Horse Colors

Gray – Horses with a dark coat and white to gray hair. They can often appear as white horses but if their points are dark they are considered grays.

Grullo – This is from a dun gene on a black horse. A dark dorsal strip, dark points, and dark legs. They can also have stripes on the legs, forward, back, etc.

Pearl – A horse with a red base coat lightened to an almost apricot color, the mane and tail will also be light.

Amber Champagne  - Gold coat with chocolate points. Can be confused with buckskin or bay dun. The mane and tail have light edges. This gene dilutes the color of a bay horse.

Brindle – A faint, small tiger striping pattern on a horse. This is quite rare.

Liver Chestnut – Very dark chestnut (reddish-brown) color.

Sorrel – A light chestnut (reddish-brown) color. The mane and tail will be the same color or lighter.

(*Please note, these are not my pictures.)

Barb Horse

Name of Breed: Barb Horse or Berber Horse

Height: 13.2 to 15.2 hands

Colors: Gray, Black, Brown, Buckskin, and Bay.

Physical Characteristics: Short back, low tail carriage, sound hooves, pronounced withers, and narrow head.

Additional Info: This is a lively African breed with great stamina.

(*Please note, these are not my pictures)

Freedom Sealed

"Wind whistling

Heart pounding

Eyes closed

Hooves sounding

Open meadow

Green fields

World lost

Freedom sealed"

~Grace Marshall

From my poem, "Freedom Sealed"

Color Vocabulary

I have compiled another list of horse colors below.
I have done two other posts on horse colors already. To see either of these posts please click on the corresponding link here: Bay-Buckskin-Palomino-Black or Leopard-Piebald-Skewbald-BlueRoan-RedRoan-BayRoan-Rabicano-WhiteTicking-Sabino-Piebald-Pinto

Dun – A grayish-gold or tan coat with a dark mane and tail with a dark strip down the back. Duns are typically more of a creamy color versus the golden color of a buckskin.

Yellow Dun – Typical of a dun with a yellowish color.

Red Dun – Typical of a dun with a reddish color.

Chestnut – A reddish to reddish-brown coat color with a mane and tail that are the same color or lighter.

Perlino – These horses are white in color with pink skin and blue eyes. They have darker points in the mane and tails.

Cremello – These horses are similar to Perlinos as they are white in color with pink skin and blue eyes but they have light manes and tails.

Seal Brown – Dark brown, nearly black color with black mane, tail, and legs. They will have a tan or reddish color around the muzzle and eye areas.

Flea Bitten – These horses have a white coat with small freckles of reddish hair throughout the coat, the amount of freckles can vary widely causing the horses to appear almost white in some cases and almost roan in other cases. This is considered a gray coat color. 

(*Please note these are not my pictures.)

Percheron Horse

Name of Breed: Percheron

Height: 15 - 19 hands

Colors: Typically gray or black, but can be chestnut, sorrel, bay, or roan as well.

Physical Characteristics: Large head, full face, big hip, level croup, wide and deep chest, and strong, emphasized muscles.  

Additional Info: From the Perche province in France, where it derives its name. 
Typically used as driving, sleighs, hayrides, forestry, farm work, and parades. The breed is built to be a work horse to pull heavy loads. They are sometimes ridden or compete in show jumping as well.

(*Please note, these are not my pictures)

Abuse

"Biting whips

Stinging bits

Pinching girths

Hating curses

Terrified whinnies

Whitened eyes

Frothing sweat

Cutting lies

Slicing ropes

Horrified screams

Angry yells

Binding chains

Towering fears

Dominating hate

Slicing rawhide

Cutting spurs

Hardened hands

Solid fists"

~Grace Marshall

From my poem, "Abuse"