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questions for hb colors

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Describe the leg marking "sock"   show
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Describe the leg marking "pastern"   show
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show Full stocking  
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show Small patch of white hairs on the forehead (white marking on forehead)  
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What do most grulla horses have on their legs & withers?   show
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show Mealy mouth  
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show Mane & tail that are colored light yellow to white OR light yellowish mane & tail  
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show Half stocking  
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show Cross or transverse stripe  
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show Dark stripes on the legs and/or withers  
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What do you call a long, narrow band of white running from the forehead down towards the muzzle?   show
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What term describes both a horse color & a horny growth found on the inside of a horse's legs?   show
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show Bays always have black manes & tails. Chestnuts have red or flaxen manes & tails  
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What is a "line back"?   show
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show Combination of white & colored markings in irregular patches or spots  
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show Red & black  
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show Coronet, pastern, ankle/sock, half stocking, full stocking  
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show White extends from the coronet to & including the knee  
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Describe the marking "coronet"   show
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show Color is a mixture of white & colored hairs  
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show Golden color with white mane & tail (color ranges from bright copper to light yellow OR color of a newly minted gold coin  
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Describe the color chestnut   show
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What is a true white horse?   show
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show Seal brown  
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show Bay  
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show Tan or brown hairs on muzzle and/or flank means it's seal brown. (Black horse doesn't have tan or brown hairs)  
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Describe a snip   show
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What do you call a blue or whitish eye?   show
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show Dun, gray, roan, palomino, pinto  
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show Black, bay, chestnut or sorrel, brown, white (sorrel is another name for chestnut)  
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show Roan  
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Where do you find the black points on a horse?   show
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How many basic coat colors are there?   show
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How many major variations of horse coat colors are there?   show
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Most so-called white horses are really which color?   show
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show Red roan (strawberry roan also acceptable because reference put both colors under the term red roan)  
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What term refers to both white on the face covering the eye area or to one defective eye?   show
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show Glass eye, wall eye or watch eye  
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The mealy mouthed description is most likely to be found in what color horse?   show
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Name 2 pattern markings of the Paint or Pinto   show
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What is the term for a dun horse whose yellow hairs are mixed with brown or black?   show
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Describe the markings of a zebra dun   show
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What is the term used for a gray horse that has a lot of black in his coat?   show
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Define flea-bitten   show
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show Patched  
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What term means a lack of uniformity in color - a dull, dirty tone?   show
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What term means darker patches, dull finish or dark overcast?   show
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A chestnut horse whose mane & tail are lighter in color than the body is called what?   show
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In order to be registered as a dun, a grulla must have what?   show
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show Sorrel  
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show Body color yellowish or gold (dominant hair color is some shade of yellow)  
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What term describes a circular or ring-shaped pattern on the coat - 2 slightly different shades of the same color?   show
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show Smokey  
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show Red speckled  
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show Silver  
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What color always has black points?   show
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What causes a gray horse's coat to lighten with age?   show
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show A few white hairs in the middle of the forehead  
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show Reddish orange/reddish yellow color with a red stripe down its back (usually has red mane & tail)  
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show Roan horse with a mixture of black & white hairs  
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show Tobiano  
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Which pinto color pattern is characterized by jagged edged, splashy, scattered spots?   show
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What is another name for a bay roan?   show
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Name 2 areas that are generally darker or more solid colored on a roan horse   show
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What color horse has a black mane & tail, body color of brown or black with lighter areas at the muzzle, eyes, flank & inside of upper thighs?   show
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show Gray  
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show Buckskin  
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show Red dun, claybank dun or apricot dun (only need to name one)  
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show Pink  
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show Gray  
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Both gray & roan horses are a mixture of white & colored hairs. What is the difference between these 2 colors?   show
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What color eyes does a white horse have?   show
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show Buckskin  
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What do you call an appaloosa coat pattern where the horse has a solid colored head, neck & shoulders & on the back or flank changes to white?   show
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What is a brindle dun?   show
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show Teardrops or zebra stripes  
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show Strawberry roan (red roan also acceptable since HIH ref lists both bay & chestnut roans as "red")  
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show White over most of the flat surface of the face (often including the eyes & nostrils)  
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Describe "glass eye"   show
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What do you call a wide, white stripe running down the face to the lips?   show
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show Sabino  
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show Paint/Pinto that doesn't usually have white across the back. Spots are irregular/jagged edges (often have bald face with bonnet pattern  
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Describe the cremello color   show
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What color is a horse whose body is smoky or mouse colored with a black mane & tail. It also usually have a dorsal stripe & black points   show
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What does the term "watch eye" mean?   show
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show Distal spots or ermine spots  
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The gray color pattern on a bay or chestnut horse is called what type of gray?   show
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show White  
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The word "pinto" is derived from a Spanish word meaning what?   show
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In reference to coat colors, what are 2 common names for a very dark chocolate shade of chestnut?   show
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What pinto pattern has a dark base color with white spots? A:   show
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Your Paint horse has 2 solid legs & 2 white stockings. His face has a wide blaze & the white body markings are irregularly spotted. What type of spotting pattern does this horse have? A:   show
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Describe the difference between a stripe & a blaze   show
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show Continuous black stripe down horse's back from mane to tail  
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What do you call the congenital absence of pigment in the skin, hair & eyes of a horse?   show
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Dark hairs in the mane or tail of a palomino must not exceed what percent?   show
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What is the name of the pigment in a horse's skin?   show
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show Black and white spotting  
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show Skewbald  
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show Black& white patches/spots  
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show Sabino  
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show Medicine Hat  
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show The majority have pigmented/colored eyes -- true albinos have no eye pigment/color  
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Describe the tovero color pattern   show
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show Shetland Pony, Miniature Horse or Rocky Mountain Horse (only need to name one)  
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show Blood mark or handprint (either accepted)  
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show Small dark-colored spot seen on the white area of a Paint or Pinto  
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show Claybank  
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Small, dark-colored spots on a roan coat are called what?   show
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show Overo  
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show Sabino  
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2 part question: The pigment melanin comes in 2 forms. Name them & the colors they control   show
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What is the name of coat markings or areas of the skin where there is no pigment?   show
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show Ivory color with rusty points  
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show Silver dapple  
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show Red, strawberry & blue  
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Give 2 terms that mean a dark line running down the back from the mane to tail   show
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Name the 5 white leg markings   show
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Name the 5 white face markings   show
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show Zebra dun, grulla, red dun, brindle dun, claybank, apricot dun  
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show Black, brown, chestnut, bay, white  
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show Leopard, blanket, blanket with spots, few spot leopard, snowflake, frost, mottled, varnish roan  
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show Light blue or hazel eye, defective eye, white spot over the eye area  
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Name 3 characteristics of the overo color pattern   show
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show White crosses back, head is solid color or has white face marking, all 4 legs are white below knees & hocks, spots are regular, oval shaped & distinct, one or both flanks are usually solid  
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Name 3 characteristics that distinguish true white areas of a horse   show
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show Dapple gray, fleabitten, steel gray, rosettes, rose gray  
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Name 3 dun factors   show
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show Dilution, roaning, graying, spotting  
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show Dorsal stripe, wither stripe/cross, zebra stripes, cobwebbing/spider webbing on forehead  
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show Bald face, bonnet face, apron face, medicine hat  
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show Snow white hair, pink skin, brown/blue/hazel eyes, born & dies same color  
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Roan horses have a combination of white & colored hairs. What are the 3 most common base colors of a roan?   show
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show Dun, gray, palomino, roan, pinto  
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