Base Colors and Color Genes 101

[justjumpit2]

Originally Posted by BeverlyM

I'm bringing this back to the top because I found an error in the color of the double dilute CRCR horses. Cremellos, perlinos, smokey cremes are all born with sky blue eyes not green. Champagnes however can have green eyes. The golds are born with blue which change to amber the ivory cremes change to a greenish color. Champagne is a dominate gene just like the creme gene if the horse carries it then it will be expressed

I have a lot of informations on cremellos on my website. Also check out www.doubledilute.com

My site below look under Breeding Program
www.peelecourtstables.com

[raftert]

Our mare has been nred to a Palomino for this spring, and I have tried using the color calculator to se what colors may be an option. The problem I am having is that our mare's registered color is brown which is not one of the options on the calculator. So, would she actually be a bay? Her body color is black and she has red around her muzzle and her flanks.

[JSlow]

Raftert - A brown is genetically considered a bay. Do you also know if she's homozygous black? That will help the calculator to be even more accurate.