Colors of Buckskin, Dun, Red Dun and Grulla Horses

BUCKSKIN: A true colored Buckskin should be the color of tanned deerhide with black points. Shades may vary from yellow to dark gold. Points (main, tail, legs) can be dark brown or black. Buckskin is a self color and is clean of any smuttiness. A buckskin may or may not have a dorsal stripe.

DUN: Dun is an intense color with a hide that has an abundance of pigment in the hairs. Dun differs from the Buckskin in the respect that the body color is a duller shade and often will have a smutty appearance. Dun horses commonly have dark points of brown to black. Rarely a dun will be classified with lighter points or a mixture of light and dark hairs within the points. The shoulder stripe and dorsal stripe belong to the Dun and often leg barring will occur as well.

GRULLA: Grulla is also considered an intense color. The body color is described as mouse, blue dove or slate colored - with dark sepia to black points. Grulla (pronounced Grew-yah) has no white hairs mixed in the body hairs. The hide of a Grulla is comparable to the hide of the Dun and is well pigmented to withstand heat and sunlight. Grulla horses have the dorsal stripe and in most cases have shoulder stripes and leg barring. Grulla is considered one of the most predominant species of the "dun factor". Grulla should not be confused with roan or gray colors.