appy colorings, the 'blanket' can exend past the back and up the neck, but never covers the entire horse
*Note: With the Other Colors, they can be used as base colors for the Paint and Appy colors. Also, they are rare, so these two colors are reserved for the very active players to use sparingly
Markings
Stripe- a narrow white stripe that goes down the center of the face.
Snip-a small white splotch on the muzzle.
Blaze- same as stripe, but wider.
Star- a small white splotch on the forehead.
Bald Face- a white area that covers most of the head, usually just on pinto pattered coats.
Flame- a few white hairs on forehead
Zebra Stripes- can consist of bars, a cross stripe, and eel stripe, generally dark brown or black, occonally dark red
*Bars- dark horisontal stripes crossing the upper portion of legs (gennerally more promienent on front legs, can competely circle legs, or be only be partial)
*Cross- stripe that crosses withers, exending down the sholders
*Eel stripe- (a.k.a. Line-backed & Dorsal stripe) dark stripe running down spine from mane to tail, can be broken
* Note: a star, stripe and snip can be present on the same horse's face. But others are usually alone.
Leg markings:
White Coronary Band- a white band just above the hoof.
White Pastern- a white patch that does not go above the fetlock.(ankle)
Sock- white that extendes to include the ankle
Stocking- a sock that goes to the knee or just below.
Lightnighing Marks- irreguallar markings on the legs that do not come in contact with the hoof (appy colorings)
*Note: Leg markings can be used on any coloring, same with face markings unless head is already white
*Note: for paints with leg markings a splatering of white is common above them (different than lightening marks, which are the only white on the legs)
