Cream
Cream, written as nCr or CrCr, is a dilution gene that restricts pigment from the coat, affecting the main base colours.
The geno code for cream is written as:
nCr or CrCr
CHESTNUT + CREAM
'PALOMINO'
Can range from a very pale 'isabella' cream, to a darker 'chocolate'. The mane and tail will be pale cream to white in colour.
The skin will remain a dark grey or black and the eyes will be amber.
Golden
Chocolate
Isabella
CHESTNUT + DOUBLE CREAM
'CREMELLO'
A very pale coat with white mane and tail, pink skin and blue eyes.
BLACK + CREAM
'SMOKY BLACK'
Smoky black is a faded coat often resembling brown or faded black, making it very difficult to identify visually.
The skin will remain a dark grey or black and the eyes will be amber.
BLACK + DOUBLE CREAM
'SMOKY CREAM'
A pale coat with blue eyes and pink skin. Darker than cremello and perlino with an amber tint to the coat. Legs tend to be darker than the body.
BAY + CREAM
'BUCKSKIN'
Very similar to bay, with a lighter, more golden coat. Very light golden bays can easily be confused with buckskin. This gene does NOT show a dorsal stripe. Wild bay will visually be the same, with the dark leg points restricted to the ankles.
The skin will remain a dark grey or black and the eyes will be amber.
BAY + DOUBLE CREAM
'PERLINO'
A pale coat with blue eyes and pink skin. Darker than cremello, but lighter than smoky cream with a peachy tint to the coat. Legs tend to be darker than the body. Wild bay will visually be the same, with the dark leg points restricted to the ankles.
MEALY + CREAM
'BURNT BUCKSKIN'
Similar to a normal mealy brown, with more golden undertones.
The skin will remain a dark grey or black and the eyes will be amber.
Mealy and double cream will have the same appearance as perlino.
