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What Color is My Horse? Quick Guide by Ancient Breed

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I'm choosing not to update this with white patterns.

ARABIAN
A+/A+, A+/A, A+/At, A+/a (Wild Bay) | A/A, A/At, A/a (Bay) | At/At, At/a (Brown) | a/a (Black)
E/E, E/e (black-based) | e/e (red-based, chestnut)
F/F, F/f (Not Flaxen) | f/f (Flaxen)
G/G, G/g (Grey) | g/g (Not Grey)
Sty/Sty, Sty/sty (Sooty) | sty/sty (Not Sooty)

BELGIAN
A/A, A/a (Bay) | a/a (Black)
E/E, E/e (black-based) | e/e (red-based, chestnut)
f/f (Flaxen)
P/P, P/p (Mealy/Pangare) | p/p (Not Mealy/Pangare)
Rn/Rn, Rn/rn (Roan) | rn/rn (Not Roan)

CASPIAN
A/A, A/a (Bay) | a/a (Black)
E/E, E/e (black-based) | e/e (red-based, chestnut)
D/D, D/d (Dun) | d/d (not dun)

FOREST HORSE
A/A, A/a (Bay)
E/E, E/e (black-based) | e/e (red-based, chestnut)
D/D, D/d (Dun) | d/d (not dun)
P/P, P/p (Mealy/Pangare) | p/p (Not Mealy/Pangare)
Sty/Sty, Sty/sty (Sooty) | sty/sty (Not Sooty)

NORTH AFRICAN BARB
A+/A+, A+/A, A+/At, A+/a (Wild Bay) | A/A, A/At, A/a (Bay) | At/At, At/a (Brown) | a/a (Black)
E/E, E/e (black-based) | e/e (red-based, chestnut)
F/F, F/f (Not Flaxen) | f/f (Flaxen)
Z/Z, Z/z (Silver) | z/z (not silver)
Sty/Sty, Sty/sty (Sooty) | sty/sty (Not Sooty)
Cr/Cr (Double Cream) | Cr/n (Single Cream) | n/n (No Cream) | Pr/n (Single Pearl) | Pr/Pr (Double Pearl) | Cr/Pr (Cream-Pearl)
P/P, P/p (Mealy/Pangare) | p/p (Not Mealy/Pangare)
D/D, D/d (Dun) | d/d (not dun)
Rn/Rn, Rn/rn (Roan) | rn/rn (Not Roan)
Ch/Ch, Ch/ch (Champagne) | ch/ch (Not Champagne)
Tg/Tg (Double Tiger-Eye) | Tg/tg (Single Tiger-Eye) | tg/tg (Not Tiger-Eye)

PRZEWALKSI HORSE
Your horse is Mealy Wild Bay Dun or Mealy Bay Dun.
PWH Genetics:
A+/A+ or A+/A (Wild Bay) | A/A (Bay)
D/- (Dun)
P/P, P/p (Mealy/Pangare)

SHETLAND PONY
A/A, A/At, A/a (Bay) | At/At, At/a (Brown) | a/a (Black)
E/E, E/e (black-based) | e/e (red-based, chestnut)
F/F, F/f (Not Flaxen) | f/f (Flaxen)
Z/Z, Z/z (Silver) | f/f (not silver)
Sty/Sty, Sty/sty (Sooty) | sty/sty (Not Sooty)
Cr/Cr (Double Cream) | Cr/n (Single Cream) | n/n (No Cream)
P/P, P/p (Mealy/Pangare) | p/p (Not Mealy/Pangare)
D/D, D/d (Dun) | d/d (not dun)
Rn/Rn, Rn/rn (Roan) | rn/rn (Not Roan)

TARPAN
Your horse is Bay Dun. It may carry feathers. It may be sooty.
TRP Genetics:
A/A (Bay)
D/D, D/d (Dun)
Sty/Sty, Sty/sty (Sooty) | sty/sty (Not Sooty)

TURKMENE
TRK Genetics:
A/A, A/At, A/a (Bay) | At/At, At/a (Brown) | a/a (Black)
E/E, E/e (black-based) | e/e (red-based, Chestnut)
D/D, D/d (Dun) | d/d (not dun)
Cr/Cr (Double Cream) | Cr/n (Single Cream) | n/n (No Cream)
Sty/Sty, Sty/sty (Sooty) | sty/sty (Not Sooty)
Sh/Sh (Double Shine) | Sh/sh (Single Shine) | sh/sh (No Shine)
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Re: What Color is My Horse? Quick Guide by Ancient Breed

Post by Argent »

complete now, afaik
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Should be pinned or higher up in my opinion.
What can be added now is: Lp for Shetland and Tarpan (LP/LP, LP/lp, lp/lp for each).
Would also add e/e or E/E even if that's the only variant (E/E for Tarpans for example).
I suppose Tarpans are D/D though (you write a second possibility with D/d), otherwise you could have a chance for d/d and i have never seen that unless it was mixed.
Forest Horses are E/E, E/e, e/e but A/A (not A/a), you can find chestnuts but no real blacks, just very sooty dark brown/bay/chestnut.
Not silver should be z/z not f/f.
Nice guide ;)
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Re: What Color is My Horse? Quick Guide by Ancient Breed

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Argent wrote:FOREST HORSE
A/A, A/a (Bay)
Saw these guys in the AC:
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They look chestnut/red dun to me.
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nyraeia wrote:They look chestnut/red dun to me.
For them to be bay, they need to be black based. Agouti doesn't affect red based coats. If you were to breed them to a black horse, the result would likely be a mealy bay foal.
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a tired smile wrote:
nyraeia wrote:They look chestnut/red dun to me.
For them to be bay, they need to be black based. Agouti doesn't affect red based coats. If you were to breed them to a black horse, the result would likely be a mealy bay foal.
I was suggesting there being a possibility of AC FHs being chestnut. :roll:
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Post by Devolare »

Djeraya mentioned this earlier, so I didn't really bother with posting it. But yeah, I agree with you nyraeia that there are some chestnut Forest Horses roaming the AC and if it helps any, I understood you. x'D
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Re: What Color is My Horse? Quick Guide by Ancient Breed

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Thank you, Dev. I wasn't sure if I was missing or misinterpreting something.
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Re: What Color is My Horse? Quick Guide by Ancient Breed

Post by Odeliena16 »

Hey,

I am new to this game, but I am so addicted by now ;) I have problems with the colors of my horses. I have forest horse mare, tarpan mare, and colt prewalski x forest horse. he is young, but seems to have red in the mane and tail, cream colored body, and some gray in the legs... any help with my horses would be great :)
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Re: What Color is My Horse? Quick Guide by Ancient Breed

Post by Psycho0912 »

maybe a dumb question, but I'm new to the game ^^
where can I find these 'signs' (like a/a for black) at my horse's profile? because I want to determine the colour of some of my horses, but I can't find the 'signs' anywhere :')

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