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Supposedly grulla appaloosa....?

Hi all,

I recently purchased this cute little gelding, and my friends and I are at a loss for what color he is supposed to be.  He is registered, and I have his papers; he is called a "grulla appaloosa overo". 

I can see the snowflake appaloosa and the overo patterning.  However, we aren't sure we would call him grulla.  Now I know grulla comes in several shades, but I believe they are mostly shades of gray/black? (Politely correct me if I'm wrong :) )   If you look at his individual darker hairs, they are actually reddish gray. He does have a bit of a dorsal stripe (unless it's really good countershading), which you can see in his summer and winter coats (one photo in the snow, then two rump photos).  The edges of the stripe are not sharply defined, but it does run from mane to tail and into the top part of his tail.

Also his lower legs are reddish-brown, which again, throws us off the grulla argument.  And he doesn't really have any other primitive markings like leg or shoulder barring for a shade of dun, unless you count a tri-colored mane (black, white, and "tan").  We are wondering if he isn't just a weird looking roan paint of sorts.

The last two photos are his sire (black snowflake appaloosa), and his dam (chestnut).  Both sides have a lot of grullas and roans.

So what color would you call him?  :)

Thanks!!!