Abstract
A new descriptive scheme of horse colours is proposed with four dimensions: (1) pigmentary pattern (which deals with the symmetric partition of eumelanic — black or brown — and phaeomelanic — red — pigmented areas (five different types)); (2) eumelanic type (black or brown); (3) pigment alteration (a modification of pigmentary appearance inside the hair or an intermixing of white and pigmented fibres); and (4) white designs (when the white patches are clearly distinct from the coloured ones). The advantage of this new descriptive scheme are: (1) a better connection with the biological and genetic realities; (2) a more accurate description of the very numerous different colour phenotypes: and (3) a more assimilable international language.
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