roan

Bay with white

Roan describes a coat color in horses and cattle where the base color is evenly mixed with white hairs, creating a muted, speckled appearance: a roan mare, blue roan, strawberry roan.

The animal itself may be called a roan.

Roan also names a soft, flexible leather used in bookbinding, traditionally dyed reddish-brown.

pattern

mottled

Having irregular color patches

stippled · marbled · variegated · brindled · ticked · grizzled · frosted · interspersed · intermingled · scattered

equine

mare

Female adult equine

colt · filly · mustang · quarter horse · draft horse · thoroughbred · pony · mane · coat · marking

coat

bay

Partially enclosed water

blue · red · dapple · grulla · buckskin · palomino · dun · gray · pinto · paint

hides

sheepskin

Ovine hide or diploma

cowhide · leather · tanning · pelt · rawhide · suede · cordovan · vellum · parchment · buckskin

Categories
Opposites
coat color pattern

roansolid

Firm matter state

uniform · unpatterned · plain · unmixed · pure

color intensity/modification

roanbay

Partially enclosed water

chestnut · black · sorrel · jet black · coal black

coat color type

roanbay

Partially enclosed water

chestnut · black · sorrel · palomino · buckskin

Phrases
Family

roans

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G