Horse colors

There are four basic coat colors:

•Chestnut - Reddish or light brown body, mane, tail without black.

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•Black - Black body, tail and mane.

•Bay - Brown hair, black mane, tail and lower legs.








•Gray - Horse with white mixed with black hair. Gray horses can be born any color, lighten as they age.

Some other coat colors:



Pinto - a multi-colored horse with large patches of brown, white, and/or black and white.




•Brindle - One of the rarest colors in horses. Characteristics are any color with "zebra-like" stripes, but most common is a brown horse with faint yellowish markings.





•White - One of the rarest colors, a white horse has white hair and pink skin.