Color Question

[Bonny]

Hi Y'all,

Could you tell me the color of this horse? Is he a brown flaxen?

 

[HGFarm]

Appears to be a very typical silver dapple to me........ Wow, love the grass and trees in the background there too!

 

[Bonny]

Thanks I have lots of trees!

Also he was muddy silly pony was rolling before I got a pic! That is the lighter patches you see.

I looked up silver and flaxen, how can you tell the difference between the two???

 

[Riverdance]

I agree, silver dapple

 

[Boss Mare]

Silver Dapple.. he looks sweet and spoiled!

 

[Dona]

He's a typical "Silver Dapple". Actually, the proper genetic name would be "Silver Black". That's what you get when a black horse also gets the silver gene. Silver Blacks come in many different shades...ranging from light silvery gray, to very dark brown (almost black) with manes ranging anywhere from a striking silver white....to a darker gray color. Many call the shade your guy is...."Chocolate Silver".

"Flaxen" is a yellow or cream shade. The lightened manes & tails on "Silvers" will have a definite gray or silver hue to them.

 

[Bonny]

Thanks Y'all, he is my friends horse and she asked about his color also so I posted to find out for sure. Thanks again!