Please note: These are only color examples, and therefore are not shaded/highlighted. The tiniquines that will be adopted out or sold will be. These are only for naturally colored tiniquines as the fantasy colored ones may be ANY color.
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BLACK- True black tiniquines should be black all over, excluding white markings, and should not show any signs of being blue tinted in light or being such a dark shade of gray that they look black. Blue black tiniquines should look almost pure black all over, excluding white markings, except for the slightest tint of blue that can be seen in the light. Fading blacks are born solid black or smoky black in color but fade with sunlight to a very dark gray that often looks like a light black.
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BROWN- Brown tiniquines should be brown all over, not red or reddish brown like a chestnut. Browns should be richly colored like chocolate. Light browns can be quite light to very dark, and some browns are so dark as to be called black-browns though they are still classified as browns and don't carry the dominant black gene, but the recessive.
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CHESTNUT (SORREL)- Chestnut, or sorrel, tiniquines are red or reddish brown colored with either a red, reddish brown, or flaxen mane and tail. The shade can vary from very pale chestnut that many would mistake for a palomino of not for knowing the genetics, to deep rich red, to bright red or golden red. They do not have a black mane, tail, or points as bays do but may have manes and tails darker than the body. Liver chestnuts are chocolate colored but still keep that familiar reddish tint in the mane and tail. They can be pale chocolate to dark chocolate with a red or flaxen mane and tail. Chestnuts are often called 'sorrels'.
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GRAY- Gray tiniquines can be solid white to almost black with a mane and tail that vary from the brightest white to jet black and anywhere in between. The easiest way to tell a 'white' gray is to look at the eyes. True white horses always have blue eyes, not black or brown, as grays have. Very dark grays may be so dark as to look black, but are not. Dapple grays may be any shade but have 'snowflake', 'star', or 'sunburst' shaped spots on their toplines, necks, and most often darkest or most predominant on their hindquarters, rumps, and flanks. Dappling may be dark on a light body or light on a dark body, though the first is more common. Fleabitten grays are mostly lighter shades with tiny specks of chestnut or brown mixed in throughout the coat giving a 'fleabitten' appearance.
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BAY- Bay tiniquines are red or brown horses in varying shades from light to dark that have black points (mane, tail, lower legs, and often the muzzle). The body shade can be as light as sandy colored to being as dark as a blackish brown, which becomes called 'black-bay' or 'seal-bay', though it's still considered a bay and not a black. Very red bays are called 'blood-bays' and rich brown bays are sometimes called 'chocolate-bays'.
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PALOMINO- Palomino is a diluted chestnut (sorrel). The body shade ranges from some shade of golden, very light to very dark both being equally seen. Dark palomino should not be confused with chestnut. They have a white or very pale cream mane and tail and often dark gold, tan, or natural colored hooves. Minimal black marks on the coat are allowed.
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CHAMPAGNE- Champagne tiniquines typically look like cremellos, perlinos, bays, chestnuts, and buckskins. Classic champagne is the champagne gene on a black base with black points and often looks like a very light bay or a buckskin. The body is dark golden or sandy with black points. Lilac champagne is the champagne gene on a black base with black points as well but it's often mistaken for a many other colors, including grulla. The body is dark grulla-ish colored with black points. Amber champagne is the champagne gene on a bay base with black points and is often mistaken for buckskin. The body is pale to dark sandy or golden with chocolate or brown points. Gold champagne is the champagne gene on a chestnut (sorrel) base and is often mistaken for palomino. The body may be very light 'isabella' cream to very dark gold, always accompanied by a white, cream, or gold mane and tail. Ivory champagne is the champagne gene on a perlino or cremello base and is often mistaken for a perlino or cremello. The body is cream with cream or pale red mane and tail. Eyes will be either green, blue, gray, or amber. One of the easiest ways to tell a champagne from any other color is the skin frecklings that are most visible on the muzzle, elbow, and flanks. All champagnes have freckling.
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DUN- Dun tiniquines come in many shades. The most common is yellow dun. Yellow dun is the dun gene on a bay base. The body is anywhere from light gold to dark sandy colored with black or dark brown points. Ivory dun is the dun gene on a cream base. The body is cream with chocolate or dark brown points. Mouse duns have a 'mousey' color that is similar to a very pale grulla with chocolate or black points. Red dun is the dun gene on a chestnut (sorrel) base. The body is red or reddish brown with very dark red to almost black points. Silver dun is the dun gene on a gray base. The body is pale gray to dark gray or pale silver to dark silver with very dark gray or black points. All duns have a dark stripe that run from their withers to their tail called a dorsal stripe. All duns have dorsal stripes. Some duns have stripe-like markings on their upper front and hind legs called 'zebra bars'. Zebra bars are not on all duns.
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CLASSIC ROAN- Classic roans are either a black, bay, or chestnut (sorrel) with white hairs sprinkled and intermixed throughout the coat giving a salt and pepper, grizzled, or boar look to the fur. The color is most light over the back, stomach, and flanks. The head and legs are the darkest part of the body with the mane and tail either being light or dark. The body and roan color may be blue (roan gene on a black base), black (roan gene on a black base), bay (roan gene on a bay base), or strawberry (roan gene on a chestnut base).
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FROSTY ROAN- Frosty roans are either a black, bay, or chestnut (sorrel) with white hairs sprinkled and intermixed throughout the coat on the topline, neck, croup, and dock giving a salt and pepper, grizzled, or boar look to the fur in those areas. The color is most light over the neck, back, mane, rump, and tail. The head and legs are the darkest part of the body with the mane and tail either being light or dark. The body and roan color may be blue (roan gene on a black base), black (roan gene on a black base), bay (roan gene on a bay base), or strawberry (roan gene on a chestnut base).
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RABICANO ROAN- Rabicano roans are either a black, bay, or chestnut (sorrel) with white hairs sprinkled and intermixed throughout the coat behind the ears, around the elbows, on the dock, and on the stifles. giving a salt and pepper, grizzled, or boar look to the fur in those areas. The color is most light behind the ears, around the elbows, dock, and stifles. The head, neck, and legs are the darkest part of the body with the mane and tail either being light or dark. The body and roan color may be blue (roan gene on a black base), black (roan gene on a black base), bay (roan gene on a bay base), or strawberry (roan gene on a chestnut base).
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SILVER DAPPLE- Silver dapple tiniquines are any shade with dark legs and a pale mane and tail. The name is misleading in a sense that they aren't even dappled unless they carry the separate dapple gene. Ivory silver dapples are perlinos, cremellos, or smoky creams that carry the silver dapple gene. The body will be cream with dark legs and a white, silver, or cream mane and tail. Ivories always have blue eyes. They are often mistaken for perlinos, cremellos, or smoky creams. Yellow silver dapples are buckskins or duns that carry the silver dapple gene. The body is a dirty yellowish with dark legs and a white, silver, or cream mane and tail. They are often mistaken for palominos. Red silver dapples are bays that carry the silver dapple gene. The body is red with dark lower legs and a white, silver, or cream mane and tail. Silver dapples are actually bay silver dapples since they look bay but since they are the most common they are referred to as just silver dapples. They are not bay, nor do they carry it in this color. The body will be brown with black or very dark brown legs and a white, silver, or cream mane and tail. Silver dapples are not dappled unless they carry the separate dapple gene.
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CREMELLO- Cremello tiniquines are doubly diluted chestnuts (sorrels). The body color is cream with a white or cream or white mane and tail and the eyes are always blue. PERLINO- Perlino tiniquines are doubly diluted bays. The body is cream but retains some manner of darker color on the mane and tails. The lower legs may be darker colored too. The darker color is usually reddish cream. They always have blue eyes. SMOKY CREAM- Smoky cream tiniquines are often and almost always indistinguishable from perlinos because they retain very similar coloration. The easiest way to tell them apart is to look at genetics. The body is cream and with the retained copper or bronzy colored mane and tail. They always have blue or hazel eyes.
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WHITE- White tiniquines are solid white all over with no trace of any other color, and though they may have white socks or facial markings, most often they cannot be seen. The eyes are always blue and the hooves naturally flesh colored. The skin is pink.
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GRULLA (GRULLO)- Grulla is a black or brown diluted with the dun gene. The body has a distinct brownish pink, brownish blue, silvery gray, or silvery black color called 'grulla', sometimes also known as lilac. The body color is always accompanied by a dorsal stripe running from withers to tail. The points are always chocolate or black. The legs sometimes have zebra bars.
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SMOKY BLACK- Smoky black tiniquines are blacks accompanied by at least one cream gene. They are often referred to as 'off-blacks'. The cream color may or may not be shown, but if it is it is often around the flanks, elbows, and muzzle. They always have amber colored eyes.
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BUCKSKIN- Buckskin tiniquines are bays that have one cream gene. Body color ranges from sandy to pale gold always accompanied by black points.
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BRINDLE- Brindle tiniquines are very rare. The body color may be any color but it has vertical streaks of lighter and dark color giving a very similar color brindle like a great dane or a brahma cow. The darker or lighter color may either be predominant or barely visible. The most common brindle color is bay brindle, but brindle can potentially occur in all colors.
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DORSAL STRIPE- The dorsal stripe is a marking that occurs in grullas and duns only. It's a dark stripe that runs from the withers to the tail. Sometimes it flares out on spots sharply to give the appearance of 'fishboning' around the ribs.
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ZEBRA BARS- Zebra bars are leg markings that only occur in grullas, duns, and rare bays. They are markings that look like zebra stripes on the upper legs and may be clearly defined or almost indistinguishable.