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Description
This is the most basic of guides I made several years ago in paint for my friends that don't know horses to understand the stories that I write. There are a couple better options on DA available.

<-- A slightly better overview of markings but pretty much as generic as mine.

<-- A really, really detailed and beautiful look at coat colors.

Now for my crappy explanation:

Horses - Ponies

Height measured in hands - h
1 h = 4 inches

Horses mature sexually at 4 years
Colt - Stallion/Gelding
Filly - Mare

1 year - Yearling
Just born to 3 years - Foal
Just taken from mother - Weanling

Lineage -
Sire - Father
Dam - Mother

Points - black legs, mane, and tail (normally on bays, roans, and some grays), sometimes dark gray

Regular Solid Colors -
Black - Entire body black with no brown or chestnut hairs
Bay - Dark brown hairs with points, some so dark they appear black and often mistaken for
Chesnut - Mixture of brown and yellow hairs
Gray - Mixture of white and black hairs, sometimes with black or darker gray points, lightens with age
Blue Roan - Mixture of gray and black hairs with points
Strawberry/Red Roans - Mixture of black and chestnut (varing shades) hairs with points
Palomino - Golden (chestnut and yellow hairs) coat with creamy mane and tail
Dun/Buckskin - Golden (chestnut and yellow hairs) coat with chestnut or black points, occassionally stripe of chestnut color on back

Specialty/Rare Colors -
Pinto - Black and white splashes
Paint - White and any color splash but black
White - pink skin with white body, normally blue eyes
Rose Gray - Mixture of black and white and reddish chestnut hairs giving gray with rose effect and dark gray points
Appaloosa - White coat with colored spots (A). Sometimes one solid color with white blanket on rump and spots on white (B)

Markings - Face
Star - Spot of white on forehead
Stripe - Thin white line on face
Blaze - Thick white line on face
White Face - Entire face white
Snip - Splash of white on muzzle
Markings - Body
Socks - White on legs no higher then the hocks
Stockings - White up to knee or higher

Description
This is the most basic of guides I made several years ago in paint for my friends that don't know horses to understand the stories that I write. There are a couple better options on DA available.

<-- A slightly better overview of markings but pretty much as generic as mine.

<-- A really, really detailed and beautiful look at coat colors.

Now for my crappy explanation:

Horses - Ponies

Height measured in hands - h
1 h = 4 inches

Horses mature sexually at 4 years
Colt - Stallion/Gelding
Filly - Mare

1 year - Yearling
Just born to 3 years - Foal
Just taken from mother - Weanling

Lineage -
Sire - Father
Dam - Mother

Points - black legs, mane, and tail (normally on bays, roans, and some grays), sometimes dark gray

Regular Solid Colors -
Black - Entire body black with no brown or chestnut hairs
Bay - Dark brown hairs with points, some so dark they appear black and often mistaken for
Chesnut - Mixture of brown and yellow hairs
Gray - Mixture of white and black hairs, sometimes with black or darker gray points, lightens with age
Blue Roan - Mixture of gray and black hairs with points
Strawberry/Red Roans - Mixture of black and chestnut (varing shades) hairs with points
Palomino - Golden (chestnut and yellow hairs) coat with creamy mane and tail
Dun/Buckskin - Golden (chestnut and yellow hairs) coat with chestnut or black points, occassionally stripe of chestnut color on back

Specialty/Rare Colors -
Pinto - Black and white splashes
Paint - White and any color splash but black
White - pink skin with white body, normally blue eyes
Rose Gray - Mixture of black and white and reddish chestnut hairs giving gray with rose effect and dark gray points
Appaloosa - White coat with colored spots (A). Sometimes one solid color with white blanket on rump and spots on white (B)

Markings - Face
Star - Spot of white on forehead
Stripe - Thin white line on face
Blaze - Thick white line on face
White Face - Entire face white
Snip - Splash of white on muzzle
Markings - Body
Socks - White on legs no higher then the hocks
Stockings - White up to knee or higher