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Dun Combinations
Dun can be present with any other color genes
 A Palomino plus
a dun gene, sometimes called a "yellow dun" or a "dunalino",
will look for the most part like a Palomino but often has a distinct
darker line down its back, darker lower legs, and the zebra-like leg
markings. On the palest shades of gold, the markings may be
indistinguishable, or nearly so. At left, the late stallion
Page
Bull Parker, who was owned by
Sharon Haas.
  A Buckskin plus a dun
gene, often called a "dunskin" or a "buttermilk dun", will
usually be lighter in body color than either a regular dun or a
plain buckskin, and will have all the dun markings in a darker
color. These have one cream gene, of course. Left is Nancy Nard's
Morgan stallion, Zeke; Right is Carousel QH's mare Me Smart'n'Classy.
  A
champagne plus a dun
gene on chestnut sometimes does not show the dun markings
very clearly, but the black-based colors do. Grade QH Classic Dun
(grulla) mare Little
Nikita, left. Deceased AQHA stallion Gold (red) Dun
Skips Golden Rush,
right.
 A Perlino with a dun gene, we find, is
usually even closer to "white" in body color than most perlinos,
with dun markings in a lighter than usual color, as well. Left is
Carousel QH's stallion Merlin's Ice King ("Pearly", for sale),
former "cover boy" of the CPEA web site; right is Finally's Mr.
Amos, a stunning Morgan stallion. A perlino dun may sometimes
not have visible markings.
 A Cremello with a dun gene may or may not
have visible dun markings. In some cases, such as this one (OSO X), only breeding the horse
will indicate whether the gene is present. Formerly owned by Bonnie
Brewer of GA; now in Denmark.
 Spotted horses
with a dun gene should show dun markings on any
appropriate place on the body where the white is not present. White
erases dun markings (and all other color, of course) where it is
present. This includes Appaloosas, shown.
Want to see a lot more duns
combined with other color genes?
Start here:
http://www.dungenes.org/cream.htm
and just keep clicking "Next".
That link will take you to the
dungenes.org web site, also by this author.
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