Horse Ears Colour. Their ears can rotate independently up to 180 degrees. Simply put black and red are the two basic equine color pigments.
Pay attention to his ears. Often their ears will point toward whatever theyre afraid of at that moment. Or he might be almost all white showing base color only on his muzzle ears chest and flanks.
Weve distilled the standard color classifications into two categories for ease of visual identification.
Each ear can move independently from the other. Grey black skin but a mixed coat of white and black hairs. A horse may have his ears extended out with the openings facing downward to the ground. Or he might be almost all white showing base color only on his muzzle ears chest and flanks.