COLOR EXAMPLES
by Chris Flint

Pictured here are typical and recent examples of the body colors that I have painted.    While I am illustrating many shades, please bear in mind there are hundreds of shades of each color.    You are not limited to only what is shown.


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BAY
Standard Bay with light dappling	Foal version of Standard Bay	Weanling version of Standard Bay
Mealy Dark Bay	Shaded Blood Bay	Dark Bay
Shaded Bay	Shaded Bay	Dappled Blood Bay
Mealy Standard Bay with Dun Factoring	Dappled Mahogany Bay	Mealy Standard Bay

SEAL BAY and BROWN
Mealy Seal Bay	Black Bay or Brown	Seal Bay
Mealy Seal Bay	Brown

BLACK
Black with blue highlights	Black with silver highlights	Foal Black
Black with pearlescent highlights

CHESTNUT
Golden Chestnut	Standard Chestnut	Dark Chestnut
Golden Red Chestnut with matching mane and tail	Mealy Chestnut with dappling	Dappled Standard Chestnut
Shaded Golden Chestnut with flaxen mane and tail	Golden Chestnut with flaxen mane and tail	Extensive Dappled and Shaded Chestnut
Red Chestnut

LIVER CHESTNUT
Extensively Dappled Liver Chestnut with flaxen mane and tail	Liver Chestnut with flaxen mane and tail	Black Chestnut with golden mane and tail
Dappled Black Chestnut over Red Chestnut base	Dappled Liver Chestnut with flaxen mane and tail	Dappled Standard Liver Chestnut

BUCKSKIN
Dappled Mealy Buckskin	Standard Buckskin	Smutty Buckskin
Shaded Buckskin	Buttermilk Buckskin	Red Golden Buckskin
Standard Buckskin with dorsal and transverse stripe. Could also be considered Dun.	Buttermilk Buckskin Sabino Pinto

CHAMPAGNE - PERLINO
Amber Champagne	Palomini Champagne with reverse dappling	Perlino

DAPPLE GREY
Medium Dapple Grey	Dappled Rose Grey	Dark Dapple Grey
Dapple and Flea-Bitten Grey	Light Dappled and Flea-Bitten Grey	Light Dapple Grey

GRULLA and DUN
Standard Grulla	Dunalino (Palomino with Dun Factor markings.)	Standard Grulla
Claybank Red Dun	Mealy Dun

PALOMINO
Extensive Dappled Palomino	Standard Palomino	Dark Smutty Palomino Sabino
Dark Dappled Palomino	Standard Palomino	Standard Dappled Palomino

ROAN
Blue Roan	Bay Roan Sabino	Mealy Bay Roan
Blue Roan	Chestnut Roan with flaxen mane and tail	Mealy Bay Roan with battle scars

SILVER
Bay Silver	Silver Dapple	Dappled Dark Shaded Bay Silver
Mealy Bay Silver

WHITE
White - Grey	White	Dappled White-Grey
Cremello

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