BuckskinThe single cream gene, which dilutes red pigment but not black, gives a tan-bodied horse with black points. Buckskin is often confused with dun, a dilute which can be almost identical to dun. In some places, people reverse the terms 'buckskin' and 'dun', which leads to further confusion. To learn more about the difference, check out the "What Color?" section. Buckskin is created by the same dilution that makes palomino-- only buckskin is cream acting on a bay base, and palomino is cream acting on a chestnut base. The genetic makeup of a buckskin is E?A?Crcr, the ?'s standing for either dominant or recessive form; it depends on the horse-- can be either "E" or "e" in the first case, or "A" or "a" in the second-- either way the horse will be a buckskin. |