Jet Black horses do not fade on body or points, (even when living in the desert.)
Blue Roan is a black horse with a white roaning pattern on body, leaving face, legs, mane and tail black.
Summer Black horses have sun-faded, reddish edges to manes, tails and barrel.
Seal Brown is produced on a black horse (or mule) by the mealy effect gene, with lighter shade visible on muzzle, flank, and the inner thigh.
Summer Black with the leopard complex gene which produces a white blanket and dark leopard spots.
Black Sabino with maximum expression of the gene has speckled body, white legs and belly, and baldface.
Black Sabino has a white pattern of tall white stockings, baldface, and white on belly.
Black horse with extensive white blanket due to leopard complex gene. (The white streaks on the legs, called "lightning marks" are part of the blanket.)
Black Tobiano has a white pattern that crosses the topline, white legs, and a mostly dark head.
Blue Roan Tobiano
Black Medicine Hat Tobiano has a colored "war bonnet" over ears and head, and "war shields" on chest, flank and rump. American Indians believed the colored areas were protected in battle.
"This horse could easily be called a "Splashed White" overo. He has the white legs, up-from -below white pattern, and white head needed. However his pattern is more jagged, he has more black patches inside the white, and he only has one blue eye, where this pattern should have two, suggesting a cross with another white pattern.
Black Overo has a white pattern that does not cross the topline, dark legs, and a mostly white head.
Chocolate Silver with the silver dapple gene, which lightens the body color (producing dappling) and turns the mane and tail silvery-white.
Slate Grullo (Grulla for females) is a Black horse with the dun factor. A bicolored mane and tail, primitive striping, a dark head are characteristic.
Classic Champagne is a rare color produced from champagne dilute which turns a black horse to light brown. The skin is pinkish or beige, the eyes are blue at birth, turn amber, then brown, the coat has a satiny sheen, reverse dapples, and dark points.
Lobo Dun is a grullo or grulla with more black in its body coat from the sooty effect gene. Horse on far right is a Lobo Dun Tobiano.

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