Grullo

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18. Grullo Color 417 - #A99A86

Grullo is a color of horses in the dun family, characterized by tan-gray or mouse-colored hairs on the body, often with shoulder and dorsal stripes and black barring on the lower legs. In this coloration, each individual hair is mouse-colored, unlike a roan, which is composed of a mixture of dark and light hairs. The several shades of grullo are informally referred to with a variety of terms, including black dun, blue dun, slate grullo, silver grullo, silver dun, or lobo dun

Because the grullo color is not due to the gray gene, a grullo horse remains the same basic color from birth, though some minor shade variation may occur from summer to winter coats. If a grullo also carries the gray gene, it will be born a mouse tan-gray shade, but then lighten and eventually develop a white hair coat with age. Because black is less common in general than bay or chestnut, grullo is likewise less common than red duns or bay (classic or zebra) duns.

Shown is a grullo horse
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