Meet the Three Base Colors

Now that you’ve practiced looking closely, we’re ready to start naming some horse colors.

We’ll begin with three base colors you’ll see again and again when you look at horses in books, pictures, and real life.

The Three Base Coat Colors

Bay horse

Bay

Chestnut horse

Chestnut

Black Horse

Black

These colors may look similar at first — and that’s okay.

The goal is not to be perfect. The goal is to learn what to look for.