Horses come in many colors, and you’re sure to find tons of options if you look hard enough. The most common coat shade for horses is chestnut, which is all-brown. Bay is also a popular option, which means a brown horse with a black tail and mane. Gray is a gray or white horse. Buckskins, paints, and palominos aren’t as common, but you see them every so often.
Many of the horses shown on this list have completely unique coats. Keep reading to see horses of different colors and one with an identifying mark that spells it out for you!
Pinto Horse Like a Cow
This is a basic horse coat color. The pinto features a partly white and brown or black shade and almost resembles a cow because of the spotty pattern. Sometimes, people call them “paints,” but they could be mixed breeds that have pinto coloring. Paints are usually part thoroughbred and part quarter horse!
Pinto Horse Like a Cow
Sabino Gene
“Sabino” focuses on a specific spotting pattern that might appear on the horse’s coat. It’s always white and produced by a gene called the Sabino 1 gene. There’s a DNA test your horse can take to determine if it’s a sabino or roan.
Sabino Gene