Perlino

Appearance

Foals			Cremello foals have a cream-colored body, mane and tail. They have pink skin and blue eyes.

Foals

Cremello foals have a cream-colored body,

mane and tail. They have pink skin and

blue eyes.

Bay base diluted to a nearly white or creamy color. Mane and tail can be slightly darker and more reddish than the coat. Perlino horses have pink skin and blue eyes.		Adults

Bay base diluted to a nearly white or creamy

color. Mane and tail can be slightly darker and

more reddish than the coat. Perlino horses have

pink skin and blue eyes.

Adults

All double cream dilutions (cremello, perlino, smoky cream) have overlapping appearances. Genetic testing is necessary to confirm the coat color.

Perlino is the result of a bay base diluted by two copies of cream. The cream (CR) dilution is an allele of the MATP gene.

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Perlino:
Bay (E/_ A/_) + CR/CR

Perlino horses will always pass on a cream allele to their foals.

Read more:
Bay | Buckskin | Cremello | Smoky cream

Locke, M. M., Ruth, L. S., Millon, L .V., Penedo, M. C. T., Murray, J. D., & Bowling, A. T.; The cream dilution gene, responsible for the palomino and buckskin coat colours, maps to horse chromosome 21. Animal Genetics (2001); doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2001.00806.x
Mariat, D., Taourit, S., & Guérin, G.; A mutation in the MATP gene causes the cream coat colour in the horse. Genetics Selection Evolution (2003); doi: 10.1051/gse:2002039