The Color Wheel of Horse Coat Colors

Horses come in so many colors, from gorgeous white to bay. There are so many colors of horses, you may know them all! If not, keep scrolling to see some common coat colors.

Dun

The dun coat color reminds you of the horse Spirit, from the movie "Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron". The dun coat color can be in three different shades- yellow dun, red dun, and mouse grey.

Grey

Who doesn't love a grey horse? There are four different shades of the grey coat color- grey, dapple grey, flea bitten, and rose grey.

Basic Colors

There is a basic category in the horse coat color wheel. This basic category has a large variety of coat colors- bay, chesntut, blood bay, dark bay, black bay, liver chestnut, sabino, tobiano, splash white, and frame overo.

Bright Colors

The bright color category consists of palomino, cremello, buckskin dun, and perlino.

Champagne Colors

Only a few coat colors are in this category- the classic, gold, amber, and white.

Patterns

You may see horses such as Appaloosa's have a certain pattern. The pattern can either be a blanket/rug or leopard.

Roan

The roan category has three different shades- bay roan, red roan, and blue roan.

What is your favorite coat color? Leave it in the comments below!