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Foals are born dark brown and lighten. Similar to black horses, champagne horses can become sun-faded in the summer. Experts separate this from a light classic champagne, which is an animal with very light bronze, almost yellow color, and those with a light but noticeable grayish shade.

This is a combination of the Champagne gene and a bay base (ssss1). Amber champagne completely corresponds to its name: the body color is amber or goldish red. The mane, tail, ear rims, and lower part of the legs are chocolate or light brown. Occasionally there is an admixture of white, silvery, or pale-yellow hair in the mane and tail. This color can be confused with buckskin or silver buckskin.

The most typical amber champagne horse has body hair the color of saturated amber, apricot, or orange, and the mane, tail, and lower part of legs are chocolate. At birth, foals can be almost indistinguishable from classic champagne—it is with age that they become lighter. The eyes of an adult amber champagne horse are usually amber though they can remain light green in some animals. Hooves are pigmented.