Modifiers

Appearance

Bronze causes the mane and/or tail to take on a rich brown color. The hair can be a solid color or have a faded/ombre effect.

Multiple different shades of bronze can be present at the same time and will have soft gradients blending them together with the base coat. The bronzing in the mane is allowed to be a different shade than the bronzing in the tail, and the body roaning can be a different shade as well.

It can optionally cause bronze roaning anywhere on the body.

Bronze can range anywhere from near-black dark brown, to rich red/brown, to a near golden.

Optional effect: Dapples

Bronze can cause bronzed-colored dapples on the base coat, as well as basecoat-colored dapples in the bronze roaning. The dapples can be the same or a different shade of bronze than the roaning, and be present even if there is no roaning at all.

Dapples is not written in the phenotype, a bronze horse with dapples would still only be described as for example "chestnut bronze".

Appearance

Flaxen will lighten the mane and tail, anywhere from just slightly lighter than the body coat to a creamy white.

The hair can either be a solid colour, or have a gradient "ombre" effect where the roots have a color similar to the body coat and the tips are much lighter.

Optional effect: Mealy

Flaxen can cause a mealy soft gradient effect on the lower legs and/or around the muzzle, in a similar color as the mane and tail.

Mealy should not go above the knees on the legs.

Mealy is not written in the phenotype, a flaxen horse with mealy effect would still only be described as for example "flaxen chestnut".

Optional effect: Speckles

Flaxen can have light speckles along the body coat, scattered randomly or arranged in simple patterns. They can be gathered in small clumps similar to flowers, but each individual speckle should still be a somewhat natural-looking spot or smudge.

Speckles will always be the same color as the mane/tail, or a mix between the mane/tail and the body coat. Multiple colours within the speckles are possible, either as gradient or individually coloured speckles.

Speckles is not written in the phenotype, a flaxen horse with speckles would still only be described as for example "flaxen chestnut".

Appearance

Grey causes the coat to gradually lose pigment and turn white as the horse ages.

Each horse greys out at their own pace, there's no rule dictating how greyed out it has to be at a certain age and it's entirely up to the owner to decide how far along the greying process they are and whether they will continue to grey or if they will stay that color.

Optional effect: Dapples

Grey can optionally have greyed out dapples, or dapples that are darker.

Dapples is not written in the phenotype, a grey horse with dapples would still only be described as for example "grey on chestnut".

Optional effect: Fleabitten and Mismarked grey

Fleabitten grey causes ticking/freckles in the grey, showing the ungreyed basecoat.

Mismarked grey (also known as "bloody shoulder") causes random areas to not be affected by grey, and remain the base coat without losing pigment. These areas can be anywhere on the body and in any natural shape, the edges of the mismarked grey can be both smooth/sharp or roaned. The mane and tail will not grey out in the mismarked areas.

Fleabitten and mismarked grey is not written in the phenotype, it is still only written as grey.

Appearance

Pangare causes the hair around the underside of the body as well as around the eyes and muzzle to be much lighter, giving the horse an appearance similar to countershading.

It can optionally extend down the legs as well.

Optional effect: Wild

Pangare can have more defined edges with a more distinct shape, similar to many wild cervines such as the white tailed deer.

It can also cause the affected areas to be significantly lighter or even white. Important note that it won't affect eye, skin or hoof/horn color regardless how light it is, because it is not a white pattern nor a dilute.

Appearance

Silver affects the mane and tail, lightening it anywhere from just slightly lighter (brown or grey) to pure white.

Can be darker at the roots, or a solid color throughout.

Optional effect: Body silvering

Silver can optionally fully or partially lighten the body coat as well, generally affecting the black-pigment areas and lightening them into a soft brown or grey.

Appearance

Sooty adds black or dark hairs to the coat, giving it a gradiented darkening effect. Sooty can range anywhere from pure black to just slightly darker than the base coat, and can be black even if dilutes are present.

Sooty can affect any part of the body.

Can optionally affect mane and tail.

Optional effect: Dapples

Dapples can be darker or lighter, appearing as holes in the sooty or as sooty-colored dapples.

Dapples are not written in the phenotype.

Optional effect: Soot flakes

Sooty can optionally have soot flakes or "grease spots", causing dark smudges or spots in the coat.

Soot flakes are always darker than the coat, and can optionally affect mane and tail.

Appearance

Chromatic causes the base coat to have a much greater variation in brightness and/or saturation.

The coat can have significant differences in

If multiple dilutions are present then the coat can optionally cause the dilutions to affect separate areas, for example as shown in the chromatic blue honey example it can show honey areas unaffected by blue, and blue chestnut areas unaffected by tawny.

Optional effect: Mismarked

Mismarked causes patches or streaks in one or more of the chromatic colors on the base coat. Mismarked can have clean/sharp edges or be soft/gradiented, or a mix of both.

Optionally affects mane and tail.

Mismarked is not written in the phenotype.