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How many different horse coat colors are there in the world?
There are more like 39 coat colors determined by individual genes. This includes the breeds where color is a prime consideration, such as palominos, appaloosas and other spott…ed breeds, as well as Pintos, Paints and Albinos. For example, Appaloosas (determined by a white sclera, vertical stripes on hooves and mottled black and white spots on nose and genitalia) are broken down into five principal color patterns-blanket, white over hips w/ or w/out dark spots; marble, red or blue roan, w/ dark coloring on the edges of the body and a frost pattern in the middle; leopard, white w/ dark spots; snowflake, dominant spotting over the hips; and frost, white speckling on a dark background. However, there are 19 standard coat colors, gray, flea-bitten, palomino, bay, light bay, bright bay (also referred to as blood bay), chestnut, red chestnut, liver/dark chestnut, yellow-dun, bay brown, brown, blue roan, red roan, black, dapple gray, skewbald, piebald, and pinto. (MORE)
