Click on the underlined words to see examples of horses with each of the colorations. Or, Click here if you want to see what color possibilities there are with matings between the different colors. A Horse with the BASE color of: With ONE creme dilution gene added becomes: With TWO creme dilution genes added becomes: SORREL/CHESTNUT A Red based horse with no black gene and no dilution gene PALOMINO A sorrel/chestnut horse that recieved one copy of the creme dilition gene from one of its parents, giving it a coat ranging in color from pale cream to golden to chocolate and has a white mane and tail. CREMELLO A sorrel/chestnut horse that recieved one copy of the creme gene from both of its parents, and has pink skin, blue eyes, cream to nearly white hair coat, and a white mane and tail. BAY A Black based horse with the "bay" gene, which restricts the black to the mane, tail and legs (also called black "points") and no dilution gene BUCKSKIN A Bay horse that recieved one copy of the creme dilution gene from one of its parents, giving it a diluted hair coat (the color can range from very pale cream, to gold, to a dark "smutty" color,) and has black "points". PERLINO A Bay horse that recieved one copy of the creme gene from both of its parents, and has pink skin, blue eyes, a cream to white colored coat and a darker mane and tail (often orange or red tinted). BLACK A Black based horse with no "bay" gene, and no dilution gene, ranging from "true" black to brown in appearance.   SMOKY BLACK A Black horse that recieved one copy of the creme dilution gene from one of its parents, but probably looks no different than any other black or brown horse.   SMOKY CREAM A Black horse that recieved one copy of the creme gene from both of its parents, possessing pink skin, blue eyes, and an orange or red cast to the entire hair coat. Foal Color Possibilities Find the color at the left that you want to know the outcome of a mating with the color at the top, and find the spot where they meet to get the results. This chart is strictly for the creme-related colors; if you have other genes modifying the colors, such as pinto, dun, Appaloosa, Champagne, roan, etc., you would need to take those into account as well. In colors where the black gene or the bay gene is present, the possibility of heterozygosity (mixed) is assumed. Percentages are not guarantees; they only show probability where applicable (except 100%).  Clicking the underlined words will take you to a DIFFERENT PAGE, about that color.  We're using "sorrel" to mean sorrel OR chestnut.  The most probable outcomes are at the top of the list in bold, the rest are in no particular order.   Colors Mixed Cremello Perlino Smoky Cream Palomino Buckskin Smoky Black Sorrel 100% Palomino 50% Buckskin 50% Palomino Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino 50% Palomino 50% Sorrel Palomino, Buckskin, Smoky black Sorrel, Bay, Black Smoky Black, Buckskin, Palomino, Black, Sorrel, Bay Bay Buckskin, Palomino, Smoky black Buckskin, Smoky Black, Palomino Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino Palomino, Buckskin, Smoky black, Sorrel, Bay, Black Buckskin, Smoky black, Palomino Sorrel, Bay, Black Buckskin, Smoky black, Palomino Sorrel, Bay, Black Black Buckskin, Palomino, Smoky black Buckskin, Smoky black, Palomino Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino Palomino, Buckskin, Smoky black, Sorrel, Bay, Black Buckskin, Smoky black, Palomino Black, Bay, Sorrel Buckskin, Smoky black, Palomino Black, Bay, Sorrel Palomino 50% Palomino 50% Cremello Palomino, Buckskin, Smoky black, Cremello, Perlino, Smoky cream Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino, Perlino, Cremello, Smoky Cream 50% Palomino, 25% Sorrel, 25% Cremello Palomino, Buckskin, Smoky black, Sorrel, Bay, Black, Cremello, Perlino, Smoky cream Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino, Black, Bay, Sorrel, Perlino, Smoky cream, Cremello Buckskin Buckskin, Palomino, Smoky black, Cremello, Perlino, Smoky cream Buckskin, Smoky black, Palomino, Perlino, Cremello, Smoky cream Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino, Perlino, Cremello, Smoky Cream Palomino, Buckskin, Smoky black, Sorrel, Bay, Black, Cremello, Perlino, Smoky cream Buckskin, Palomino, Smoky Black, Bay, Sorrel, Black, Perlino, Cremello, Smoky cream Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino, Black, Bay, Sorrel, Perlino, Smoky cream, Cremello Smoky Black Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino, Perlino, Smoky cream, Cremello Smoky Black, Buckskin, Palomino, Pelino, Smoky cream, cremello Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino, Perlino, Cremello, Smoky Cream Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino, Black, Bay, Sorrel, Perlino, Smoky cream, Cremello Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino, Black, Bay, Sorrel, Perlino, Smoky cream, Cremello Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino, Black, Bay, Sorrel, Perlino, Smoky cream, Cremello This site is not intended to give the visitor a complete education in the science of equine genetics, but merely to explain the creme gene in layman's terms, and thus help dispel some of the myths associated with it. 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