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Dilution genes
Dilution genes do to the red and black pigments what adding white, or water,
to paint, does. There are several different kinds of dilutions:
An underline " _ " next to a gene means it doesn't matter
what the other one with it is, the results are the same.
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 | Grullo: E_ + aa + D_ |
| Dun: E_ + A_ + D_ |
| Brown Dun: E_ + Ata or AtAt + D_ |
| Red Dun: ee + any A or a + D_ |
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Cream
| Palomino: ee + any A or a + Crcr (red + one cream and one non-cream gene) |
| Cremello: ee + any A or a + CrCr (red + two cream genes) |
| Buckskin: E_ + A_ + Crcr (bay + one cream gene) |
| Perlino: E_ + A_ + CrCr (bay & two cream genes) |
| Smoky Brown: E_ + AtAt or Ata + Crcr (brown + one cream gene) |
| Brown Cream: E_ + AtAt or Ata + CrCr (brown + two cream genes) |
| Smoky Black: E_ + aa + Crcr (black + one cream gene) |
| Smoky Cream: E_ + aa + CrCr (black + two cream genes) |
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Champagne
| Classic: E_ + aa + Ch_ |
| Amber: E_ + A_ + Ch_ |
| Gold: ee + any A or a + Ch_ |
| Champagne Cream: any of the above + Crcr or CrCr |
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Silver
| is a dominant gene (Z) |
| dilutes black manes & tail color to anything from pewter to flaxen;
sometimes only partially |
| dilutes black body color to a dark chocolate color |
| has no apparent effect on red pigment |
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