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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