What's the difference?

Okay so when people say that have a paint.. they usually say he's a tobiono or overo..





well what is a tobiono or overo?





i just say a sorrel paint! or a black paint lol


so i'm just wondering what all the terms for a paints colors are!





Thanks!





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What's the difference?
Wow! So many different answers....





The easiest way to explain it is:





A tobiano is a mostly white horse with some colored spots.


An overo is a mostly colored horse with some white spots.





Of course, there may be a fine line in some horses, but after looking at a lot of horses you'll be able to tell easily which is which.
Reply:Tobiano's basically look like the have been dipped in paint. Typically they have large white areas that spread over their back. The legs are usually white and the head is typically solid in color.


Overo's look as though paint has been splashed on them. The white usually doesn't extend over the back. Their legs are mostly solid in color and Faces can be white. Paint horses that are not tobianos are usually lumped into the overo class.





A tovero is a horse with 1 dominate tobiano gene and 1 dominate overo gene. Toveros can have features of both overos and tobianos. They usually have white faces, blue eyes and dark pigmented skin on the end of their noses called a mustache. Toveros always produce color foals.
Reply:Tobino and overo are different coat patterns in the paint breed. Tobinos appear to have a more of a solid pattern while overos markings tend to be kind of splotchy. Go to www.apha.com and they have a page where they explain the different patterns and requirments.
Reply:It's a reference to the coat patterning of "paint" on the horse.
Reply:I have no idea why HorseReport got so many negative votes. She's right on all accounts as to what the pain color patterns are. Come on, people, be fair!
Reply:Tobiano and Overo refers to the colors of the horse. There's one other one that refers to a horse that is both. It refers to where the spots are or something like that.
Reply:Tobiano- http://www.palouse.net/Paint/tobiano.htm





Overo- http://www.palouse.net/Paint/overo.htm





Tovero- http://www.palouse.net/Paint/tovero.htm
Reply:Tobiano:


http://www.equusite.com/articles/basics/...





Overo:


http://www.apha.com/breed/images/overo.j...
Reply:It is color and breed of paint there are so many this just puts them in a catagory.
Reply:Tobino- The most common spotting pattern, characterized by rounded markings with white legs and white across the back between the withers and the dock of the tail, usually arranged in a roughly vertical pattern and more white than dark, with the head usually dark and with markings like that of a normal horse. i.e. star, snip, strip, or blaze.


http://www.selwoodpark.com/avalanche/ava...





Overo- Spotting pattern characterized by sharp, irregular markings with a horizontal orientation, usually more dark than white, though the face is usually white, sometimes with blue eyes. The white rarely crosses the back, and the lower legs are normally dark.


http://www.whitegatestud.co.uk/images/Ma...





Sabino- Often confused with roan or rabicano, sabino is a slight spotting pattern characterized by high white on legs, belly spots, white markings on the face extending past the eyes and/or patches of roaning patterns standing alone or on the edges of white markings. In some registries, sabinos are registered as having the overo pattern


http://www.spanishmustang.org/Images/kee...


http://www.cloud9walkers.com/HighwayTitu...


http://www.mustangs4us.com/Horse%20Color...


Tovero- spotting pattern that is a mix of tobiano and overo coloration, such as blue eyes on a dark head.


Solid: A horse otherwise eligible for registration as a Paint that does not have any white that constitutes a recognized spotting pattern.


"Color": An informal term meaning that the horse has a spotting pattern. (The opposite of "Solid.")


"Chrome": An informal term of approval used in some geographic regions to describe a particularly flashy spotting pattern.


http://www.mfthba.com/ColorPanel/spots/c...


http://cupidsfadedgold.com/ranger3.jpg