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Each color has its own variations, which are called shades and differ from each other in terms of the color nuances of hair. Unfortunately, many horse people completely overlook this aspect: While figuring out a horse’s color, they try to find a photograph that exactly corresponds to his exterior appearance. Finding two animals that completely match each other in all details is extremely difficult, if not impossible, so many people, in the end, cannot determine the color of their horses and remain confused. This is the wrong way to go about color identification, since the majority of colors can be described with the help of several characteristics, regardless of variations in shade (see ssss1 for more on color shades).

In horses, the hair on the body can be divided into several categories:

 Body (soft, short).

 Guard (mane, tail, feathers, and also “beard” on the lower jaw, although usually meant only to describe the hair of the mane and tail, which serves for the protection from insects, sun, and cold).