Smoky Black

Smoky black

Smoky black or just smoky is a coat color of horses which appears dark brown to deep black in color. Smoky black horses have a black base color with a heterozygous cream gene. Therefore, smoky black may be found in horse populations that have other cream-based colors such as palomino, buckskin, perlino, cremello and smoky cream. All smoky blacks must have at least one parent with the cream gene, and a smoky black can only be verified through DNA testing or parentage. Smoky black has been mistaken for black, dark bay or brown, grullo or even liver chestnut.

Black

Black is a color that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without chroma, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have often been used to describe opposites such as good and evil, the Dark Ages versus the Age of Enlightenment, and night versus day. Since the Middle Ages, black has been the symbolic color of solemnity and authority, and for this reason it is still commonly worn by judges and magistrates.

smoky black

Noun

1. A coat colour of horses that is either black or slightly lighter than black.