Cream is responsible for a variety of coat colors. It can ligthen the coat, mane, tail and eyes of horses. One copy of cream lightens red pigment while black is not or only very sublty affected. Two copies of cream dilute both pigment types, leading to a creamy colored horse with blue eyes.
Colors
One copy of cream
Palomino
Palomino is a horse coat color caused by one copy of the cream dilution acting on a chestnut base. The coat is golden with a creamy or white mane and tail.
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Buckskin
Buckskin is a horse coat color caused by one copy of the cream dilution acting on a bay base. The coat is yellow/golden, while the points remain black.
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Smoky Black
Smoky black refers to a horse with one copy of the cream dilution on a black base coat. It looks the same as black.
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Two copies of cream
Cremello
Cremello is a horse color caused by two copies of the cream dilution on a chestnut base. The coat, mane and tail are a creamy color.
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Perlino
Perlino is a horse color caused by two copies of the cream dilution on a bay base. The coat, mane and tail are a creamy color.
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Smoky cream
Smoky cream is a horse color caused by two copies of the cream dilution on a black base. The coat, mane and tail are a creamy color.
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Pearl combinations
Cream and pearl are located on the same gene and together create "pseudo-double dilutes".
Palomino Pearl
Palomino pearl is a horse color caused by one copy of pearl and one copy of cream on a chestnut base. The coat, mane and tail are a creamy color.
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Smoky black pearl
Smoky black pearl is a horse color caused by one copy of pearl and one copy of cream on a black base.
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Buckskin pearl
Buckskin pearl is a horse color caused by one copy of pearl and one copy of cream on a bay base. They have a creamy color with darker points.
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Sunshine combination
Cream sunshine
Cream sunshine is a horse color, caused by one copy of cream and one copy of sunshine, diluting the coat.
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Gene
MATP gene
The MATP gene is responsible for the dilutions cream, pearl, sunshine and snowdrop in horses.
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Presence in horses
Cream-related colors are fairly common in a variety of horse breeds. Palomino and buckskin horses are often seen as well-liked, eye-catching colors.
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