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The colors of the icelandic horse.

Pinto:

All imaginable kinds of pinto (skewbald/piebald/tobiano)

Splashed white (overo)

Dun:

Red dun (chestnut dun, red dun, palomino dun, apricot dun, yellow dun)

Blue dun (grullo, black dun)

Bay dun (yellow dun)

C: Lukka.

Creme colors:

Buckskin

Cremello (albino)

Palomino (isabella)

Smoky black

Perlino

Silver colors:

Silver colors (silver dapple, and silver bay).

Silvery mane

Silver dapple tobiano.
C: Lukka.

Roan:

Roan

More common colors:

Chestnut

Flaxen manes and tails

Bay

Black and light black (chocolate brown, brown/liver with red hairs in mane).

Grey(dappled) which often becomes white

All these colours come in many shades, and there exist still more colours. Blazes, snips, socks, stars and other white markings and features are also common.

Color modifiers:

Pangare.
Smutty
Shade
Golden/champagne

Tricky colors.

Icelandic names for colors translated into English
The frequency of colors in the Icelandic horses
The number of colors in the Icelandic horses

Happy tails.
C:Marcia Stacy.

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