Brown horses can be various shades from light brown to almost completely black. Their bodies may be shaded black and brown or be mostly black (which is often called seal brown). Their soft parts, such as the muzzle and eyebrows, and around the flanks, quarters and girth, are red or golden brown (sometimes called “mealy”). Seal browns are often mistaken for black horses, but the coloring on the soft parts identifies them as brown. They are also genetically distinct from black horses, as discussed below.
