Names & Look-alikes

Colour Guide

Coat colours go by many names, and some are easily confused with one another. This guide maps the names Genquix uses to the other terms you may hear, and flags the colours most often mistaken for each other.

Colour

Also Known As

Sometimes Mistaken For

Base Colours

Red

Also known as:Chestnut, Sorrel, Liver Chestnut, Flaxen Chestnut, Light Chestnut

Sometimes mistaken for:Bay

Bay

Also known as:Brown, Blood Bay, Red Bay, Mahogany Bay, Seal Brown, Sooty Bay, Wild Bay

Sometimes mistaken for:Black, Brown, Chestnut

Black

Also known as:Jet Black, Raven Black

Sometimes mistaken for:Dark Bay, Seal Brown, Smoky Black

Cream

Palomino

Also known as:Isabella, Golden Palomino, Chocolate Palomino, Sooty Palomino

Sometimes mistaken for:Gold Champagne, Chestnut

Buckskin

Also known as:Yellow Buckskin, Silvery Buckskin, Sooty Buckskin, Brown Buckskin

Sometimes mistaken for:Dun, Bay Dun, Amber Champagne

Smoky Black

Also known as:

Sometimes mistaken for:Black, Dark Bay, Seal Brown, Liver Chestnut

Cremello

Also known as:Blue-eyed Cream

Sometimes mistaken for:White, Albino, Perlino, Smoky Cream

Perlino

Also known as:Blue-eyed Cream

Sometimes mistaken for:White, Albino, Cremello, Smoky Cream

Smoky Cream

Also known as:Blue-eyed Cream

Sometimes mistaken for:White, Albino, Cremello, Perlino

Dun

Bay Dun

Also known as:Zebra Dun, Classic Dun, Yellow Dun

Sometimes mistaken for:Buckskin

Red Dun

Also known as:Claybank Dun, Apricot Dun, Sorrel Dun, Chestnut Dun

Sometimes mistaken for:Red, Palomino

Black Dun

Also known as:Grullo, Grulla, Blue Dun, Mouse Dun, Coyote Dun, Slate Dun

Sometimes mistaken for:Blue Roan, Black Roan, Grey

Palomino Dun

Also known as:Dunalino

Sometimes mistaken for:

Buckskin Dun

Also known as:Dunskin

Sometimes mistaken for:

Smoky Black Dun

Also known as:Smoky Grullo

Sometimes mistaken for:

Roan

Red Roan

Also known as:Strawberry Roan, Sorrel Roan

Sometimes mistaken for:Bay Roan

Bay Roan

Also known as:Brown Roan

Sometimes mistaken for:Red Roan

Black Roan

Also known as:Blue Roan

Sometimes mistaken for:Black Dun, Grey

Silver

Silver Bay

Also known as:Red Silver, Silver Dapple Bay

Sometimes mistaken for:Chestnut, Flaxen Chestnut

Silver Black

Also known as:Silver Dapple, Silver Dapple Black, Chocolate, Taffy

Sometimes mistaken for:Liver Chestnut, Flaxen Chestnut

Pearl

Also known as:Barlink Factor

Sometimes mistaken for:

Gold Pearl

Also known as:Apricot

Sometimes mistaken for:Palomino, Cremello

Bay Pearl

Also known as:

Sometimes mistaken for:Chestnut, Bay

Buckskin Pearl

Also known as:

Sometimes mistaken for:Palomino, Buckskin

Grey

Also known as:Dapple Grey, Rose Grey, Flea-bitten Grey, Steel Grey, Iron Grey

Sometimes mistaken for:Roan, Black Dun

Genquix uses one consistent naming system throughout the app. This guide is here so that whatever name you know a colour by, you can find it.