Most animal species have a gene that codes for albinism. The horse, however, does not possess the albino gene. There are white and white-appearing horses, but these are not albinos. Most have some pigment, and all have brown or blue eyes instead of the pink eye of the true albino.
A cremello has a cream-colored coat, a white mane and tail, pink skin, and blue eyes.
A perlino has a cream-colored coat, reddish-tinted points (mane, tail, lower legs), pink skin, and blue eyes.
The cremello genotype is ccee. They are often called "double-diluted palominos" because they have two copies of the c dilution gene. Perlinos are A_ccE_. They are the only color to possess of the A and E dominant genes and not have black points. The effect of cc is to dilute the black points to a rusty color. (See the dilutes page for further information and illustrations of the effect of Cc and cc on bay and chestnut.)
