Read about the popular cream dilution -- the color that causes palomino, buckskin, cremello and perlino -- in the April issue of America's Horse.
Stranger Onthe Loose, owned by Shelia Miller of Columbia Falls, Montana, is a classic golden palomino. PHOTO COURTESY OF OWNER
Meet Me Underthemoon, owned by Jennifer McGowan of New Richmond, Wisconsin. Palomino is a sorrel horse with a single cream dilution gene. AQHA PHOTO
Buckskin BH Heres Your Sign, owned by Darrel Henry of Silex, Missouri. AQHA PHOTO
Many colors look alike. On the left, a cremello (note the light skin, blue eyes). On the right, an aged gray (note black skin around muzzle). AQHA PHOTO
Cremello stallion Caantenders Review, owned by Charlotte Hartwig of Denmark. Note the white markings visible on his legs. AQHA PHOTO
This foal is a smoky cream, a double-dilution of the cream gene on a black-based horse. AQHA PHOTO
The blue eyes of a cremello. The Midas Touch Kid, owned by Kimberlee Brown of New Richmond, Wisconsin. AQHA PHOTO
Docs Bar Bugs is an extremely unusual case. The stallion, owned by Ismael Madrigal of Fort Bragg, California, is genetically a palomino. Registered as a chestnut, it wasn't until he sired a palomino foal that his status was discovered. AQHA PHOTO
MV Blue Moonshine, a perlino owned by Sandra Peterson of Mancelona, Michigan. Note the dapples visible on his belly. PHOTO COURTESY OF OWNER
Perlino Zans Sun Dial, owned by Gregory Stewart and Regenia Bush of Duffield, Virginia. AQHA PHOTO
This palomino mare's color is darkened by what is called "soot" or "smuttiness." AQHA PHOTO
Magic Golden Power, a palomino owned by Gerd Maass of Germany. PHOTO COURTESY OF OWNER
