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			Coat Colors & Detailed Genetics

			Coat Colors With Cream Gene Added  (Cr) Coat Color Without a Cream Gene One Cream Gene Two Cream Genes Sorrel/Chestnut ee AA ee AAt ee Aa ee AtAt ee Ata ee aa Palomino ee AA Crcr ee AAt Crcr ee Aa Crcr ee AtAt Crcr ee Ata Crcr ee aa Crcr Cremello ee AA CrCr ee AAt CrCr ee Aa CrCr ee AtAt CrCr ee Ata CrCr ee aa CrCr Bay EE AA EE AAt EE Aa Ee AA Ee AAt Ee Aa Buckskin EE AA Crcr EE AAt Crcr EE Aa Crcr Ee AA Crcr Ee AAt Crcr Ee Aa Crcr Perlino EE AA CrCr EE AAt CrCr EE Aa CrCr Ee AA CrCr Ee AAt CrCr Ee Aa CrCr Seal Brown EE AtAt EE Ata Ee AtAt Ee Ata Smoky Brown EE AtAt Crcr EE Ata Crcr Ee AtAt Crcr Ee Ata Crcr Smoky Brown Cream EE AtAt CrCr EE Ata CrCr Ee AtAt CrCr Ee Ata CrCr Black EE aa Ee aa Smoky Black EE aa Crcr Ee aa Crcr Smoky Black Cream EE aa CrCr Ee aa CrCr
	An upper case "E" represents the BLACK gene. A lower case "e" would mean the foal carries RED instead of black. One upper case "E" will result in a black based foal. Two upper case "E's" will result in a homozygous black foal.  The next modifier, agouti, will determine if the foal remains black based or will be bay or brown based. "A" is represents the dominant Agouti gene.  This gene restricts a BLACK base to just the points.  This gene does not affect a red based coat color.  (However a red based horse still has some form of agouti.  It just doesn't change the color the way it does on a black horse.)  Lower case "a" would mean the horse would not have the dominant agouti gene (also called recessive agouti).  Two lower case a's will result in a black based foal.  There is also the "Seal Brown" base caused by an "At" agouti gene- check out the article below for more details! For breeders looking to get BLACK foals, breeding a mare that is "AA" for Agouti will NEVER result in a black foal. This is another reason to know the genetics of the parents before trying to produce a particular foal. Also, a foal receives one copy from each parent, so an "EE" horse will always give a black base to its offspring. An EE parent will never produce a foal color in the top row of the chart to the right. Likewise, an "AA" parent will never produce a foal in the bottom 2 rows of the chart. GREAT article to check out! 'Believe in Brown' Article printed April 2010 in the Paint Horse Journal by Irene Stamatelakys about the "At" form of agouti.

 

* Unlike the Cream gene, the Dun, Roan, and Champagne dilution genes are simple dominant and do not affect the coat color differently when the horse carries one or two of the genes.  As you can see from above, the Cream gene will modify the color of the horse depending on whether the horse carries one or two copies of it.  If the horse has at least one of the cream, dun, roan, or champagne dilutions, you will SEE it in the coat color.   Pearl and Silver combinations are not represented below, but they too are possible dilutions to a base.

 

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Coat Colors With Dun Gene Added  (D) Two upper case D's means homozygous dun and all offspring will have at least one dun gene. One upper case D means heterozygous dun and 50% of offspring will have dun. If the horse carries one dun gene, its coat color will be visibly different than the base coat color. A horse that is homozygous will look the same as a heterozygous horse. Sorrel/Chestnut + Dun = Red Dun Palomino + Dun = Dunalino Cremello + Dun = Cremello Dun ee AA DD ee AAt DD ee Aa DD ee AtAt DD ee Ata DD ee aa DD ee AA Dd ee AAt Dd ee Aa Dd ee AtAt Dd ee Ata Dd ee aa Dd ee AA Crcr DD ee AAt Crcr DD ee Aa Crcr DD ee AtAt Crcr DD ee Ata Crcr DD ee aa Crcr DD ee AA Crcr Dd ee AAt Crcr Dd ee Aa Crcr Dd ee AtAt Crcr Dd ee Ata Crcr Dd ee aa Crcr Dd ee AA CrCr DD ee AAt CrCr DD ee Aa CrCr DD ee AtAt CrCr DD ee Ata CrCr DD ee aa CrCr DD ee AA CrCr Dd ee AAt CrCr Dd ee Aa CrCr Dd ee AtAt CrCr Dd ee Ata CrCr Dd ee aa CrCr Dd Bay + Dun = Dun Buckskin + Dun = Dunskin Perlino + Dun = Perlino Dun EE AA DD EE AAt DD EE Aa DD Ee AA DD Ee AAt DD Ee Aa DD EE AA Dd EE AAt Dd EE Aa Dd Ee AA Dd Ee AAt Dd Ee Aa Dd EE AA Crcr DD EE AAt Crcr DD EE Aa Crcr DD Ee AA Crcr DD Ee AAt Crcr DD Ee Aa Crcr DD EE AA Crcr Dd EE AAt Crcr Dd EE Aa Crcr Dd Ee AA Crcr Dd Ee AAt Crcr Dd Ee Aa Crcr Dd EE AA CrCr DD EE AAt CrCr DD EE Aa CrCr DD Ee AA CrCr DD Ee AAt CrCr DD Ee Aa CrCr DD EE AA CrCr Dd EE AAt CrCr Dd EE Aa CrCr Dd Ee AA CrCr Dd Ee AAt CrCr Dd Ee Aa CrCr Dd Brown + Dun = Brown Dun Smoky Brown + Dun = Smoky Brown Dun Smoky Brown Cream + Dun = Smoky Brown Cream Dun EE AtAt DD EE Ata DD Ee AtAt DD Ee Ata DD EE AtAt Dd EE Ata Dd Ee AtAt Dd Ee Ata Dd EE AtAt Crcr DD EE Ata Crcr DD Ee AtAt Crcr DD Ee Ata Crcr DD EE AtAt Crcr Dd EE Ata Crcr Dd Ee AtAt Crcr Dd Ee Ata Crcr Dd EE AtAt CrCr DD EE Ata CrCr DD Ee AtAt CrCr DD Ee Ata CrCr DD EE AtAt CrCr Dd EE Ata CrCr Dd Ee AtAt CrCr Dd Ee Ata CrCr Dd Black + Dun = Grullo Smoky Black + Dun = Smoky Grullo Smoky Black Cream + Dun = Smoky Cream Grullo EE aa DD Ee aa DD EE aa Dd Ee aa Dd EE aa Crcr DD Ee aa Crcr DD EE aa Crcr Dd Ee aa Crcr Dd EE aa CrCr DD Ee aa CrCr DD EE aa CrCr Dd Ee aa CrCr Dd

 

Coat Colors With Roan Gene Added  (R) Two upper case R's means homozygous roan and all offspring will have at least one roan gene. One upper case R means heterozygous roan and 50% of offspring will have roan. If the horse carries one roan gene, its coat color will be visibly different than the base coat color. A horse that is homozygous will look the same as a heterozygous horse. Sorrel/Chestnut + Roan = Red Roan Palomino + Roan = Palomino Roan Cremello + Roan = Cremello Roan ee AA RR ee AAt RR ee Aa RR ee AtAt RR ee Ata RR ee aa RR ee AA Rr ee AAt Rr ee Aa Rr ee AtAt Rr ee Ata Rr ee aa Rr ee AA Crcr RR ee AAt Crcr RR ee Aa Crcr RR ee AtAt Crcr RR ee Ata Crcr RR ee aa Crcr RR ee AA Crcr Rr ee AAt Crcr Rr ee Aa Crcr Rr ee AtAt Crcr Rr ee Ata Crcr Rr ee aa Crcr Rr ee AA CrCr RR ee AAt CrCr RR ee Aa CrCr RR ee AtAt CrCr RR ee Ata CrCr RR ee aa CrCr RR ee AA CrCr Rr ee AAt CrCr Rr ee Aa CrCr Rr ee AtAt CrCr Rr ee Ata CrCr Rr ee aa CrCr Rr Bay + Roan = Bay Roan Buckskin + Roan = Buckskin Roan Perlino + Roan = Perlino Roan EE AA RR EE AAt RR EE Aa RR Ee AA RR Ee AAt RR Ee Aa RR EE AA Rr EE AAt Rr EE Aa Rr Ee AA Rr Ee AAt Rr Ee Aa Rr EE AA Crcr RR EE AAt Crcr RR EE Aa Crcr RR Ee AA Crcr RR Ee AAt Crcr RR Ee Aa Crcr RR EE AA Crcr Rr EE AAt Crcr Rr EE Aa Crcr Rr Ee AA Crcr Rr Ee AAt Crcr Rr Ee Aa Crcr Rr EE AA CrCr RR EE AAt CrCr RR EE Aa CrCr RR Ee AA CrCr RR Ee AAt CrCr RR Ee Aa CrCr RR EE AA CrCr Rr EE AAt CrCr Rr EE Aa CrCr Rr Ee AA CrCr Rr Ee AAt CrCr Rr Ee Aa CrCr Rr Brown + Roan = Brown Roan Smoky Brown + Roan = Smoky Brown Roan Smoky Brown Cream + Roan = Smoky Brown Cream Roan EE AtAt RR EE Ata RR Ee AtAt RR Ee Ata RR EE AtAt Rr EE Ata Rr Ee AtAt Rr Ee Ata Rr EE AtAt Crcr RR EE Ata Crcr RR Ee AtAt Crcr RR Ee Ata Crcr RR EE AtAt Crcr Rr EE Ata Crcr Rr Ee AtAt Crcr Rr Ee Ata Crcr Rr EE AtAt CrCr RR EE Ata CrCr RR Ee AtAt CrCr RR Ee Ata CrCr RR EE AtAt CrCr Rr EE Ata CrCr Rr Ee AtAt CrCr Rr Ee Ata CrCr Rr Black + Roan = Blue Roan Smoky Black + Roan = Smoky Blue Roan Smoky Black Cream + Roan = Smoky Black Cream Roan EE aa RR Ee aa RR EE aa Rr Ee aa Rr EE aa Crcr RR Ee aa Crcr RR EE aa Crcr Rr Ee aa Crcr Rr EE aa CrCr RR Ee aa CrCr RR EE aa CrCr Rr Ee aa CrCr Rr

 

Coat Colors With Champagne Gene Added  (Ch) Two upper case Ch's means homozygous champagne and all offspring will have at least one champagne gene. One upper case Ch means heterozygous champagne and 50% of offspring will have champagne. If the horse carries one champagne gene, its coat color will be visibly different than the base coat color. A horse that is homozygous will look the same as a heterozygous horse.  (*Possibly some small differences, but testing is always best to confirm.) Sorrel/Chestnut + Champagne = Gold Champagne Palomino + Champagne = Gold Cream Champagne Cremello + Champagne = Cremello Champagne ee AA ChCh ee AAt ChCh ee Aa ChCh ee AtAt ChCh ee Ata ChCh ee aa ChCh ee AA Chch ee AAt Chch ee Aa Chch ee AtAt Chch ee Ata Chch ee aa Chch ee AA Crcr ChCh ee AAt Crcr ChCh ee Aa Crcr ChCh ee AtAt Crcr ChCh ee Ata Crcr ChCh ee aa Crcr ChCh ee AA Crcr Chch ee AAt Crcr Chch ee Aa Crcr Chch ee AtAt Crcr Chch ee Ata Crcr Chch ee aa Crcr Chch ee AA CrCr ChCh ee AAt CrCr ChCh ee Aa CrCr ChCh ee AtAt CrCr ChCh ee Ata CrCr ChCh ee aa CrCr ChCh ee AA CrCr Chch ee AAt CrCr Chch ee Aa CrCr Chch ee AtAt CrCr Chch ee Ata CrCr Chch ee aa CrCr Chch Bay + Champagne = Amber Champagne Buckskin + Champagne = Amber Cream Champagne Perlino + Champagne = Perlino Champagne EE AA ChCh EE AAt ChCh EE Aa ChCh Ee AA ChCh Ee AAt ChCh Ee Aa ChCh EE AA Chch EE AAt Chch EE Aa Chch Ee AA Chch Ee AAt Chch Ee Aa Chch EE AA Crcr ChCh EE AAt Crcr ChCh EE Aa Crcr ChCh Ee AA Crcr ChCh Ee AAt Crcr ChCh Ee Aa Crcr ChCh EE AA Crcr Chch EE AAt Crcr Chch EE Aa Crcr Chch Ee AA Crcr Chch Ee AAt Crcr Chch Ee Aa Crcr Chch EE AA CrCr ChCh EE AAt CrCr ChCh EE Aa CrCr ChCh Ee AA CrCr ChCh Ee AAt CrCr ChCh Ee Aa CrCr ChCh EE AA CrCr Chch EE AAt CrCr Chch EE Aa CrCr Chch Ee AA CrCr Chch Ee AAt CrCr Chch Ee Aa CrCr Chch Brown + Champagne = Sable Champagne Smoky Brown + Champagne = Sable Cream Champagne Smoky Brown Cream + Champagne = Sable Smoky Cream Champagne EE AtAt ChCh EE Ata ChCh Ee AtAt ChCh Ee Ata ChCh EE AtAt Chch EE Ata Chch Ee AtAt Chch Ee Ata Chch EE AtAt Crcr ChCh EE Ata Crcr ChCh Ee AtAt Crcr ChCh Ee Ata Crcr ChCh EE AtAt Crcr Chch EE Ata Crcr Chch Ee AtAt Crcr Chch Ee Ata Crcr Chch EE AtAt CrCr ChCh EE Ata CrCr ChCh Ee AtAt CrCr ChCh Ee Ata CrCr ChCh EE AtAt CrCr Chch EE Ata CrCr Chch Ee AtAt CrCr Chch Ee Ata CrCr Chch Black + Champagne = Classic Champagne Smoky Black + Champagne = Classic Cream Champagne Smoky Black Cream + Champagne = Classic Smoky Cream Champagne EE aa ChCh Ee aa ChCh EE aa Chch Ee aa Chch EE aa Crcr ChCh Ee aa Crcr ChCh EE aa Crcr Chch Ee aa Crcr Chch EE aa CrCr ChCh Ee aa CrCr ChCh EE aa CrCr Chch Ee aa CrCr Chch

 

Coat Colors With Champagne & Dun Genes Added  (Ch) & (D) Sorrel/Chestnut + Champagne & Dun = Gold Dun Champagne Palomino + Champagne & Dun = Gold Cream Dun Champagne Cremello + Champagne & Dun = Cremello Dun Champagne ee AA ChCh DD ee AAt ChCh DD ee Aa ChCh DD ee AtAt ChCh DD ee Ata ChCh DD ee aa ChCh DD ee AA ChCh Dd ee AAt ChCh Dd ee Aa ChCh Dd ee AtAt ChCh Dd ee Ata ChCh Dd ee aa ChCh Dd ee AA Chch DD ee AAt Chch DD ee Aa Chch DD ee AtAt Chch DD ee Ata Chch DD ee aa Chch DD ee AA Chch Dd ee AAt Chch Dd ee Aa Chch Dd ee AtAt Chch Dd ee Ata Chch Dd ee aa Chch Dd ee AA Crcr ChCh DD ee AAt Crcr ChCh DD ee Aa Crcr ChCh DD ee AtAt Crcr ChCh DD ee Ata Crcr ChCh DD ee aa Crcr ChCh DD ee AA Crcr ChCh Dd ee AAt Crcr ChCh Dd ee Aa Crcr ChCh Dd ee AtAt Crcr ChCh Dd ee Ata Crcr ChCh Dd ee aa Crcr ChCh Dd ee AA Crcr Chch DD ee AAt Crcr Chch DD ee Aa Crcr Chch DD ee AtAt Crcr Chch DD ee Ata Crcr Chch DD ee aa Crcr Chch DD ee AA Crcr Chch Dd ee AAt Crcr Chch Dd ee Aa Crcr Chch Dd ee AtAt Crcr Chch Dd ee Ata Crcr Chch Dd ee aa Crcr Chch Dd ee AA CrCr ChCh DD ee AAt CrCr ChCh DD ee Aa CrCr ChCh DD ee AtAt CrCr ChCh DD ee Ata CrCr ChCh DD ee aa CrCr ChCh DD ee AA CrCr ChCh Dd ee AAt CrCr ChCh Dd ee Aa CrCr ChCh Dd ee AtAt CrCr ChCh Dd ee Ata CrCr ChCh Dd ee aa CrCr ChCh Dd ee AA CrCr Chch DD ee AAt CrCr Chch DD ee Aa CrCr Chch DD ee AtAt CrCr Chch DD ee Ata CrCr Chch DD ee aa CrCr Chch DD ee AA CrCr Chch Dd ee AAt CrCr Chch Dd ee Aa CrCr Chch Dd ee AtAt CrCr Chch Dd ee Ata CrCr Chch Dd ee aa CrCr Chch Dd Bay + Champagne & Dun = Amber Dun Champagne Buckskin + Champagne & Dun = Amber Cream Dun Champagne Perlino + Champagne & Dun = Perlino Dun Champagne EE AA ChCh DD EE AAt ChCh DD EE Aa ChCh DD Ee AA ChCh DD Ee AAt ChCh DD Ee Aa ChCh DD EE AA ChCh Dd EE AAt ChCh Dd EE Aa ChCh Dd Ee AA ChCh Dd Ee AAt ChCh Dd Ee Aa ChCh Dd EE AA Chch DD EE AAt Chch DD EE Aa Chch DD Ee AA Chch DD Ee AAt Chch DD Ee Aa Chch DD EE AA Chch Dd EE AAt Chch Dd EE Aa Chch Dd Ee AA Chch Dd Ee AAt Chch Dd Ee Aa Chch Dd EE AA Crcr ChCh DD EE AAt Crcr ChCh DD EE Aa Crcr ChCh DD Ee AA Crcr ChCh DD Ee AAt Crcr ChCh DD Ee Aa Crcr ChCh DD EE AA Crcr ChCh Dd EE AAt Crcr ChCh Dd EE Aa Crcr ChCh Dd Ee AA Crcr ChCh Dd Ee AAt Crcr ChCh Dd Ee Aa Crcr ChCh Dd EE AA Crcr Chch DD EE AAt Crcr Chch DD EE Aa Crcr Chch DD Ee AA Crcr Chch DD Ee AAt Crcr Chch DD Ee Aa Crcr Chch DD EE AA Crcr Chch Dd EE AAt Crcr Chch Dd EE Aa Crcr Chch Dd Ee AA Crcr Chch Dd Ee AAt Crcr Chch Dd Ee Aa Crcr Chch Dd EE AA CrCr ChCh DD EE AAt CrCr ChCh DD EE Aa CrCr ChCh DD Ee AA CrCr ChCh DD Ee AAt CrCr ChCh DD Ee Aa CrCr ChCh DD EE AA CrCr ChCh Dd EE AAt CrCr ChCh Dd EE Aa CrCr ChCh Dd Ee AA CrCr ChCh Dd Ee AAt CrCr ChCh Dd Ee Aa CrCr ChCh Dd EE AA CrCr Chch DD EE AAt CrCr Chch DD EE Aa CrCr Chch DD Ee AA CrCr Chch DD Ee AAt CrCr Chch DD Ee Aa CrCr Chch DD EE AA CrCr Chch Dd EE AAt CrCr Chch Dd EE Aa CrCr Chch Dd Ee AA CrCr Chch Dd Ee AAt CrCr Chch Dd Ee Aa CrCr Chch Dd Brown + Champagne & Dun = Sable Dun Champagne Smoky Brown + Champagne & Dun = Sable Cream Dun Champagne Smoky Brown Cream + Champagne & Dun = Sable Smoky Cream Dun Champagne EE AtAt ChCh DD EE Ata ChCh DD Ee AtAt ChCh DD Ee Ata ChCh DD EE AtAt ChCh Dd EE Ata ChCh Dd Ee AtAt ChCh Dd Ee Ata ChCh Dd EE AtAt Chch DD EE Ata Chch DD Ee AtAt Chch DD Ee Ata Chch DD EE AtAt Chch Dd EE Ata Chch Dd Ee AtAt Chch Dd Ee Ata Chch Dd EE AtAt Crcr ChCh DD EE Ata Crcr ChCh DD Ee AtAt Crcr ChCh DD Ee Ata Crcr ChCh DD EE AtAt Crcr ChCh Dd EE Ata Crcr ChCh Dd Ee AtAt Crcr ChCh Dd Ee Ata Crcr ChCh Dd EE AtAt Crcr Chch DD EE Ata Crcr Chch DD Ee AtAt Crcr Chch DD Ee Ata Crcr Chch DD EE AtAt Crcr Chch Dd EE Ata Crcr Chch Dd Ee AtAt Crcr Chch Dd Ee Ata Crcr Chch Dd EE AtAt CrCr ChCh DD EE Ata CrCr ChCh DD Ee AtAt CrCr ChCh DD Ee Ata CrCr ChCh DD EE AtAt CrCr ChCh Dd EE Ata CrCr ChCh Dd Ee AtAt CrCr ChCh Dd Ee Ata CrCr ChCh Dd EE AtAt CrCr Chch DD EE Ata CrCr Chch DD Ee AtAt CrCr Chch DD Ee Ata CrCr Chch DD EE AtAt CrCr Chch Dd EE Ata CrCr Chch Dd Ee AtAt CrCr Chch Dd Ee Ata CrCr Chch Dd Black + Champagne & Dun = Classic Dun (Grullo) Champagne Smoky Black + Champagne & Dun = Classic Cream Grullo Champagne Smoky Black Cream + Champagne & Dun = Classic Smoky Cream Grullo Champagne EE aa ChCh DD Ee aa ChCh DD EE aa ChCh Dd Ee aa ChCh Dd EE aa Chch DD Ee aa Chch DD EE aa Chch Dd Ee aa Chch Dd EE aa Crcr ChCh DD Ee aa Crcr ChCh DD EE aa Crcr ChCh Dd Ee aa Crcr ChCh Dd EE aa Crcr Chch DD Ee aa Crcr Chch DD EE aa Crcr Chch Dd Ee aa Crcr Chch Dd EE aa CrCr ChCh DD Ee aa CrCr ChCh DD EE aa CrCr ChCh Dd Ee aa CrCr ChCh Dd EE aa CrCr Chch DD Ee aa CrCr Chch DD EE aa CrCr Chch Dd Ee aa CrCr Chch Dd