page_title: Equine coat color
hierarchical_section_title: Equine coat color
caption_attribution_description: Wild Horses on the Range
context_page_description: Horses exhibit a diverse array of coat colors and distinctive markings. A specialized vocabulary has evolved to describe them.
  While most horses remain the same color throughout life, a few, over the course of several years, will develop a different coat color from that with which they were born. Most white markings are present at birth, and the underlying skin color of a healthy horse does not change.
  The basic outline of equine coat color genetics has largely been resolved, and DNA tests to determine the likelihood that a horse will have offspring of a given color have been developed for some colors. Discussion, research, and even controversy continues about some of the details, particularly those surrounding spotting patterns, color sub-shades such as "sooty" or "flaxen", and markings.
context_section_description: Horses exhibit a diverse array of coat colors and distinctive markings. A specialized vocabulary has evolved to describe them.
  While most horses remain the same color throughout life, a few, over the course of several years, will develop a different coat color from that with which they were born. Most white markings are present at birth, and the underlying skin color of a healthy horse does not change.
  The basic outline of equine coat color genetics has largely been resolved, and DNA tests to determine the likelihood that a horse will have offspring of a given color have been developed for some colors. Discussion, research, and even controversy continues about some of the details, particularly those surrounding spotting patterns, color sub-shades such as "sooty" or "flaxen", and markings.
caption: Mustangs on the range, showing a wide range of coat colors
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