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A buckskin is a bay horse with one Cream Dilution allele (C^cr). Buckskin horses have a sandy yellow color of trunk, neck, and head, while the mane, tail, and lower parts of the legs are black (ssss1). The nuances of body color are broad—from pale yellow or almost white to dark yellow. The lower part of the legs sometimes appears brown rather than black. The skin is pigmented but can be somewhat lighter than in a bay horse; the eyes are hazel or amber. Dapples are frequently observed.

I distinguish three varieties of the color, depending on the bay base: light buckskin, average buckskin, and dark buckskin. Light buckskin horses are characterized by sandy, sometimes almost white coloring of body. Average buckskin horses have a standard yellow body color, and as a rule, dark buckskins can have a significant amount of dark hair, concentrated on the upper back (countershading) in contrast to the lighter abdomen (Photosssss1 &ssss1). The parts closer to the darker area tend to show dapples.