Most Beautiful and Unusual Horse Colours
Horses come in all different shapes and sizes as well as many differing colourings, from your traditional bay, chestnut and grey horses through to some stunning unusually coloured horses. Below we take a look at some unusual horses of many different colourings from all around the world.
Leopard Appaloosa Horse - The Leopard Appaloosa have a coat much like a dalmation, with black spots on a white coat.
Blanket Appaloosa Horse - A horse with its white blanket-like pattern on its back and hindquarters and contrasting base color.
Cremello Horse - Cremello horses carry a special creme gene, Cremello horse have a light mane and tale and cream coloured coat. Cremello horses have blue eyes and rosy pink skin.
Red/Strawberry Roan Horses - A Strawberry Roan horses coat has red flecks throughout especially on the head and tails part of the horse.
Blue Roan Horse - A horse with a blue roan coloured coat shows flecks of blue/gray and the mane, tail, face and legs are often almost black in color, Blue roan coloured horses are often found in Gypsy vanner breed of horse.
Amber Champagne Horse - Most champagne horses have light eyes and a pink skin giving the horse a body a diluted color.
Grullo Dun Horse - Grullo Duns have a tan gray coat with a silvery shine, they also have a dark coloured mane and tail and a striped back and legs.
Dapple Gray Horse - Most gray horses begin their life dark, as they age their coats lighten in color and have a dapple effect, some horses get light much earlier than others.
Palomino Horses - Known for their golden coloured coat and creamy mane and tail.
Chocolate Palomino Horse - A horse with a dark coloured body and a creamy mane and tail.
Perlino Horse - Horses with pink skin, blue eyes and a cream coat, the colour can from pale off white through to pale coffee color, Perlino horses are also known as pseudo-albino or cream horses.
Buckskin Horses - A golden coat with a dark mane and tail, Buckskin horses have a striking appereance.
Buttermilk Buckskin - A horse with a light creamy coloured coat and a dark mane and tail
Silver Dapple Sooty Buckskin Horse - This unique and rare color combines 3 different gene elements to create several variations of beautiful colors.
Pinto Coloured Horse - Pinto horses have a coat color of large patches of white mixed with any color.
Strawberry Roan Paint Horse - A beautiful coloured horse, Strawberry roan paint horse have a coat of Roan markings mix with white splashes.
Bay Overo Paint Horse - Overo classify a set of pinto patterns where the white originates on the horse’s belly and will rarely cross the back of the horse.
Tobiano Horse - A paint with a dark base color that usually covers one or both flanks. Usually all four legs are white as well.
Tovero Horse - This horse will show characteristics of both overo and tobiano color patterns.
Liver Chestnut Horse - A more common horse color, a darker chestnut than usual with a lighter mane and tail
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Leopard Appaloosa Horse - The Leopard Appaloosa have a coat much like a dalmation, with black spots on a white coat.