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# Smoky black pearl
- URL: https://equinecolors.com/smoky-black-pearl/
- Published: 2025-11-18T12:11:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-30T10:47:11.000Z
- Description: Smoky black pearl is a horse color caused by one copy of pearl and one copy of cream on a black base. They have a tan, creamy color.
- Author: Hannelore Roodhooft
- Tags: Colors, Dilutions, MATP, #Import 2026-08-12 09:42

## Appearance

| Foals | ![Smoky black pearl foal](https://equinecolors.com/content/images/2025/11/smokyblackpearlfoal.png) | Smoky black pearl foals have a uniform, darker ashy**creamy color**. The coat usually lightens as they get older. The **skin** is **pink**. The **eyes are blue** andmay darken a bit with age. |
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| [Cream](https://equinecolors.com/cream/) and pearl on a **[black](https://equinecolors.com/black/) base** dilute thehorse to a **cream color** similar to homozygous cream. Therefore, they are also often called **“pseudo-double dilutes”**. Their shade canbe slightly darker compared to other creampearls. They have **pink skin** and **green/blue** or **amber eyes**. | ![Smoky black pearl horse](https://equinecolors.com/content/images/2025/11/smokyblackpearl.png) | Adults |
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### Mimics

Pseudo double-dilutes ([palomino pearl](https://equinecolors.com/palomino-pearl/), [smoky black pearl](https://equinecolors.com/smoky-black-pearl/), buckskin pearl) look similar to homozygous cream horses ([cremello](https://equinecolors.com/cremello/), [smoky cream](https://equinecolors.com/smoky-cream/), [perlino](https://equinecolors.com/perlino/)) - hence the name. Genetic testing may be necessary to confirm the coat color.

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****Cream pearl** horses can have ****darker eyes** and a more ****golden shade** compared to homozygous cream horses

## Genetics

Smoky black pearl is the result of a **black base** diluted by **one copy of cream and one copy of pearl**. The cream (CR) and pearl (prl) dilutions are both alleles of the [**MATP**](https://equinecolors.com/matp-gene/) gene and interact with each other.

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****Smoky black pearl:**  
Black (E/\_ a/a) + CR/prl

**Read more:**  
[Black](https://equinecolors.com/black/) | [Chestnut pearl](https://equinecolors.com/chestnut-pearl/) | [Black pearl](https://equinecolors.com/black-pearl/) | [Bay pearl](https://equinecolors.com/bay-pearl/) | [Palomino pearl](https://equinecolors.com/palomino-pearl/) | [Buckskin pearl](https://equinecolors.com/buckskin-pearl/)

[Back to Pearl](peahttps://equinecolors.com/pearl/)

## Articles

1. Sevane, N., Sanz, C.R., Dunner, S., Sevane, N., Sanz, C.R., Dunner, S.; ***Explicit evidence for a missense mutation in exon 4 of SLC45A2 gene causing the pearl coat dilution in horses*;** Animal Genetics (2019); Doi: [10.1111/age.12784](http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/age.12784?ref=equinecolors.com)

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