The gray horse's skin pigment is dark and the coat
contains black and white hairs. Gray horses are
generally born very dark or even black and lighten
with age. There are different kinds of grays, too:
light gray, which appears 'white'; flea-bitten gray,
which occurs when a white coats contains spots like
freckles; iron, which is a very dark gray coat,;
and dappled gray, which has dark rings or circles
on the gray coat.
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