Horse Color & Markings Review Quiz

Body color ranging from tan, through red, to reddish brown; black mane and tail; usually black on lower legs

• Black

• Bay

• white

• Chestnut

• Brown

skin is pink; eyes are usually dark; small black spots may be found in the skin, but usually are not accompanied by colored hair. Some of these horses may be variegated, meaning they have patches of colored hair, usually intermixed

• Black

• Bay

• white

• Chestnut

• Brown

Body color true _____ without light areas; mane and tail _____

• Black

• Bay

• white

• Chestnut

• Brown

Body color brown or black with light areas at muzzle, eyes, flank and inside upper legs; mane and tail black

• Black

• Bay

• white

• Chestnut

• Brown

Body color dark red or brownish-red; mane and tail usually dark red or brownish-red, but may be flaxen

• Black

• Bay

• white

• Chestnut

• Brown

More or less uniform mixture of white with red hairs on a large portion of the body, but usually darker on head and lower legs; can have red or flaxen mane and/or tail

More or less uniform mixture of white with black hairs over a large portion of the body, but usually darker on head and lower legs; can have a few red hairs in mixture

More or less uniform mixture of white with red hairs on a large portion of the body; darker on head, usually red but can have a few black hairs in mixture; black mane and tail and black on lower legs

Body color yellowish or gold; mane and tail are black; black on lower legs; typically _________ without dorsal stripe

• buckskin

• palomino

• dun

• roan

Body color a golden yellow; mane and tail white; typically ________ do not have dorsal stripes

• buckskin

• palomino

• dun

• roan