Perlino is a bay-based coat with two copies of the cream gene. This results in a very pale cream coat, similar to cremello, but the mane and tail are often slightly darker with a warm beige or golden tint. Horses with two cream copies are often called double cream horses.

Cremello is a chestnut-based coat with two copies of the cream gene. This creates a very pale cream coat, often paired with pink skin and light blue eyes. Horses with two cream copies are often called double cream horses.

Buckskin is a bay-based coat that is lightened to a tan or golden colour. The horse keeps its black mane, tail and legs, which makes buckskin easy to recognise.

Palomino is a chestnut-based coat lightened by one copy of the cream gene.

Flaxen is a trait that lightens the mane and tail of chestnut-based horses, turning them a pale yellow, cream or even nearly white colour.

Wild bay is a shade variation of bay, sometimes called light bay or low-point bay.

Seal brown is a very dark variation of bay, sometimes appearing almost black at first glance. This colour is also sometimes called seal bay. Both names refer to the same coat.

Together with black and bay, chestnut is one of the three base colours a horse can have. You may know this colour as red or sorrel as well.

Bay is one of the three base coat colours in horses, together with chestnut and black. It is usually grouped in these three types: wild bay, bay, and seal brown.