very pale palomino

colorfan April 08, 2013 April 08, 2013

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What color is my horse?

A friend and I are trying to decide what color her mare is. My friend calls her a cremello because she is so light but she has dark eyes and skin. There is hardly any variation in her body color.

I think she must be an Isabella but was wondering if there is another possibility? Champagnes are out as she has dark skin. I am wondering if one copy of pearl (or possible two) could cause this very pale palomino looking mare?

She was an auction horse so no info is available on her sire or dam.

She probably has Dun- is that

rabbitsfizz Mon, 04/08/2013 - 11:55

She probably has Dun- is that a possibility?

It could be, I will ask. I

colorfan Wed, 04/10/2013 - 18:12

It could be, I will ask. I didn't know dun would lighten cream like that.

Is there any picture posted

tjuri Wed, 04/10/2013 - 18:53

Is there any picture posted in the above posts? I don't see any...

http://colorgenetics.info

Daylene Alford Wed, 04/10/2013 - 19:10

http://colorgenetics.info/equine/gallery/dilutions/cream-dilution/thunder A very pale palomino no dun involved. IMO while dun "can" lighten cream...it usually doesn't lighten so much as "dull" the color.

I too would like to see pictures.

No sorry, no pictures

colorfan Fri, 04/19/2013 - 10:53

No sorry, no pictures available.

I realized we didn't answer

Daylene Alford Fri, 04/19/2013 - 10:59

I realized we didn't answer your question about pearl. Heterozygous pearl doesn't dilute unless cream is also present. If cream is present the horse looks like a pseudo double cream. If the horse has two copies of pearl they will resemble a champagne.

There are examples of pearl dilutions in the gallery http://colorgenetics.info/equine/gallery/dilutions/pearl