Classic champagne
Champagne on a black base: a warm lilac-brown shade.
What does this colour look like?
Diluted black to a warm lilac-taupe (chocolate with a purple cast), mottled skin, amber eyes.
- Body
- lilac-taupe / chocolate
- Mane and tail
- darker taupe
- Legs
- taupe
- Skin
- pink/mottled
- Eyes
- amber
How does this colour arise?
A black horse with the champagne gene.
More about the genetics
Classic champagne = black (E_, a/a) + Ch. The black dilutes to a lilac-brown tint.
What is this colour often confused with?
- Champagne
Champagne gives a metallic sheen, pinkish/mottled skin and light (amber) eyes.
- Amber champagne
Champagne on a bay base: golden-brown body with chocolate points.
Discover more
Sources: UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory · Sponenberg, D.P. & Bellone, R.R. (Wiley-Blackwell).