CODE KEY:

“ ®” = Recognized colors came directly from the registry or association.

“NA” = Currently waiting for information from the registry or association, still looking for information or unable to find information.

 “Abtenauer” = Plain breed names indicate unable to find a registry and information came from various other sources.

“Florida Cracker (Seminole)” = Parenthesis with bold, colored names indicate other names that the breed is known by.  Many breeds have more

     than one name depending on were they are from or what part of the world you are in.

 “Anglo-Arab (American, English, Sardinian)” = Parenthesis with un-bolded black names indicate regional names for the same breed.  A few breeds

     have regional names though they have all of the same characteristics/colors.  The only difference is the county they are bred in.

Breed

Recognized Colors

Abtenauer

Most common colors are black, blue roan, and chestnut. All colors are accepted excepted leopard spotting.

Abyssinian (Gala, Abessinier)

All colors occur.

Adaev – Type of Kazakh (Adaevskaya)           

Bay, grey, palomino or chestnut.

Adean

NA

®Akhal Teke (Akhaltekinskaya)

Most common color is a striking golden dun with metallic sheen, chestnut, bay or black. Grey, light bay, and cream are less frequent. White markings are common.

Albanian (Myzeqea )

NA

Algerian Barb

NA

Altai (Altaiskaya)

Usual colors are chestnut, brown, black, grey and sometimes leopard spotted

Alter-Real

Always bay.

®American Baskir Curly – All Types

Appears in all common horse colors including appaloosa and pintos patterns

American Cream Draft

NA

®American Cream Horse – Color Registry

Must have pink skin. Eyes can be any color but most common are pale blue or a very pale amber. Pink skin may be of a darker shade, more to the tan, but must not be gray or black. It cannot have mottling on the skin. Must have the cream colored coats which may vary from off white to a fairly rich cream but lighter than palomino. The mane and tail may vary from white to cream to rich russet coloring. White marking such as blazes, stars and socks are permitted

®American Indian Horse (Cow pony, Buffalo Horse, Mustang, Indian Pony, Cayuse, Spanish Pony)

Virtually every color known to the horse appears.

®American Miniature

Any color or marking pattern, and any eye color, is equally acceptable.

American Saddle Pony

NA

American Show Pony

NA

®American Sport Pony

All colors accepted.

American Walking Pony

NA

American Warmblood

All colors and patterns

®American White – Color Registry

Must have a uniformly, true-white coat and have pink skin. Eye color will vary. Most common are dark brown, dark blue-black, blue, very pale blue and hazel. There is no mottling of skin. Theses horses are born white and do not change color. The white is comparable to a snowy white rabbit or the white areas on a pinto horse.

Andalusian (Iberian Saddle Horse, Iberian War Horse, Spanish Horse, Portuguese, Extremeño, Villanos, Zpata, Zamoranos)

Grey is the predominant color, with chestnut next, then bay. In early times all colors were found with in the breed, including spotted.

Andean (Andino, Morochuco, Peruvian Criollo )

Predominantly dark chestnut or brown

Anglo-Arabian (American, English, Sardinian)

Black (uncommon), brown bay, chestnut or grey. White markings common.

Anglo-Kabarda (Anglo-Kabardinskay porodnaya-gruppa)

NA

Anglo-Karachai

NA

Anglo-Trakehner

NA

Annamese

NA

Appaloosa (ApHC, Foundation, British, Gaited)

Appaloosa Sporthorse

Araloosa

All appaloosa patterns 

Arab-Trakehner

NA

Arabian (American, Bedouin, Crabet, Egyptian, English, Polish, Russian, Spanish)

Grey, bay, chestnut, black or more rarely, roan. Arabians do not carry the cream gene, so there are no diluted or double diluted colors.    White markings on the face and legs are common.

Araba

NA

Ardennais (French Ardennais)

Most common is the strawberry roan with black points. All other colors except black are accepted.      

Argentine Polo Pony -Type

NA

Assateague Pony

Are found in all common colors with a few double dilutes. Pinto patterns are common also.

Asturcon (Asturian Pony)

Most common is black or bay with no white markings, grey is also seen.

Australian Pony

Usually is grey, although any color is admitted with the exception of pinto patterns.

Australian Stock Horse  

Comes in all solid colors

Austrian Warmblood

NA

Auxois

Mainly bay and roan with red roan and chestnut occurring occasionally.

Avar

NA

Aveligrese

Always golden chestnut with flaxen main and tail, usually has white marking on face. Occasionally found with primitive markings but are undesirable

Azerbaijan (Azerbaidzhanskaya)

The prevailing colors are bay, grey, sorrel, black, grullo and buckskin. Palomino is rare.

Azores ( Garrano da Ilha Terceira )

Main colors are brown and bay

®Azteca, American

All solid and colors, patterns and markings are accepted. The AAHIA follows the AQHA and the APHA color regulations.

Azteca, Mexican

Found in all horse colors with the exception of pintos of appaloosa patterns.

Bagual

NA

Bahr-el-Ghazal

NA

Baise ( Guangxi )

Mainly bay with some grey, chestnut and black

Baleraric

Usually bay or chestnut sometimes grey.

Bali

Predominately some shade of dun with dorsal stripe, black main and tail, and dark points, but other colors do occur.

Balikun

Most common colors are bay and chestnut.

Baluchi (Balouch, Banamba )

Predominate colors are bay black brown or grey.

Ban ei Race Horse - Type

NA

Banat

NA

Bandiagara

NA

Banker Horse (Shackleford ponies, Banker ponies)

Colors are buckskin, dun, bay, chestnut or brown. On Shackleford there are some pintos. There hasn’t been any documented greys.

Barb

Bay, brown, black, chestnut or grey.

Bardigiano (Bardi Horse)

Only comes in bay, all shades. A small white star is tolerated, as are white markings lower on the fetlocks.

Bashkir (Bashkirsky)

Colors are usually dun with primitive markings, bay, chestnut, roan and mouse grey.

Basuto

Generally chestnut, bay, brown or grey.

Batak

May be or any common horse color.

Bavarian Warmblood (Bayerisches Wormblut )

All colors except pinto and appaloosa patterns are allowed.

Belgian Andennais

May be bay, roan chestnut, grey or palomino. Black is excluded from registration and very uncommon.

Belgian Country Bred

NA

®Belgian Heavy Draft  (Belgian Brabant, Brabançon) (American, European)

European: Usually red or chestnut roan, but other colors occur.

American: Early Belgians were black, gray, red roans with black points, browns and bays. Now the predominant colors are blonde, sorrel, roans with light points and chestnuts. Dapples are seen often. White manes and tails are most desirable. White markings are also desirable.

Belgian Half-blood

NA

Belgian Warmblood

NA

Bhirum

NA

Bhutia

Predominant colors are grey or iron grey, occasionally chestnut or roan.

Bima (Bimanese)

NA

Bityug

Extinct. Colors included grey, roan, and pinto, rarely black.

Black Sea Horse (Chernomor, Chernomorskaya )

Predominantly black or dark brown some are sorrel with a golden glint or sheen.

Bobo

NA

Boerperd

NA

Bornu

NA

Bosnian ( Bosniak, Bosnian Mountain Pony)

Bay, brown, black, grey, chestnut, palomino, or dun in color.

Boulonnais

Grey ranging from very light to a dark dappled grey. An occasional chestnut is seen.

Brabant

NA

Brandenburg (Branderburger)

NA

Brazilian Sport Horse (Brasileiro de Hipismo, Brazilian Horse)

NA

Breton Draft (Trait Breton)

Usually chestnut or red roan, but other roans, bay and grey occur rarely.

British Appaloosa Sporthorse (British Spotted Horse)

All appaloosa patterns.

British Riding Pony -   Type

All solid colors.

British Spotted Pony

All appaloosa patterns including white sclera, stripped hooves and molted skin.

British Warmblood

NA

Brumby

NA

Budyonny (Budnnovskaya)

Most are chestnut, but other solid colors occur, although rarely.

Bulgarian Heavy Draft

NA

Bulgarian Mountain Pony

NA

Buohai

Predominant colors are bay and chestnut. A small white star on the forehead is common.

Buryat ( Zabaikal, Transbaikal, Buryatskaya, Zabaĭkal’ skaya )

Colors are grey, bay or sorrel, usually with primitive markings.

Byelorussian Harness Horse (Belorusskaya uprazhnaya)

Usual colors are dun, bay, chestnut or light bay.

Calabrian (Calabrese)

Usually bay, brown, black, grey or chestnut.

Camargue (Camarguais)

Almost always white-grey. Born dark but lighten with age. Bay and brown sometimes occur.

Cambodian

NA

Campeiro

NA

Campolina

May be of any color.

Canadian Cutting Horse -Type

Fallows all Quarter Horse colors

Canadian Horse

Majority are bay or black, although other colors are also seen.

Canadian Pinto

NA

Canadian Rustic Pony

Includes various shades of grey or brown with primitive markings.

Canadian Sporthorse

NA

Canik

Every common horse color.

Cape Horse (Boerperd, Kaapse Boerperd )

NA

Capitanata

NA

Carpathian Pony (Hucul, Hutsul, Huzul)

Usual colors are bay, black, grullo, and chestnut with primitive markings.

Carthusian (Carthujano, Carthusian-Andalusian)

Predominantly grey, but chestnut and black are also found.

®Caspian (Caspian Miniature Horse)

Bay, grey and chestnut, rarely black or cream. No pintos.

Caucasus

NA

Cayuse Indian Pony

NA

Cerbat (Cerbat Mountain Spanish Mustang)

Are always bay roan, chestnut roan bay or chestnut.

Chakouyi

Most common colors are bay with a few grey or black. An elongated star is seen on many.

Chara Horse (Altai Prodctive )

NA

Cheiv

NA

Cheju

Predominant colors are chestnut, bay and black. Occasionally grey white, cremello or pinto.

Cheval du Poitou (Poitevin)

NA

Chickasaw

May be black, bay, brown, chestnut, grey, roan, sorrel or palomino.

Chicksaw Pony

NA

Chilean Corralero (Chileño )

All colors are excepted.

Chilote

Are white, grey, bay, black and “muddy” (barroso)

Chincoteague Pony

Are found in all common colors with a few double dilutes. Pinto patterns are common also.

Chinese Baise

NA

Chinese Kazakh

NA

Chinese Pony

NA

Chinese Mongolian

Bay, grey, and black are the most common, white is extremely rare.

Chola

NA

Chumbivilcas

Predominant colors are bay and grey in differing shades.

Chummarti

NA

Chumysh (Chumyshkaya porodnaya gruppa)

Colors vary with bay, black and grey being predominant.

Chyanta

NA

Cirit (Jereed)

Bay or grey colors are most favored.

Cleveland Bay

Always bay: white marks, other than a very small star, are not admissible.

®Clydesdale (American, British, Scottish)

UK: Most common colors are bay and brown with white markings, but black, gray, roans and chestnuts are occasionally seen.

USA: Most common colors are bay black brown and chestnut. Roaning may be found in all the colors. White markings are common.

Columbian Criollo (Columbian Paso Fino, Columbian Walking Horse )

The rules and regulations accept any defined color, only with pigmented skin. White hair on pink skin is disqualified. The less common colors are described as chestnut, a yellowish red, with varieties called roast chestnut, light chestnut and gold chestnut ( the tone is reddish and yellowish with highlights, and generally the legs, nose, tail and main are lighter). May be dapple grey or white. Blue-grey, a mixture of white and black hair; “Porcelain”, white hair with black skin visible through the hair; grayish, white and black hair mixed together; slate grey, mixture of white and black hair that gives a blue sheen. “Straw-colored” is a mixture of hair resulting in a light tone resembling dry straw. “Verbeno grey” is a mixture of white and reddish hair that yields a dark tone with the head very dark. Black , the majority of hair is black, but various tones are recognized: jet black, reddish black, pitchy black (fading black) and “hito” (not a single white hair in the coat, rare). Hazel, term used for bay, “zaino”, dark bay. “Bayo”, buckskin with usually primitive markings, may be found in many tones. Roan. And “deer-like”, similar to the color of deer; the base of the hair is yellowish, and the forehead is black.

Colorado Ranger Horse (Rangerbred)

All solid colors, pinto and appaloosa patterns

Comtois

Generally chestnut or bay.

®Connemara

Grey, black, brown, bay and dun, with an occasional chestnut or roan. Dun shades were once predominant but are becoming increasingly rare. Many are dun when foaled and turn grey by seven years.

Corsican

Predominantly bay with few white markings.

Criollo (Argentinean, Mexican)

Are found in most colors. Pinto patterns are excluded from registration (they do exist in the Criollo). A great majority of the horses are “gateado” (dun) or “lobuno” (grullo), with primitive markings.

Costa Rican Saddle Horse ( Caballo Costarricense de Paso )

Almost all colors are accepted into the breed association with the exception of pinto. White markings on the legs and a blaze are preferred by most breeders.

Costeño

Are dun, grey, sorrel, black, bay, or other common colors.

Cuban Paso (Cubano de Paso)

NA

Cuban Pinto (Pinto Cubano)

All pinto patterns.

Cuban Trotter (Criollo de Trote)

Dominant colors are bay or black of various shades.

Çukurava

NA

Czech Coldblood (Český chladnokrevik)

Usually chestnut, less often bay. Other colors are the exception.

Czechoslovakian Small Riding Horse

NA

Czechoslovakian Trotter

NA

Czech Warmblood (Český teplokrevnik)

Predominant colors are bay chestnut, less often grey and black. Occasionally Isabella or dun.

Dabrowa-Tarnowska

NA

Dagestan

NA

Dahoman

NA

®Dales

Black, brown, gray, bay and roan. Limited white markings are accepted, a white stare and/or snip on head, white fetlocks to the hind legs only.

Danish Oldenborg

Main colors are black or brown

Danish Sport Pony

At one time dappled grey was dominant, but today chestnut, bay and especially black are popular. Wall-eyed ponies are not desired for breeding but all colors are allowed.

Danish Warmblood (Dansk Varmblod)

All solid colors, bay being most common some white is permitted on head and legs.

Danubian (Dunav Horse, Dunavska)

Nearly always black or dark chestnut.

®Dartmoor

Bay, brown, black, gray, chestnut, and roan. Pinto patterns are not allowed. Excessive white markings should be discouraged.

Datong (Dragon Horse)

Predominant colors are bay black, chestnut and sometime grey. Some white markings maybe found on face or lower legs. Appaloosa patterns are rarely found.

Deccani

NA

Deli-Orman

NA

Deliboz (Delibozskaya)

Predominant colors are grey and bay.

Djerma

NA

Dobrogea

NA

Døle Gudbrandsdal (Dølehest, Døle horse, Ostlandhester, Eastland horse, Døle Trotter, Norwegian Trotter)

60% are bay or brown; 25% are black and 10% are chestnut. There are a few greys and duns. Some white markings on the head and limbs occur, especially among animals of the trotter type.

Dolny-Iskar

NA

Don (Donskaya)

Most common color is chestnut, usually with a golden, metallic sheen.

Dongola (Dongolawi)

Usually a deep reddish bay, sometimes chestnut or black. White markings on the face and lower legs are common.

Draft Breton

NA

®Drum Horse

May have any base color but must express any obviously pinto pattern, Framed overos are allowed but discouraged. To determine the minimum amount of white, for eligibility, draw and imaginary line from elbow to stifle, the white must be above this line (excluding the head) and be a minimum of 10 inches in length, if the white is in a long, narrow pattern, the length must be at least 14 inches and the width a minimum of 3 inches.

Dülmen Pony (Dülmener)

Predominant colors are dun and mouse coloring. May also be brown, black or chestnut.

Dutch Draft (Nederlandshe Trekpaard)

Usually chestnut, bay or grey, and sometimes black.

Dutch Tuigpaard (Dutch Carriage Horse)

Are black, chestnut and bay. White markings common.

Dutch Warmblood (Nederlandsche Warmbloed)

Colors are chestnut, bay, black, or grey, and white markings are often present.

East and Southeast Anadolu (Anatolian)

NA

East Bulgarian (Istochn-b’’Igarska)

Predominant colors are chestnut, bay, or black.

East Friesian - Old type (Ostfriesisches)

NA

East Friesian Warmblood –Modern type (Ostfriesisches Warmblut)

Bay, brown, black, grey, or chestnut.

Einsledler

NA

Elegent Warmblood (Edles Warmblut)

NA

Eleia (Andravida breed)

The main colors are brown, bay, chestnut, red roan, and rarely, grey.

Eriskay Pony

Commonest color is variable grey. Never chestnut, pinto patterns or with white markings of any kind.

Erlunchun

Most are grey or bay.

Esperia Pony

NA

Estonian Draft (Eston-Arden, Estonskiĭ tyazhelovoz)

NA

Estonian native (Mestnaya estonskaya)

Predominant colors are chestnut, bay, light bay, dun, and grey. Grullo and roan coloration are rare. Dorsal stripes are common.

Exmoor

Color ranges from a special kind of dun unique to Exmoors to bay or brown with black points. There is mealy color (light buff) around the eyes, on the nose inside the flanks, and under the belly. No patches of collections of white hairs are white markings are permitted, they are rarely seen.

Faeroe Island Horse

Most are bay, some black, seldom brown, and never grey or pinto. Occasionally

Falabella

NA

Fars

NA

®Fell

Black, brown, bay, and gray. Chestnut and Pinto patterns are not allowed. A star and/or a little white on or below the fetlock is acceptable. Excessive white markings are discouraged but are eligible for registration.

Fen

Extinct.

Finnhorse (Finnish Universal)

Mainly chestnut, with white markings often found on the face and legs. Bay, grey, and, more rarely, brown or black are also seen.

Finnish Warmblood

NA

Flemish

Extinct. Usually black.

Fleuve

NA

Flores

Dominant color is given as “red”, which must refer to bay or chestnut.

Florida Cracker (Seminale)

NA

Fouta

NA

Fredricksborg

Always chestnut in color, usually the mane and tail are a lighter, flaxen color. White markings on the face and/or legs are common.

Freiberg (Freiberger, Franches-Montagnes, Jura)

NA

French Anglo-Arab

All solid coat colors are acceptable, but bay, chestnut, and grey are most frequently seen.

French Ardennais

May be bay or roan, sometimes chestnut, dark grey or palomino.

French Cob (Cob Normande)

Often bay or chestnut, sometimes roan or grey.

French Saddle Pony (Pony Français de Selle)

All solid color are permitted.

French Trotter (Trotteur Français, Norman Trotter)

Most common colors found are bay and chestnut.

Friesian (Friese, Harddraver)

Black is the only color accepted in the registry in the Netherlands. On occasion the chestnut will show up.

Furioso (Furioso North Star, Mezöhegyes Halfbred)

Most common color seen is bay, with black being rare, Chestnut is sometimes seen.

Galiceño

All solid colors are accepted, except pintos.

Galician

Extinct.

Galloway Pony

Extinct.

Garrano (Minho, Garrano do Minho, Tràs os Montes)

Usually bay, brown, or dark chestnut. White markings are the exception rather than the rule.

Gelderland (Gelderse paard)

Is chestnut, bay, black or grey, often with white markings, with an occasional pinto.

German Riding Pony (Deutsche Reitpony)

NA

Giawf

NA

Gidran (Hungarian Anglo-Arab)

Usual color is chestnut, but all colors common to the Arab horse occur.

Golden American Saddlebred

Gotland (Skogsruss, Russ)

Predominantly some shade of dun. With dorsal stripe on occasion.

Griffin

NA

Gronigen (Groninger, Gronigse paard)

Primary colors are black, bay or brown.

Groningrottal

NA

Guanzhong

Primary color is chestnut, though some are bay.

Gudbrandsdal

NA

Guizhou

Approximately half are bay or chestnut, others being grey, black and dun.

Guoxia (Rocky Mountain Pony)

Main colors found are bay, roan, and grey

®Gypsy Cob

May be of any color, either solid or pinto.

®Gypsy Vanner (Gypsy horse, Gypsy Banner Horse)

All colors, markings and patterns are acceptable. Piebald: black and white, Skewbald: red and white, brown and white, tri-color. Odd colored: any other color. Blagdon: solid color with white splashed up from underneath.

Hackney Horse (“roadster”,”stepper”)

Is black, brown, bay, or chestnut, with or without white markings.

Hackney Pony

May be bay, brown, grey, black or roan. White markings are permitted.

®Haflinger  

All are a rich, golden chestnut with white mane and tail. Most have a full blaze on the face, but some have a star or narrow strip.

Hailar

NA

Half Saddlebred

NA

Hanoverian (Hannoveraner)

Main colors are chestnut, bay, brown, black and grey. White markings are frequently seen.

Hausa

NA

Heihe

Main color is bay or chestnut. A few are grey or black, and other colors are rare.

Heilongkiang

Chestnut is found in 56.6% with the rest being bay.

Hequ ( prior 1954: Nanfan)

Jiaoke type – Main color is grey. May be black or bay.

Suoke and Kesheng types – May be black, bay or grey.

Herati

NA

Hessen (Hessischer)

Most common colors are bay, dark bay, and chestnut.

Highland

Varies between several shades of dun (yellow, cream, and mouse) most have primitive markings. Greys are numerous also, and some are black or brown.

Hinis (Hinisn Kolu Kisasi Ati)

Found in all common solid horse colors.

Hirzai

Predominant color is white or grey.

Hispano-Bretona

NA

Hodh

NA

Hokkaido (Do-san-ko)

Found in most solid colors, and many are roan. White markings of any kind are rare and not allowed in the registry

Holstein (Holsteiner Warmblut)

Usual colors are brown, black and bay.

Hungarian Coldblood (Magyar Hidegverü)

Colors are bay, black, and chestnut, often with flaxen mane and tail. Grey is also often seen. Previously dun and roan were also quite frequent, but these colors are rare today.

Hungarian Dun – Color Registry

All various shades of dun and grullo, with primitive markings.

Hungarian Sport Horse

NA

Hungarian Warmblood

NA

Iberian Warmblood

NA

®Icelandic Horse

The most common colors are chestnut, brown, bay or black, there are other colors, including dun, buckskin, palomino, white, dappled grey and pinto patterns. The rarest colors are the wind dapples and the roans.

International Striped Horse – Color registry

Dun-factor striping is the most widely recognized pattern. This is considered a primitive coloration. The brindle dun is probably the most exotic and scarcest kind of stripping. Stripes may encircle the neck and appear on different areas of the body. There are sorrels and chestnuts with dorsal and leg striping.

Iomud (Iomudskaya)

Colors are grey or chestnut, rarely golden chestnut or black.

Irish Cob - Type

NA

Irish Draught/ Draft

Any color is allowed but obvious “Clyde” markings (bay with white legs above the knees or hocks) are not permitted.

Irish Drought Sporthorse

NA

Irish Half Bred

NA

Irish Hunter

Found in all colors except pinto patterns.

Israeli (Israeli Local Horse)

Common colors are bay, grey and chestnut, with the majority being grey.

Isfahan,

NA

Italian Heavy Draft (Rapid Heavy Draft)

The most common color is liver chestnut with a flaxen mane and t tail, but some are roan or bay. White markings are commonly seen on the face and legs.

Jabe – Type of Kazakh (Dzhabe)

NA

Java pony (Kumingan pony)

May be found in any common color.

Java Kagoshima

NA

Jave Messara

NA

Jennet (Ginete)

Extinct

Jianchang

Mostly are bay. Some are black and other colors are seen less frequently.

Jielin

The main color is bay, fewer are chestnut, and black is rare.

Jinhong

Main color is chestnut with and occasional grey.

Jinzhou

Mainly bay in color.

Jutland (Jydsk)

Most common color is chestnut, usually with a light mane and tail. Brown or black does appear but are rare.

Kabarda (Kabardin, Kabardinskaya)

Predominant color is cherry bay often bay-brown. Black is rare.

Kabuli

NA

Kalmyk (Kalmyskaya)

Predominant colors are bay and sorrel.

Karabair (Karabairskaya)

Usual colors are bay, chestnut, grey or black. Appaloosa patterns are also seen on occasion.

Karabakh (Karabakhskaya)

Usually chestnut or bay with a characteristic golden metallic shimmer.

Karacabey

Virtually extinct since 1979.

Karacabey-Nonius

Extinct.

Karachai (Karachaevskaya)

Prevailing colors are dark brown and black

Karakaçan

Nearly all are bay in color.

Karakachan

NA

Kathiawari (Kathi, Cutchi, Kutchi)

All solid colors except black. Pintos are extremely rare.

Kazakh (Kazakhskaya)

Usual colors are bay, dark bay with an occasional grey.

Ke Er Qin

Most are bay or chestnut.

®Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse

Any solid color is acceptable with white markings being limited to the face, the legs and a limited area on the belly.

Khakassk

NA

Kielce

NA

Kirdi Pony

NA

Kiger Mustang

All are of some shade of dun, ranging from brown-dun to the nearly white claybank. All have primitive markings. There are occasional white markings.

Kirgiz (Kirgizskaya)

Prevailing colors are bay and grey, but sorrel and there colors also occur.

Kisberi Felvér (Kisber Halfbred)

Usually chestnut or bay, rarely grey or black.

Kiso

NA

Kladruby (Kladruber, Kladrubský)

Almost always white, but some black are bred. Before 1757 there not only were white and black but also less common colors, such as palomino and appaloosa. Later the Kladruby was only bred for the white and black.

Klepper

Predominantly dun.

Knabstrup – Pony and Horse

The coat has leopard spotting that occur in may colors and variations.

Konik

Mostly grullo with primitive markings.

Koto-Koli Pony

NA

Kuban

Extinct.

Kurdistan

NA

Kushum (Kushumskaya)

Main colors are bay and chestnut.

Kustanai (Kustanaiskaya)

NA

Kustinair

NA

Kuznet (Kuznetskaya Prodnaya gruppa)

NA

Landais (Barthais)

Principal colors found are black, bay, or chestnut.

Latvian (Latvian Harness Horse, Latviiskaya)

Usual colors are bay, brown, and black. Chestnut is seen less frequently.

Lewitzer

Primary colors are pinto pattern. Solid colors and leopard spotting are also allowed

Lezgian

NA

Libyan Barb

NA

Lichuan

Colors are grey, bay, chestnut, and black.

Lijiang

NA

Lipizzaner

Predominant color is white, with a bay or brown occasionally. They are born bay or black-brown and whiten with age, between 4 and 10 years of age.

Liptako

NA

Lithuanian Heavy Draft (Litovskaya tyazhelovoznaya)

Most common colors are chestnut and bay.

Ljutomer Trotter

NA

Llañero (Venezeulan Criollo, Prairie Horse)

Generally the coat is dun with a dark mane and tail, but other colors are present.

Lokai (Lokaiskaya)

Bay, grey and chestnut are the most widespread colors. Bay and chestnuts often have a golden tint or sheen. The surface hairs of the coat are characteristically curly.

Lombok (Macassar)

Predominantly “red” in color, so one may assume the breed to be usually bay or chestnut.

Lundy Pony

The preferable color is dun with dark points. Roan, bay, palomino and dark liver chestnut are all permissible. Blue-eyed cream are permitted, but will only be registered as mares or geldings. Pintos, grey and bright chestnut are not acceptable colors.

Lusitano (Lusitanian,Portugal’s Andalusion, Bético-lusitano, National, Peninsular) (American, Puro-Sangue)

Predominant colors are grey, bay, and chestnut.

M’Bayar

NA

M’Par

NA

Macedonian

NA

Madagascan Pony

NA

Makra

NA

Malaccan

NA

Malakan (Ardahan)

Colors found are grey, black and dun.

Malpolski (Polish Anglo-Arab,Little Poland Horse)

Common colors are bay and chestnut.

Manades

NA

Mangalarga Marchador

NA

Mangalarga  Paulista

NA

Manipuri

Usually is bay in color, but chestnut, brown, grey, or pinto also occur.

Marajoaro

NA

Maremmana (Maremman)

NA

Marwari

Colors are bay, brown, chestnut, palomino, and pinto.

Mazari

NA

Mazury

NA

Mbai

NA

Mecklenburg-Vorpemmern

NA

Megezh

Predominant colors are grullo, roan, grey, dun, sorrel, and grey.

Megrel (Mingrelian, Megrelskay)

Prevailing colors are bay and nearly black, with reddish color around the muzzle and legs. Some greys and blacks also occur. There are no white markings.

Mérens (Ariègeois)

Always black, white markings are the exception.

Messara

Main colors found are bay, brown, black, and grey.

Mezen (Mezenskaya)

Colors are bay, black, sorrel, brown, or grey.

Mezöhegyes Sport Horse

NA

Mijertinian

NA

Miniature Horse

NA

Minusin

Predominant colors are bay, grey, dun, Grulla, palomino, and buckskin.

Mira Pony

NA

Misaki

Mostly bay or black, with a few chestnuts. White markings on the face or legs are very rare.

Missouri Fox Trotter

May be chestnut, black, bay, grey, or pinto.

Miyako

Mostly bay or dun in color and resemble the Mongolian horse.

Moldavian

NA

Mongolian

The most widespread colors are bay, brown, sorrel, grey, dun, buckskin, and black. There are three types, the forest type, the mountain type (often have pintos), and the desert or Gobi type, (usually light in color – palomino or buckskin).

Morab

May be any color without spots on the body, with black skin and dark eyes. White markings on the face or lower legs are permissible.

Morgan

NA

Moroccan Barb

Color may be bay, brown, black, chestnut, or grey.

Morochucco

NA

Mossi

NA

Mountain Pleasure Horse

NA

Moyle Horse

Majority are bay or brown with few white marking, although other colors do occur.

Murakoz (Muraközi, Mura)

Majority are chestnut with a flaxen mane, tail, and feathering on the legs, but some are bay, brown, black, or grey.

Murghese (Murge horse)

Black morel (reddish) coat without any white markings. There is a limited variety that is found with a metallic grey and morel shade.

Muryese

NA

Mustang (American, American Paint, Cerbat, Pryor Mountain, Spanish, Sulphur Springs)

May be of any horse color and patterns.

Mytilene (Ege Midillisi, West Mytilene)

NA

Nagdi

NA

Namib Desert Horse

Most dominant color is bay; some are brown or chestnut. There is no grey. Many have a dorsal strip, but the leg barring is absent.

Narym (Narymskaya)

NA

Narragansett Pacers

Now extinct – usually was sorrel in color

National Appaloosa Pony

NA

National Show Horse  - Registry only

NA

National Spotted Saddle Horse

Horses must qualify for registration with pinto color in addition to acceptable pedigree and exhibition of gaits.

Native Mexican

NA

Nefza

NA

New Forest Pony

May be of any color other than pinto or blue-eyed cream, bays and browns are predominant. White markings on the face or legs are permitted.

Newfoundland Pony

Predominant colors are black, bay, and brown, with many roans. Pintos are not accepted for registration. White markings are the exception rather than the rule, usually only amounting to a small amount of white on the forehead. White markings on the legs are rarely seen, and breeders see the presence of white on the legs as an indication of out crossing.

New Kirgiz (Novokirghizskaya)

The primary colors found are dark – black, brown, bay, and sorrel.

Nez-Perice Horse

NA

Nigerian (West African Dongola, Nigerian Native)

May be of any common solid color.

Nogai

Extinct.

Nogal

NA

Nogitgacht

NA

Nokota Horse

NA

Noma

NA

Nonius (Nóniusz)

Colors found are black and bay.

Nooitgedacht

NA

Nordestino

NA

Norfolk Trotter  (Norfolk Roadster)

NA

Noriker (Noric, Pinzgauer, Oberlander,)

NA

Norman Cob

NA

Northeastern (Nordestino, Crioulo Brasileiro, Curroleio, Sertanejo)

There are many duns. Chestnut, grey, sorrel, bay dun, black, red roan, bay, brown, white, and grullo also occur.

Northern Ardennais (Ardennais du Nord, Trait du Nord)

May be bay, roan, chestnut roan, and more rarely, chestnut.

Northlands Pony (Nordland, Lyngen Pony)

All colors occur and all colors are accepted with the exception of dun and pinto.

North American Spotted Draft

NA

North Swedish Horse (North-Hestur, Nordsvensk häst)  

All colors are represented in the breed.

North Swedish Trotter (Nordsvensk travare)

All colors are represented in the breed.

®Norwegian Fjord (Westlands Pony, Fjording, Nordbay, Nordfjord, Vestland, Norwegian Dun, Norwegian Pony, West Norway, West Norwegian, Northern Dun)

Brown dun (“brunblakk”) is the most common color, red dun (“rodblakk”), grey, uls (white) dun (“ulsblakk”), and yellow dun (“gulblakk”) the rarest of the colors. They also have primitive markings; these are the dark midsection in the forelock, mane (“midstol”) and tail (“Halefjaer”), dark dorsal stripe and dark horizontal stripes on the legs (zebra stripes). Some individuals can also have one or more dark stripes across the withers (“grep”). The last marking is very seldom seen. White markings other than a small star are undesirable, but are very seldom seen.

Obva

Extinct.

Old English Black

Extinct.

Oldenburg – Modern Type (Oldenburger)

Most are bay, brown, black or grey, rarely chestnut.

Oldenburg – Old Type (Oldenburger, German Coach)

Most are bay, brown, black or grey, rarely chestnut. The dappled greys, chestnuts, black, and duns were sought after and admired in all of Europe.

Orlov Trotter (Orlovskaya rysistaya)

Predominant colors are grey, bay, black and chestnut.

Padang

NA

Paint (APHA, Foundation)

NA

Paint Pony

NA

®Palomino - Color Registry

The characteristic palomino color is that of an untarnished gold coin, varying from light to dark, the mane and tail are always white. For registration, the eyes must be dark or hazel, never blue, and both the same color.

Panje (Panjeskaya)

Found in nearly all solid common horse colors.

Pantaneiro

NA

Paso Fino

NA

Patibarcina

Is characteristically reddish brown or bay in color, and primitive markings.

Pechora (Pechorskaya)

Predominant colors are black, dark brown, bay, buckskin, and sorrel. Grey is rare.

Peneia

Main colors found are roan, chestnut, and black; rarely bay or brown.

Percheron (Trait Percheron) (American, European)

Usually grey or black.

Periangan

All colors are found

Persian Arab

NA

Petite Boulannais

NA

®Peruvian Paso (Costeño de paso, Pasos Peruanos )

Solid colors, greys, and dark skin are preferred. Accepted colors are bay, black, brown, chestnut, dun, buckskin, red dun, black dun, Grulla, palomino, grey, perlino, cremello, and roan on any of these colors. White markings on pink skin are undesirable in breeding classes, except on the legs below the knees and on the face between the eyes and above the lower lip. Excessive white markings are undesirable.

Petiso Argentino

NA

Philippine Pony

NA

Pindos

Usually of dark, hard colors, mostly bay and brown, an occasional grey is found. They are never pinto.

Pintabian

NA

Pinto - color registry

NA

Piquira Pony

May be and color but white with blue eyes.

Plantation Walker

NA

Pleven (Plevenska)

Most are a chestnut color.

POA - Pony of the Americas

All appaloosa colors, patterns and characteristics.

Poitou Mule Producer (Poitevine mulassière)

Varies in color and may be grey, black, bay, or palomino.

Polesian (Polesskaya)

Predominant colors are bay, sorrel, black, grullo, buckskin, dark brown, and grey.

Polish Draft

Prevailing colors are chestnut, roan, and bay. With and occasional grey.

Poljakoff

NA

Pony Mousseye (Pony Kirdi, Pony Sara, Pony M’baye, Lakka horse)

Body color is variable but predominant colors include white, chestnut, and grey. White markings are not common.

Pottok (Basque Pony)

NA

Priob (Priobskaya, Ob)

Colors are various, but the most typical is dun. Dun, grullo, and bay usually have primitive markings.

Prussian Schweike

Extinct.

Przewalskii's Horse (Asiatic (Asian) Wild Horse, Mongolian Wild Horse, Taki, Yema, Kertay, Tage, Equus przewalskii Poliakov)

The color is yellowish dun with a mealy muzzle and dark mane and tail with primitive markings. White markings are absent.

Puerto Rican Paso Fino

NA

Puno Pony

NA

Pure Ruza Espaniol

NA

Quarab

NA

Quarter Horse (Appendix, AQHA, Foundation)

NA

Quarter Pony

NA

Racking Horse

NA

Rahvan (West Black Sea Rahvan Horse)

Every solid common horse color.

Rajshahi

NA

Rheinland Pfalz-Saar

NA

Rhinelander

NA

Rila Mountain

NA

Rineland Heavy Draft (Rhenish, German Coldblood, Rhenish-Westphalian, Rhenish-Belgian, Rhenish-German)

Colors are chestnut or red roan with flaxen or black mane and tail, or bay.

Rocky Mountain Horse

Preferred color is chocolate (dark chestnut) with flaxen mane and tail, Any solid color is accepted. White markings may not extend above the knees or hocks.

Rodopi

NA

Romanian Saddle Horse

Predominant colors are bay, chestnut, and black. Roans are seldom seen.

Romanian Traction Horse

NA

Rottal (Rottaler Warmblut)

Found in all colors except pinto or appaloosa.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Horse – Type

Must be black with limited white markings.

Russian Don

NA

Russian Heavy Draft (Russkaya tyazhelovoznaya)

Most common color is chestnut, with brown and bay occurring less frequently.

Russian Saddle Horse (Orlov-Rostopchin)

Only is black, or “summer black” (black with brown shading on head and legs). No white markings.

Russian Trotter (Métis Trotter, Russkaya rysistaya)

Common colors are bay, black, and chestnut, with grey occurring less often.

Sable Island Pony

Colors include bay, a wide range of browns, and chestnut, with Mealy muzzles and dorsal stripes common. Leg barring have been observed on the legs. There are no greys, roans, duns, palominos or spotted horses. Several individuals are so dark that they are described as black; however, it is difficult to tell for certain as there is so much weathering of the coat. About 45% of the horse have on or more white markings on face or legs.

Sachsen

NA

Sachsen-Anhalt

NA

Sächsische

NA

Sacz

NA

®Saddlebred (Kentucky Saddler) (American 3-gaited, American 5-gaited)

Most common colors are bay, chestnut, black or grey, with an occasional roan. But they come in almost all colors because registration is based on pedigree alone, with no color restrictions.

Sahel

NA

Salerno (Persano, Salernitano)

NA

Sandalwood (Sandal, Soemba, Sumbanese)

Coat color varies widely and includes most solid common horse colors.

Sandan

Main color is bay, followed by chestnut.

Sanfratello

Generally is bay or dark brown with various shades.

Sanhe

Bay and chestnut are the prevalent colors, and other colors are rare.

Saardinian Anglo-Arab (Anglo-Arab Sardo)

NA

Sardinian Pony

Most common colors are bay, brown, black, or liver chestnut. White markings are minimal.

Sárvár

Most are bays, with an occasional grey.

Schleswig Heavy Draft (Schleswiger, Schleswiger Coldblood, Niedersachsen)

Predominantly a chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail. Some bays and greys also occur.

Schwarzwalder Fuchse (Black Forest Chestnut)

Typically sorrel with a white or flaxen mane and tail and a broad blaze on the face.

Schweiken

Extinct.

Selle Francais (French Saddle Horse)

Usually grey but some times bay, chestnut, or black.

Seminoe Pony

NA

Senne (Senner)

Main color is grey and some are bay.

Shagya Arab

The breed is overwhelmingly grey in color, with some bays and rarely black or chestnut.

Shales Horse

NA

Shami

NA

Shan (Burmese)

Prevailing colors found are bay, brown, black, grey, or chestnut.

Shetland (“Scotland’s Little Giant”) (British, Classic American, Modern American)

All colors other than spotted are allowed.

Shetland Show Pony (Shetland X Hackney)

NA

®Shire (American, British)

American - Black, brown, bay, grey or chestnut/sorrel (rare) are the preferred colors. Excessive white markings and roaning are undesirable.

British - May be bay, black, brown, chestnut, or grey, frequently with white markings. Stallions should not be splashed with large white patches over the body, Stallions must not be roan or chestnut.

Sicilian

NA

Silesian (Slaski)

Most are bay, dark bay, or black, and there is little variation in the shades of these colors.

Single Footing Horse

NA

Sini

Main colors found are bay, chestnut, and black. Other colors are rare. Some white markings may be found on the face and legs.

Skyros

Preferred color is bay. Brown, grey, and rarely dun are also seen.

Slovak Warmblood

NA

Sokólka (Sokólski)

Predominant color is chestnut, but bay and brown also occur.

Somali Pony

NA

Songhai

NA

Sorraia (Sorraiana)

Always some shade of dun or grullo with primitive markings. Usually the mane and tail are fringed with the body color. The pure sorraia never has white markings.

South African Miniature

NA

South German Coldblood (Süddeutshes Kaltblut)

Austria - all colors are to be found.

Bavaria - most are chestnut with a white mane and tail, or bay

Southwest Spanish Mustang

Colors range through all the colors and patterns found in the horse.

Soviet Heavy Draft (Sovetskaya tyazhelovoznaya)

Predominant colors are chestnut, brown, and bay.

Spanish Anglo-Arab (Hispano)

NA

Spanish Barb

Usually a solid colored horse of black, sorrel, or any of a wide variety of shades of roan, grullo, dun, or buckskin. A unique overo strain of the Spanish barb is the Medicine Hat Paint, a consistent coat pattern that originated with the ancient African Barb

Spanish Colonial Horse

Primary color is chestnut, ranging from light chestnut to very dark chestnut, with some individuals having flaxen manes and tails. A lesser number are bay with a few black and greys. A number of paint exist within the herd. Though duns and grullos were present many years ago, due to natural selection and sale of horses of these colors in the past none exist today.

Spanish Gaited Pony

NA

Spanish Mustang

Overo paints are numerous. Grullos, duns and buckskins are common.

Spanish Norman

NA

Spanish Trotter

NA

Spotted Saddle Horse

NA

Spiti

Color varies from dark grey to dun.

Standardbred (American Trotter)

Predominant color is bay, with brown, chestnut, black and some greys.

Stara Planina

NA

Strelets

Extinct.

Stuhm

NA

Sudan Country Bred

NA

Suffolk Punch (Suffolk)

Always chestnut. A few white hairs well mixed with the chestnut on the body, and a star, strip, or blaze are allowed. Seven shades of chestnut are recognized: bright, red, golden, yellow, light, dark, and dull-dark.

Sulawesi

Found in all solid common horse colors.

Sulebawa

NA

Sumba Pony

Usually dun with a dorsal stripe and dark mane and tail, other colors are also seen.

Sumbawa

Usually bay or dun with a dorsal stripe and black points.

Swedish Ardennes (Svensk Ardenner)

Predominant colors are brown and bay, but black and roan are also seen.

Swedish Warm Blood (Swedish Half-bred)

Usually bay, brown, chestnut, or grey.

Swiss Warmblood (Einsiedeln, Swiss Anglo-Norman )

 May be or any solid color.

Syrian Arab

NA

Sztum

NA

Taishuh

NA

Tajik

NA

Tanghan

NA

Tarai

NA

Tarpan (Equus przewalskii gmelini antonius, European Wild Horse)  

The true wild Tarpan is completely Extinct. The Tarpan of today have been “reconstructed” from remnants of the ancient breed. Always some shade of dun, ranging from mouse to brown dun, with primitive markings, Often there is a fringe of the body coat color lining the men and at the base of the tail.

Tattu

NA

Tavda (Tavdinskaya, Tavdinka)

Primary color is dun, with grullo, buckskin, bay, brown, and sorrel occurring infrequently. Most have primitive markings.

Tawleed

NA

Tennessee Walker

There is no limitation as to color or markings.

Tennuvian

NA

Tersky (Tersk, Terskij, Terek, Terskaya)

The usual color is grey with a peculiar silvery sheen, with bay and golden chestnut also occurring.

Thai Pony

Generally bay or brown.

Thessalian

Predominant colors are bay, brown, chestnut, and grey.

Thoroughbred (American, English, French, Irish)

May be bay, dark bay, chestnut, black or grey. Roans are seen only rarely. White markings are frequently seen on both the face and legs.

Thuringen

NA

Thüringische

NA

Tibetan

Colors are bay and grey.

Tieling

NA

Tiger Horse

NA

Timor

May be any solid common horse color, but is usually bay, brown, or black.

Tokara

NA

Tolfetana

NA

Tori (Toric, Toriiskaya)

Common colors are chestnut, bay, and reddish bay.

Torodi

NA

Trait Du Nord

NA

Trakehner (East Prussian)

Most common colors are chestnut, bay, brown, black, or, more rarely, grey. Pintos also occur, while not encouraged, may be registered if their conformation and other characteristics are good.

Trakya

All solid common colors are found.

Transylvanian Lowland

NA

Transylvanian

NA

Trote en Gallope

NA

Trotting Bred

NA

Tuigpaard

NA

Tunisian Barb

NA

Turkoman (Turkmen, Turkmene, Turk)

May be bay, grey, brown, black, or chestnut.

Turkmenian

Extinct.

Tushin

Predominant color is bay, although chestnut, grey, and black are also found. Paints and appaloosas occur rarely, with the majority having no white markings of any kind.

Tuva (Tuvinskaya)

NA

Ukrainian Saddle Horse

Most usual colors are bay, chestnut, and brown.

Unmol

Possibly Extinct. Predominant colors are grey and bay.

Uzunyayla

Usually bay in color.

Virginia Single-Footed Horse

NA

Vlaamperd

NA

Vladimir Heavy Draft (Valdimirskaya tyazhelovoznaya)

Predominant color is bay, with brown and black being seen less frequently. White markings on the face and legs are common.

Voronezh Coach Horse (Voronezh Coach Horse)

NA

Vyatka (Vyatskaya)

Most are chestnut roan or bay roan color, with primitive markings.

Waler

NA

Walkaloosa

NA

Warlander (Andalusion X Friesian)

NA

Waziri

NA

Welara Pony

All colors other than appaloosa are accepted.

Welsh Cob – Section D

All solid colors are allowed except pinto.

Welsh Mountain Pony – Section A

May be any solid color other than pinto. Grey, brown, and chestnut are the most common

Welsh Pony – Section B (“Merlin”)

All colors are permitted except pinto.

Welsh Pony of Cob Type – Section C

All colors are permitted except pinto.

West African Barb

NA

Western Sudan Pony

NA

Westphalian (Westfälisches Warmblut)

NA

Wielkoplski (Originally called Pozen, Great Poland Horse)

Most are bay or chestnut. Others may be brown, black or grey.

Württemberg – Modern Type (Württemberg Warmblut)

NA

Württemberg – Old Type (Württemberg Warmblut)

Common colors seen are bay, brown, black, or chestnut.

Xilingol

NA

Yabu

Maybe bay, grey, brown, black or chestnut.

Yagha

NA

Yakut (Yakutskaya)

Usually bay, grey-brown, or grey, less often roan or mouse grey. Most have primitive markings. Some exhibit the agouti characteristic, having pigment only on the tips of the hair. Northern horses the prevailing color is grey, turning nearly pure white by the age of three to four years.

Yanqi

Bay, chestnut, and black are the most common colors.

Yemen Horse

NA

Yemeni Horses

Generally they are grey, brown, or dark bay in color.

Yili

The body coat is light and fine, often showing a metallic sheen, and is most often bay, with chestnut, black, and grey also seen.

Yimu

NA

Yiwu

Main colors are bay and black.

Yonaguni

Mostly chestnut in color.

Yorkshire Coach Horse

NA

Yorkshire Hackney

NA

Yorkshire Roadster

NA

Yugoslav Draft

NA

Yugoslav Mountain Pony

NA

Yunnan

Are bay, chestnut, or black.

Zaniskari

Most common color is grey.

Zhemaichu (Zemaituka, Zhumd, Zhmudskaya, Zhumdka)

Predominant colors are grullo, black, dark brown, and bay. Nearly every one has a dark dorsal stripe.

Zobnatica halfbred

NA

Zweibrucker  

NA