Paint colors??

Question

I friend of mine came over today to see my paint foal. She said there is another name for him cause he his brown and white and has black in his mane. Black forelock and tail. Is this true? Is there a more proper color name for him other than a traditional paint?

Answer 1

Hello,

Could it possibly be one of these?

Paints are sometimes difficult to recognize patterns because they are all so different!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobiano

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skewbald

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinto_horse (doubt it from your description)

http://www.apha.com/breed/tobiano.html

http://www.apha.com/breed/overo.html

http://www.apha.com/breed/tovero.html

Your horse sounds cute!

Hope I helped!

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Your Welcome Glad I could Help!

Answer 2

there are MANY different paint colors! here's a link...

http://www.apha.com/breed/

your horse sounds beautiful!

Answer 3

Yes there is,  I believe it is referred to as Skewbald.  That would be brown, black and white.  Congratulations with your new baby.  I wish you could send me a pic.

Answer 4

Yeah im pretty shure its skewball, but i get that and pieball mixed up! lol

Answer 5

There are several names associated with the "paint" pattern... pinto, piebald, skewbald, tobiano, overo, tovero...  The name is based on the particular pattern of white and solid colors... if your horse has 3 colors, it would simply be called a tri-color ____ paint, depending on the pattern displayed.

Here are some websites that should help:

http://www.equusite.com/articles/basics/...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pa...

Answer 6

Your foal could be a buckskin paint or a bay paint depending on the shade of brown. There are 2 basic paint patterns. One is Tobiano and the other is Overo. The Tobiano has large white areas that extend over the back. Its face is usually solid color and legs are usually white. An Overo looks like white paint has been splashed on it. The head and face can be white and white doesn't extend over the back. The base color of the paint is different from the pattern. A Tobiano whose base color is black wouuld be called a Black Tobiano.  Likewise an Overo with a black base color would be a Black Overo. The horse in the wikipedia picture for tobiano is a Bay Tobiano. His base color is bay. If your foal looks like that then it is a bay. They are sometimes called a tri-colored paint.

Answer 7

Hi there,

Paint is a breed and not a color.  Yes, most Paints do have the traditional type of big patchs of white that you are thinking of, but up to 30% are actually solid colored like a typical Quarter horse.

If your horse is brown with black legs, forelock and tail, then it will be a bay horse.  Depending how the white falls upon the horse will tell whether its a tobiano, overo or tovero.  There are huge varieties between each; some tobianos are almost all white and some are almost all dark.  It sounds like you've looked at photos and have decided that your horse is a tobiano.

A really fast description of tobiano is - normally a head marked like a solid horse's head, so it could have a star, blaze, snip or be solid, not normally all white head.  Normally has roundish type patches that do not cross the back.  Often has a two toned tail; white and the base color.  Almost always has all four legs totally white.

An overo can really vary as there are 3 types of overo; sabino, frame and splashed white.  Most overos have jagged irregular patches.  There heads are normally very white such as a bonnet or bald face.  Their tails are normally only one color.  There legs are marked like a solid horse so they can be dark, or some can have stockings.

If your foal is registered you'd be able to see who his official coloring is.  I would also suggest you go onto APHA's website and look at their photos.  They can give you free color posters on the horses - there is one poster on all the colors that APHA recongizes such as bay, sorrel, red roan, palomino, etc.  There is a second poster that shows and explains the differences between overo, tobiano and tovero (A tovero has features of both overo and tobiano)

By the way, the terms skewbald and piebald are not North American terms and are not terms used by APHA.  They are European terms used to describe pinto colored horses.  

Hope that helps.