The Beauty of Horse Colors – Roan Range

Three roan horses

Image from BLM under the CC BY 2.0 license

Equines come in a rainbow of colors and each one is uniquely beautiful. Finding rare and interesting colors can become an interesting hobby.

Full of Variety

Of all of the colors and white patterns, roan may produce some of the most unique coat coloring of them all. The image above can attest to that, their coloring is spectacular. Part of their uniqueness is the way the roan white pattern doesn’t affect base color on the face and points.

roan horse
roan horse

Easy to Recognize

Their dark faces make them pretty easy to recognize, only really being confused with dun animals, some appaloosa patterns or even a pale sooty animal. However, many coats with this white pattern have a frosty look that is all roan.

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