Silver dapple - sekelsta/horse-colors GitHub Wiki

Silver dapple is a dominant dilution gene that changes black pigment to a chocolate color. The silver dapple allele is represented by 'Z', while the non-silver allele is represented by 'z'. Silver dapple has no effect on chestnut based horses.

Silver dapple can also cause MCOA (multiple congenital eye abnormalities). Horses with only one copy of the silver gene are not as severely affected as horses with two copies. In game, this reduces max health.

More info: Examining eye issues in silver dapple horses

Silver Dapple Gene

	Chestnut background (e/e)	Bay background (E/_ A/_)	Black background (E/_ a/a)
Wild type (z/z)	Chestnut or sorrel	Bay	Black
Silver (Z/Z or Z/z)	Chestnut or sorrel	Bay silver or red silver	Black silver, chocolate, or silver dapple