Roan is the coat style, not the color. You can have a blue roan,a red roan, a bay roan, etc. Reddish brown is sorrel (or maybe chestnut).
Bob91351 - Did you assume nobody would check dictionary.com? That isn't what is said at all. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/roan "of the color sorrel, chestnut, or bay, sprinkled with gray or white." The sprinkling with gray or white is what makes it roan, it can be any base color. I doubt you've ever seen a horse, let alone grown up around them. |