The White: "Take the horse white as a silken flag, without spot, with the circle of his eyes black."
The Black: "He must be black as a night without moon and stars."
The Bay: He must be nearly black, or streaked with gold. "The dark red one said to the dispute, 'Stop there.'"
The Chestnut: "Desire a dark shade. When he flees beneath the sun, it is the wind. The Prophet was partial to chestnuts."
The Dark Dappled-Gray, called "the grey of the wild pigeon," if resembling the stone of the river.
He will fill the douar
When it is empty,
And will preserve us from the combat,
On the day when the muzzles of the guns touch each other.
The Grays are generally esteemed when the head is of a lighter colour than the body.