Horse Colors

Sorrel A reddish brown horse with reddish, brown or tan mane and tail.  Legs are the same color as the body.  Their legs may also have white markings.

BayA brown horse with black legs, mane and tail.  Body color run from light brown, reddish to very dark brown, but legs, mane and tails are always black (they may also have white markings).

WhiteWhite horses are born white.  They have pink skins and usually blue or pink eyes.

PintoWhite plus large patches of black, brown, chestnut or any other colors.

GrayBorn dark with dark skin.  Hair becomes whiter with age until pure white.  A gray may range from iron gray (nearly black) to dapple gray, white gray or flea-bitten gray (with tiny flecks of black or brown).

BlackCoal black without brown highlights

BuckskinA light to dark yellow with black mane and tail.

Dun Sandy yellow, reddish or brown, usually with darker legs, a dark stripe down the back, and a dark mane and tail.

Golden body color with white mane and tail. Can be a light to very dark gold color.

Palomino

RoanMixture of white hairs and one other color (chestnut, bay or black).   

A chestnut roan is called a strawberry roan or red roan.   A black roan is called a blue roan.

Face Markings

Star -Is a spot of white in

the forehead

Blaze -Is a wide stripe of

white down the face

Strip -Is a narrow strip of

white down the face.

Bald Face - Is a white face extending

across or including at least one eye and down

on sides of face.

Snip -Is a spot of white on

the muzzle.

Leg MarkingsStocking - 

White extending to knee or hock.

Half Stocking - White part way up

cannon bone.

Pastern -White to bottom of

fetlock.

Ermine Spots -Black or colored spots in a white

leg.

Sock -White includes

fetlock.

Coronet -White ring around coronet

of hoof.

Heel Spot - White spot on the heel.