Vascular patterns in dappling
Not only do dapples echo the pattern of capillary clusters, but other vascular details are visible on dappled horses. In the previous...
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- Jun 3
Dapples are hot!
When it comes to understanding dappling as a pattern of light and dark, the key is temperature. Darkly dappled greys like the Eriskay...
- Jun 2
Condition dapples
This type of dappling is associated with good health and grooming. When paired with sooty patterning, the effect is very striking. My...
- Jun 1
Dapple variations
Dappling is an almost universally popular aspect of horse color. There are distinct types of dapples with different causes. For many of...
- Aug 13, 2021
Mapping on appaloosas - part 2
While some appaloosa spots have mapping from dark skin, the majority of the edging effects on appaloosas are from mixing white and...
- Jul 21, 2021
Mapping on appaloosas - part 1
The borders around appaloosa patterns are less uniform in width and placement than those on pinto patterns. This post gives a brief...
- Jul 19, 2021
Mapping on pintos - part 2
This is the second in a series of photos with detail shots of mapping on pinto markings In the previous post, I mentioned that mapping...
- Jul 16, 2021
Mapping on pintos - part 1
For those who attended the BreyerFest horse color seminar, here are examples of mapping on pintos. If you watched the seminar on...
- Jul 15, 2021
BreyerFest 2021
This post gives an update on the new information site and links to new digital publications available for downloading. Over the years I...
- Jul 5, 2021
An overview of the sabino patterns
This post gives an overview of this complex group of patterns and gives a brief explanation of how they have been named. Perhaps no other...
- Jul 4, 2021
Terminology - the generic sabino
The convention the author of this blog follows is to use "sabino" (lowercase with no number) as the generic term for those patterns...
- Jul 3, 2021
Terminology - it's all "white-spotting"
This is not a more specific term than sabino, but rather a generic term for the absence of pigment cells. In genetics, mice are used as a...
- Jul 3, 2021
Terminology - Dominant White
Rumors of the demise of this term are misleading. It's still widely used in the research community. The hunter mare pictured above...
- Jan 3, 2020
Artificial coloring
The use of henna to dye the legs of horses is traditional in some countries and disciplines. Recently some photos were shared on social...
- Jan 2, 2020
Recoloring
White patterns leave areas of the coat without color, but these patterns appear to add the color back again to those areas. Notebooks are...
- Dec 31, 2019
A bit about explanatory models
In online settings, the most common explanatory model for talking about horse color is the base-plus-modifier concept. There are others...
- Dec 30, 2019
Citizen Science
"Citizen science" is where members of the public participate in scientific research. It is how this blog came to be, and something it...
- Jul 19, 2014
The new full-color book is officially released
The second release in the Equine Tapestry series – An Introduction to Colors and Patterns – is now available. The blog has been quiet for...
- Apr 12, 2014
Reminder – deadline for W20 samples
The deadline for submitting samples for the W20 Project is coming up, so send them soon if you want your horse included! I wanted to post...
- Mar 28, 2014
A teaser image from the book
Some close-up images of the reversed dapple pattern on a gold champagne Appaloosa mare, with comparisons to a sooty dapple palomino. I...