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    Mapping on pintos - part 1
    • 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...
    BreyerFest 2021
    • 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...
    Citizen Science
    • 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...
    The new full-color book is officially released
    • 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...
    Color and pattern variations
    • Feb 13, 2014

    Color and pattern variations

    There are separate but equivalent mutations that can produce visually similar colors. This can complicate terminology and testing. As I...
    Is this still a horse color blog?
    • Jan 15, 2014

    Is this still a horse color blog?

    So what do albino dogs have to do with horse color? Certainly the fact that there are “cremello” Dobermans is interesting, but why is...
    Searching for another founder
    • Dec 30, 2013

    Searching for another founder

    Early observations about the classic splashed white pattern (SW1) from Valto Klemola based on his study of the Finnhorse stallion...
    More on founders
    • Dec 23, 2013

    More on founders

    The silver dilution was mistakenly believed to have originated in the American Shetland Pony, but the mutation is much older. In the...
    Founders and mutants
    • Dec 20, 2013

    Founders and mutants

    Color can tell a story about common ancestry, when that color arose as a one-time mutation. It is known that the two horses above share a...
    How I learned to stop worrying and love incorrect color terminology
    • Aug 22, 2013

    How I learned to stop worrying and love incorrect color terminology

    Okay, maybe not love – but certainly stop worrying about it. Like a lot of people who find horse color fascinating, I once spent no small...

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