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Shade.

Icelandic: Dökk- or ljós- means dark- or light.
Description: The "shade " results in different hue or shade within the basic colors, it is mostly affecting the red pigment in chestnut and bay horses, making them vary in color shade from very light to almost black. It is under a complex multifactoral genetic control.