What color is a palomino horse?

Answer 1

The palomino coat is ranges from light to dark gold, with a white mane and tail. Very light palominos are called cremello (see Related Links for pictures).

The color is caused by an allele of the cream gene, a dilution of chestnut.

Answer 2

The underlying skin color of the palomino horse is generally black.

If horse appears to have palomino coloration but the skin color is

mottled black with deep pink the horse is probably a gold champagne.

Answer 3

The answer to your question can be found in the pedigree (family tree) of a chocolate palomino. Here is a link to a chocolate palomino's pedigree:

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/chocolate+palomino

Key to colors on the pedigree:

sor: Sorral

blk: Black

dun: Dun

ch: Chestnut

buck: Buckskin

pal: Palomino

gr: Gray

b: Bay

perl: Pearl

ro: Roan

Answer 2:

Palomino is one copy of the cream gene acting on a red (chestnut) horse. The exact shade of palomino will depend on how those genes are expressed including how dark the chestnut horse is, and how dark the horse carrying the cream gene is. Also what may appear to be a chocolate palomino may be a sooty palomino, you can also get a sooty chocolate palomino.

Answer 4

brown, blond, or black really.