Since it is the base color, it is the most prevalent color in many horse breeds. With black point coloring in the mane, tail, ear rims, muzzles, and lower legs, bay horses have brown bodies.
A true black horse has coats of black hair, perfect black skin, and brown eyes. Its coat occasionally has a blue tint, but it doesn't have any patches of reddish-brown hair.
A horse with chestnut coloration has reddish-brown hair, with lighter-colored manes and tails than the coats. It might be pale, sorrel, or dark as the liver.
Brown horses are distinguished by their dark brown coats, which resemble seals, black tips on their mane, tail, and lower legs, and lighter brown or reddish-tan patches around their eyes.
Dun horses are creamy golden in color, with a dark dorsal stripe that sets them apart, along with a black mane and tail. Although dun horses come in a variety of colors, they always have several basic characteristics.
Buckskin horses have black tips on their legs, ears, mane, and tail, and their color can range from creamy golden to rich golden. Because they lack a dun component, they differ from similarly colored zebras or "classic" duns.
Palomino horses have creamy white manes and tails and golden coats. Palominos' base coat can be any shade between a light yellow and a rich gold.
Rare are the white horses, most of which are actually light gray. Most horses that are born gray are bay, chestnut, palomino, or dun, and they gradually lighten to become gray.