Horse Colors
A worldwide Internet Project
Names for Horse Colors in all Countries and Languages
Great Britain / America
British English (BE) / American English (AE)
Name: Grey gone white (AE) / Light Grey (BE)
- Color of body: white
- Color of legs: white
- Color of long hair (mane / tail) : white
Name: Black
- Color of body: black
- Color of legs: black (may have white "socks")
- Color of long hair (mane / tail) : black
Name: Chestnut (AE + BE) / Sorrel (AE only)
- Color of body: brown
- Color of legs: brown (may have white "socks")
- Color of long hair (mane / tail) : brown
Name: Bay
- Color of body: brown
- Color of legs: brown (often darker at bottom, may have white "socks")
- Color of long hair (mane / tail) : black
Name: Dun (AE + BE) / Buckskin (AE)
- Color of body: yellow or grey
- Color of legs: yellow or grey (often black at bottom)
- Color of long hair (mane / tail) : black
Name: Cream (BE) Cremello (AE, if eyes are blue)
- Color of body: yellow or grey
- Color of legs: yellow or grey
- Color of long hair (mane / tail) : yellow or grey
Thanks to Mrs. Sharon Batteate (USA) for the AE expressions,
and to Mrs. Maureen Shields (Ireland) for the BE expressions
If you want to contribute to this project, you can use one of the following Contribution Pages :
- Contribution page in English
(contains 6 pictures of 3.5 K each)
- Teilnahme-Seite in Deutsch
(enthaelt 6 Bilder von je 3.5 K)
- Page de contribution en Francais
(ne pas encore disponible)
- Pagina de contribucion en Castellano
(aun no disponible)
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