Horse Colour Dun And Buckskin. This guide is written to help identify horse colors. The body color can range from a light creamy tan to a deep rich gold.
Yellow Dun Also called a buckskin dun this occurs when any dun horse also carries the cream gene. The cream gene is also responsible for the Palamino color. This is why many of these dun horses come from lines that also produce palominos.
The cream gene is also responsible for the Palamino color.
It is also possible to combine multiple dilution factors for example if you breed a palomino to a dun genetically a bay with the dun factor you would check the Color-Cross Chart as a cross between a palomino and bay coming up with the possibility of chestnutsorrel bay black palomino buckskin or smoky black black horse with one cream. This guide is written to help identify horse colors. A buckskin color is produced by a genetic mutation but of a single shot of the cream dilution gene on a bay base coat color. But unlike a buckskin their manes and tails arent always dark.