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# Black Snowdrop
- URL: https://equinecolors.com/black-snowdrop/
- Published: 2025-11-20T14:10:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-10T10:39:44.000Z
- Description: Black snowdrop is a horse color caused by two copies of snowdrop on a black base. The coat is pale cream in color.
- Author: Hannelore Roodhooft
- Tags: Colors, Dilutions, MATP, #Import 2026-08-12 09:42

## Appearance

| Snowdrop dilutes the coat, mane andtail to a pale **cream color** similar tohomozygous cream. They have **pink skin**and **blue eyes**. | ![Snowdrop horse](https://equinecolors.com/content/images/2025/11/snowdrop.png) | Adults |
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### Mimics

[Black](https://equinecolors.com/black/) snowdrop looks similar to homozygous cream ([cremello](https://equinecolors.com/cremello/), [smoky cream](https://equinecolors.com/smoky-cream/), [perlino](https://equinecolors.com/perlino/)). Genetic testing is necessary to confirm the coat color.

## Genetics

Black snowdrop is the result of a **black base** coat diluted by **two copies of snowdrop**. The snowdrop (sno) dilution is an [allele](https://equinecolors.com/dictionary/#:~:text=the%20DNA%20sequence-,Alleles,-Different%20versions%20of) of the [**MATP**](https://equinecolors.com/matp-gene/) gene.

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****Black snowdrop:**  
E/\_ a/a sno/sno

## Articles

1. Bisbee D, Carpenter ML, Hoefs-Martin K, Brooks SA, Lafayette C.; ***Identification of a novel missense variant in SLC45A2 associated with dilute snowdrop phenotype in Gypsy horses***; Animal Genetics (2020); Doi: [10.1111/age.12913](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/age.12913?ref=equinecolors.com)

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