Colors
There are many colors a horse can be. But some colors have catches. You only can have a truly black horse if you have a Fresian and you only can have a truly white horse if its albino. A horse that looks white, but is not albino is gray. Many gray horses grow lighter coats as they age. Before I list some colors let me tell you the definition of several colors. A bay horse is a horse with a brown or chesnut coat and a black mane and tail. A roan is a horse that has many colors all mixed into its coat. Two types of roan are blue roan and strawberry roan. Palimno is a golden color. Finally, buckskin is a palimno with a black stripe along the horses spine. Now for some colors! Here they are: gray, roan, bay, black, albino, chesnut, palimno, paint, and buckshin. The horse in the picture is a bay horse.
Markings
The most common places for markings are the face and the legs. I will list some markings and next to them, I'll tell what they are.
Star: Any shape on a horses forehead
Stripe: A thin line down the horses face
Blaze : Basically, it is a thick stripe
Snip: A marking on a horses muzzle (nose).
White-Face (Bald-Face): The whole face is white.
Next is the legs.
Quarter Sock: A marking that comes about 1 or 2 inches up the leg
Sock: A marking that comes about 5 or 6 inches up the leg
Knee Sock: A marking that comes up to a horses knee
Stocking: A marking that comes up to a horses shoulder
The horse in the picture has stockings, a star, and a blaze.
Images
Source: Compton's by Britannica Publication Date: 2006 Database: SIRS DiscovererService: SIRS Discoverer on the Web <http://discoverer.sirs.com>
