The Cream Gene

Horses of a Different Color For All Walks of Life

The Cream Gene

CPEA Color Chart Link

Breeding a Buckskin, Palomino, or Smokey Black to a Chesnut, Bay, or Black gives you a 50% chance of getting that Buckskin, Palomino, and Smokey Black foal.

The Cream gene is represented as Cr. A single gene is Crcr and a double dilute is CrCr.

A Cream gene on a Bay horse is Buckskin. A Cream gene on a Chestnut horse is a Palomino. A Cream gene on a Black horse a Smokey Black.

Two Cream genes on a Bay is a Perlino, on a Chestnut is Cremello, an on a Black is a Smokey Cream.

The Cream gene is what produces Buckskins, Palominos, Smokey Blacks, Perlinos, Cremellos, and Smokey Creams.

A horse must possess a cream gene (or two) in order to pass it on. It cannot skip generations. Just because a grandparent was buckskin doesn't mean the grandchildren can be buckskin if the parents were not dilute.

One Cream gene produces Buckskins, Palominos, and Smokey Blacks. Two Creams genes produce Perlinos, Cremellos, and Smokey Creams (double dilutes). That being said, your Perlinos, Cremellos, and Smokey Creams will always (100%) pass on one of its Cream genes. So if you want a guaranteed Buckskin, Palomino, or Smokey Black then breed to a double dilute.

The Cream gene can also be crossed with other dilution genes such as the Dun gene. This is where we get our Dunskins and Dunalinos and Silver Grullos.

Colors Mixed	Cremello	Perlino	Smoky Cream	Palomino	Buckskin	Smoky Black
Sorrel	100% Palomino	Buckskin, Palomino, Smoky Black	Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino	50% Palomino 50% Sorrel	Palomino, Buckskin, Smoky black Sorrel, Bay, Black	Smoky Black, Buckskin, Palomino, Black, Sorrel, Bay
Bay	Buckskin, Palomino, Smoky black	Buckskin, Smoky Black, Palomino	Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino	Palomino, Buckskin, Smoky black, Sorrel, Bay, Black	Buckskin, Smoky black, Palomino Sorrel, Bay, Black	Buckskin, Smoky black, Palomino Sorrel, Bay, Black
Black	Buckskin, Palomino, Smoky black	Buckskin, Smoky black, Palomino	Smoky black, Palomino	Palomino, Buckskin, Smoky black, Sorrel, Bay, Black	Buckskin, Smoky black, Palomino Black, Bay, Sorrel	Smoky black, Palomino Black, Sorrel
Palomino	50% Palomino 50% Cremello	Palomino, Buckskin, Smoky black, Cremello, Perlino, Smoky cream	Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino, Perlino, Cremello, Smoky Cream	50% Palomino, 25% Sorrel, 25% Cremello	Palomino, Buckskin, Smoky black, Sorrel, Bay, Black, Cremello, Perlino, Smoky cream	Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino, Black, Bay, Sorrel, Perlino, Smoky cream, Cremello
Buckskin	Buckskin, Palomino, Smoky black, Cremello, Perlino, Smoky cream	Buckskin, Smoky black, Palomino, Perlino, Cremello, Smoky cream	Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino, Perlino, Cremello, Smoky Cream	Palomino, Buckskin, Smoky black, Sorrel, Bay, Black, Cremello, Perlino, Smoky cream	Buckskin, Palomino, Smoky Black, Bay, Sorrel, Black, Perlino, Cremello, Smoky cream	Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino, Black, Bay, Sorrel, Perlino, Smoky cream, Cremello
Smoky Black	Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino, Perlino, Smoky cream, Cremello	Smoky Black, Buckskin, Palomino, Pelino, Smoky cream, cremello	Smoky black, Palomino, Cremello, Smoky Cream	Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino, Black, Bay, Sorrel, Perlino, Smoky cream, Cremello	Smoky black, Buckskin, Palomino, Black, Bay, Sorrel, Perlino, Smoky cream, Cremello	Smoky black, Palomino, Black, Sorrel, Smoky cream, Cremello
Cremello	Cremello	Cremello, Perlino, Smoky Cream	Cremello, Smoky Cream	Cremello, Palomino	Cremello, Perlino, Buckskin, Palomino, Smoky Cream, Smoky Black	Cremello, Palomino, Perlino, Buckskin, Smoky Cream, Smoky Black
Perlino	Perlino, Cremello, Smoky Cream	Perlino, Cremello, Smoky Cream	Perlino, Cremello, Smoky Cream	Perlino, Buckskin, Cremello, Palomino, Smoky Cream, Smoky Black	Perlino, Buckskin, Cremello, Palomino, Smoky Cream, Smoky Black	Perlino, Buckskin, Smoky Cream, Smoky Black, Cremello, Palomino
Smoky Cream	Smoky Cream	Perlino, Smoky Cream, Cremello	Smoky Cream, Cremello	Perlino, Buckskin, Smoky Cream, Smoky Black, Cremello, Palomino	Perlino, Buckskin, Smoky Cream, Smoky Black, Cremello, Palomino	Smoky Cream, Smoky Black, Cremello, Palomino