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Black Dun (grullo/a)

Black dun is a black-based coat lightened by the dun gene. It is also known as grullo or grulla, which refers to the soft greyish tone of this colour. The body lightens to a mousegrey or steel shade, while the mane, tail, and primitive markings remain dark.
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Brown Dun

Brown dun is a seal brown (also called: seal bay) base coat lightened by the dun gene. It creates a darker version of bay dun, with a smoky brown body and black points. Because of their deeper shading, the primitive markings can be harder to see.
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Bay Dun (Classic Dun)

Bay dun, also called classic dun or zebra dun, is a bay base coat lightened by the dun gene. It gives the horse a golden or sandy body with dark points and clear primitive markings.
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Chestnut Dun (Red Dun)

Chestnut dun, also called red dun, is a chestnut base coat lightened by the dun gene. The result is a soft orange-red or apricot shade with slightly darker points and primitive markings.
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Buckskin Pearl

Buckskin pearl is a bay-based coat affected by one copy of the cream gene and one copy of the pearl gene. The result is a soft golden or sandy tone that looks lighter and smoother than a regular buckskin coat.
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Smoky Black Pearl

Smoky black pearl is a black-based coat affected by one copy of the cream allele and one copy of the pearl allele. The result is a soft tan or dark beige shade that can look very similar to a faded black or dark buckskin coat.
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Palomino Pearl

Palomino pearl is a chestnut-based coat affected by one copy of the cream allele and one copy of the pearl allele. The result is a soft golden or ivory shade, usually quite a bit lighter and smoother than a regular palomino coat.
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Black Pearl

Black pearl is a black-based coat affected by two copies of pearl. It gives the horse a warm, sepia-like shade.
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Bay Pearl

Bay pearl is a bay base that has been lightened by two copies of the pearl alleles. The result is a soft apricot or light tan coat, with darker points on the mane, tail and lower legs.
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Chestnut Pearl

Chestnut Pearl is a chestnut coat lightened by two pearl-alleles. The result is a golden apricot or creamy copper-ish colour. The coat, mane and tail are usually quite similar in shade, giving the horse a warm and even appearance.
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Smoky Black

Smoky Black is a black-based coat with one copy of the cream gene. The coat often looks the same as a regular black horse, which makes smoky black very hard to identify by appearance alone.
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Smoky Cream

Smoky Cream

Smoky Cream is a black-based coat with two copies of the cream-allele. Like cremello and perlino, smoky cream horses have a very pale cream coat, pink skin, and light blue eyes. They are also called: double cream horses.
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