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I've been curious about genetics in-game that lead a horse to be labeled as brown, instead of e.g. bay. I read a little on the genetics guide about ASIPt - does this just effectively create a darker/very dark bay, which we call brown? Would a dark bay horse with e.g. DP/sooty still be considered bay? But from what I can tell chestnut horses are never labeled brown, even if they are very dark and visually looks dark "brown" or even black - is that correct? Basically just curious what genetics lead a horse to be considered brown.

I'm partly curious about this because my first horse IRL was called, colloquially by people in our horse community, a "black bay" which I think is a term that's fallen out of favor because it's confusing lol. Her coat was very, very dark (looked truly black) but her nose was a much lighter brown. Her mane and tail also appeared black but in the summer would take on a brown tint sometimes, maybe just sun bleaching. Her legs were also black but she had white socks so hard to say if the color gradient changed noticeable on her legs compared to her body (which really looked black anyway). While I've been playing this game it's been making me wonder about what her genotype might have actually been!