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What color would my Quarter Horse be called?

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He's supposedly a 'dark' palomino. He's dark brown, but not a chestnut or bay, more like a taupe with regular palomino dapples, a dark brown dorsal stripe and his legs are black with taupe dapples. His mane is a translucenty white with enough gray to make it look literally silver. The pictures don't really do him justice.. And I'm really sorry if I mess this up it my first post!!!
 

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I agree with anyone who says sooty palomino.... Shame it makes him so ugly, though : I think the best thing would be for you to ship him to Argentina where no-one will see him and he can live free from mockery with my four non-judgmental horses... :mrgreen:
 
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This horse is not dun. The dorsal is not the crisp dun dorsal but the smudgy type of dorsal caused by counter shading sooty. Also dun is a dilution it gives the coat a typical flat peachy dun color on the base it's on.

Dorsal on my dunskin to compare. Also notice the peachy color even though this horse is also cream diluted.


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Thanks guys! Haha, yeah I did just get him. He was a rescue, so he's a little older, 7 and I'm training him (please don't call me crazy, we've already gotten the saddle on and sat on him.) I've had him for four weeks and I've been trying my hardest to figure out his color! But just you guys know, his legs aren't stripy.. They're leopard print! (It's a joke, they're spotty though.) :wink:
 
#15 ·
The leg markings are causing by clusters of sooty. Sooty also causing mane/tail to be silver and possibly some black hairs too.
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Sooty palomino. They change over the years too so expect what you see this year will not be the same as next. The spots spread.....If I get permission I'll post a pic of my pals sire that is now a chocolate with even darker spots plus the dapples. Right now Honey is just developing random "leopard" spots or what my mechanic husband refers to as grease marks.
 
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This horse is chestnut based but has the obvious coat coloring diluted by cream. A palomino genetically is (chestnut+cream). Even with the sooty the golden tone of cream is there.
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