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The Color of Horses: The Scientific and Authorative Identification of the Color of the Horse [with 34 full-color paintings by Darol Dickinson]

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Color of Horses is a fantastic picture book of various horse colors. It is not a book on color genetics. Instead, Color of Horses is concerned with the physical makeup of each hair, how that reflects light and thus produces color. Another color concern is how the various colors withstand the effects of hard work and sun. A great picture book with a unique slant on horse color.

I really enjoyed the lovely paintings in the book. They portray the horse colors in an accurate way. I just would not be too quick to believe the author's explanation of these colors. There really is not much valuable information on genetics which other books explain much more thoroughly. But, even so, I would recommend the book to anyone looking for pictures of solid colored horses.