Base color modifiers (Agouti)# Bay # Wild Bay/Brown # Seal Bay/Brown |
Dilution modifiers# Dun # Creme # Fungi # Ivorie # Chardonnai # Taffy |
Other modifiers# Points # Flaxen # Sooty |
Creme
The cremegene lighten the coat, skin and eye colors. When one copy of the cremegene is present, it dilutes "red" pigment to yellow or gold, it affect the mane and tail much more, but does not dilute black color very much. With two copies of the creme gene, both red and black pigments is affected; red still become cream, and the black become reddish. A single copy of the gene has minimal impact on eye color, but when two copies are present, a donkey will be blue-eyed.
Blackbased creams
Smoky black
A smoky black Drabardi (here shown with points) has a slightly yellow tint to the body. Because it can be hard to detect visually, smoky black donkeys are most often discovered when they start producing cream colored foals. |
Smoky cream
A smoky cream Drabardi has a more creamy colored body, but its mane and tail might be a little more rusty in color compared to a cremello. |
Redbased creams
Palomino
A palomino Drabardi (here shown with points) has a golden or yellowish body color with lighter or white mane and tail. |
Cremello
A cremello Drabardi has a more cream colored body with a cream or white mane and tail. |
Agoutibased creams
Buckskin
A buckskin Drabardi (here shown with points) has a light to dark brown body color, with a golden or yellowish tint to the body. It has a dark mane/tail and dark legs. The brown buckskin (right, here also shown with points) is slightly darker in hue than the bay buckskin. |
Perlino
A perlino Drabardi has a cream colored body, but its mane and tail might be a little more rusty in color compared to a cremello. The brown perlino is basically the same as the bay one, although the brown perlino might be a bit duller in color. |
Smoky cream or perlino?
Brownbased double cream
Both smoky cream and perlino might be hard to distinguish from one another. Overall one can say that all-red based coats are turned ivory white, all-black based coats are turned rusty cream, and bay based coats have ivory colored bodies with slightly darker points. |
| COLORNAME: | Genotype: | Rarity: |
|---|---|---|
| CREME - heterozygous | nCr | Uncommon |
| CREME - homozygous | CrCr | Rare |
Don't forget - The examples shown are without a Drabardi hue added.The illustrations are simply examples, for more inspiration on different shades etc, look up the cream dilution in horses!