Dilutions

Cream is a dilution, located on the same gene as pearl. It lightens the base coat of horses and leads to the colors palomino, buckskin, smoky black, cremello, perlino and smoky cream

Pearl is a dilution, located on the same gene as cream, sunshine and snowdrop. It lightens the base coat of horses and creates the colors chestnut pearl, black pearl and bay pearl.

Sunshine is a dilution, located on the same gene as cream, pearl and snowdrop. It lightens the base coat of horses when combined with cream.

Snowdrop is a dilution, located on the same gene as cream, pearl and sunshine. It lightens the base coat of horses.

Dun is a dilution, located on the same gene as non-dun1. It lightens the base coat of horses and causes primitive markings. It leads to the colors chestnut dun, black dun and bay dun.

Non-dun1 is located on the same gene as dun. It causes primitive markings. It leads to the colors chestnut nd1, black nd1 and bay nd1.

Silver, also called silver dapple or taffy, is a dilution that lightens the mane and tail of black and bay-based horses to a nearly white color.

Mushroom is a coat color modifier that lightens the coat of chestnut and bay-based horses to a distinctive “sepia” toned coat.

The MATP gene is responsible for the dilutions cream, pearl, sunshine and snowdrop in horses.

The TBX3 gene is responsible for the dilution dun and non-dun1.

The PMEL gene is responsible for the color silver in horses.

The MFSD12 gene is responsible for the color mushroom in horses.