<Li> Pearl: Also called the "barlink factor", A dilution gene that when homozygous, lightens red coats to a uniform apricot - like color, often also resulting in horses with blue eyes . When combined with cream dilution, may produce horses that appear to be cremello or perlino . </Li> <Li> Perlino: similar to a cremello, but is genetically a bay base coat with two dilute genes . Eyes are blue . Mane, tail and points are not black, but are usually darker than the body coat, generally a reddish or rust color, not to be confused with a red dun . </Li> <Li> Pinto: a multi-colored horse with large patches of brown, white, and / or black and white . Often confused with Paint, which is a narrower term referring to a specific breed of mostly pinto horses with known Quarter Horse and / or Thoroughbred bloodlines . </Li> <Dl> <Dd> Variations of pinto color patterning include: <Ul> <Li> Piebald: a black and white spotting pattern (term more commonly used in the UK than the USA) </Li> <Li> Skewbald: a spotting pattern of white and any other color other than black, or a spotting pattern of white and two other colors, which may include black . (term more commonly used in the UK than the USA). </Li> <Li> Overo: Describes a group of spotting patterns genetically distinct from one another, characterized by sharp, irregular markings with a horizontal orientation, usually more dark than white . In some cases, the face is usually white, often with blue eyes . The white rarely crosses the back, and the lower legs are normally dark . Variations include "Frame Overo" and "Splashed white". Sometimes Sabino (below) is also classified in the overo family . </Li> <Li> Sabino: Often confused with roan or rabicano, a slight spotting pattern characterized by high white on legs, belly spots, white markings on the face extending past the eyes and / or patches of roaning patterns standing alone or on the edges of white markings </Li> <Li> Tobiano: Spotting pattern characterized by rounded markings with white legs and white across the back between the withers and the dock of the tail, usually arranged in a roughly vertical pattern and more white than dark, with the head usually dark and with markings like that of a normal horse . i.e. star, snip, strip, or blaze . </Li> <Li> Tovero: spotting pattern that is a mix of tobiano and overo coloration, such as blue eyes on a dark head . May also refer to horses with Tobiano coloring that carry a recessive overo gene . </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl>

Horses that are marked or spotted in 2 different colours