Classic

Champagne on Black

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Champagne Showcase, a young (here) classic champagne TWH stallion.

"Classic" is perhaps the rarest, most exotic champagne color.

It is rare because it is the result of the champagne gene on solid black.*

Its exotic quality will speak for itself.  It's considered difficult to photograph accurately, and has sometimes been described as "lilac"; in fact, this is one color that has been called "lilac dun" in the past.  Others say it sometimes looks "greenish".  One might use the description "dark taupe" for this color.

OTHER EXAMPLES OF CLASSIC CHAMPAGNE:

To see more classic champagnes, check out the ICHR's STUD BOOK.

More classic champagne and other photos coming to this web site soon.

* Solid black is a relatively rare color, because most horses in the world carry at least one agouti gene, which changes solid black to bay or brown, by restricting the black pigment to only certain parts of the body.