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# Smoky cream
- URL: https://equinecolors.com/smoky-cream/
- Published: 2025-11-13T12:10:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-10T10:34:09.000Z
- Description: 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.
- Author: Hannelore Roodhooft
- Tags: Colors, Dilutions, MATP, #Import 2026-08-12 09:42

## Appearance

| Foals | ![Smoky cream foal](https://equinecolors.com/content/images/2025/11/smokycreamfoal.png) |  | Smoky cream foals have a **cream-colored body,**mane and tail. They have **pink skin** and **blue**eyes. Smoky cream foals may sometimes have**darker patches** in their coat, which disappear asthey get older. |
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| **[Black base](https://equinecolors.com/black/)** diluted to a creamy color. The **coat,** mane and tail have a **nearly white to cream**color. The shade may be **slightly darker** or reddish compared to other double creams, butthey can also be very light. Smoky cream horses  have **pink skin** and **blue eyes**. | ![Smoky cream horse](https://equinecolors.com/content/images/2025/11/cremello-1.png) | Adults |
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### Mimics

All double cream dilutions ([cremello](https://equinecolors.com/cremello/), [perlino](https://equinecolors.com/perlino/), smoky cream) have overlapping appearances. Genetic testing is necessary to confirm the coat color.

## Genetics

Smoky cream is the result of a **black base** diluted by **two copies of cream**. The cream (CR) dilution is an allele of the [**MATP**](https://equinecolors.com/matp-gene/) gene.

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****Smoky cream:**  
Black (E/\_ + a/a) + CR/CR

Smoky cream horses will always pass on a cream [allele](https://equinecolors.com/dictionary/#:~:text=the%20DNA%20sequence-,Alleles,-Different%20versions%20of) to their foals.  

**Read more:**  
[Black](https://equinecolors.com/black/) | [Palomino](https://equinecolors.com/palomino/) | [Smoky black](https://equinecolors.com/smoky-black/) | [Buckskin](https://equinecolors.com/buckskin/) | [Cremello](https://equinecolors.com/cremello/) | [Perlino](https://equinecolors.com/perlino/)

[Back to Cream](https://equinecolors.com/dilutions/)

## Articles

1. 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](https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2052.2001.00806.x?ref=equinecolors.com)
2. 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](https://doi.org/10.1051/gse:2002039?ref=equinecolors.com)

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