Buckskin
A buckskin has a golden body with black mane, tail and lower legs.
What does this colour look like?
A golden-yellow to beige body with black points: black mane, tail and lower legs. No dorsal stripe (that points to dun).
- Body
- golden-yellow to beige
- Mane and tail
- black
- Legs
- black lower legs
- Skin
- dark
- Eyes
- brown
How does this colour arise?
A buckskin is a bay in which a single cream gene dilutes the body to golden-yellow. The black points stay black.
More about the genetics
Buckskin = bay (E_, A_) + one copy of cream (N/Cr). Cream mainly dilutes the red body pigment to yellow but largely leaves the black of the points untouched.
What is this colour often confused with?
- Dun
You recognise a dun by the dorsal stripe along the back and the primitive markings.
- Bay dun
Dun on a bay base: a yellowish-brown body, black points and a dorsal stripe.
- Gold champagne
Champagne on a chestnut base: golden, with pink/mottled skin and amber eyes.
- Amber champagne
Champagne on a bay base: golden-brown body with chocolate points.
Which breeds show this colour?
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Sources: UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory · Sponenberg, D.P. & Bellone, R.R. (Wiley-Blackwell).