Acceptable eye colours for SOLID and DA Non-Solid Dilutes Australia Ltd registration
Black eye ![]() |
Brown eye ![]() |
Hazel eye A hazel eye is usually just a lighter brown eye with marbling. Foals are often born with a blue grey eye and these horses generally also have marbled or flecked skin. ![]() |
Hazel eye showing marbling and blue lense. ![]() Cloudy blue grey patch in top right is scar tissue. |
Light brown eyes
The outer rim of the pupil is clearly visible in these light brown eyes as a grey blue ring
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Dark grey eye
Amber eyes on dilute blacks
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Hazel eye on amber champagne ![]() |
Amber eye on amber champagne ![]() |
Light amber eye on amber cream composite ![]() |
Blue eye on amber weanling ![]() |
Only acceptable on double cream dilutes and cream pearl composite dilutes
Difference between glass eye and china eye....
Pale blue eye ![]() |
Pale blue eye showing darker pigment strands ![]() |
Medium blue eye - most common ![]() |
Bright blue eye - unusual ![]() |
Yellow eye on perlino |
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Blue eye on cream pearl composite foal showing the way this combination mimics double cream. ![]() |
Eye on same cream pearl composite foal as a yearling showing the way it changes with maturity ![]() |
Amber eye on homozygous chestnut pearl |
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Grey eyes on very young foal ![]() |
Light blue grey eyes on young silver foal ![]() |
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Grey eye on smokey grulla foal |
These eyes are acceptable because the pink spots on the eyelids do not extend into the pigment of the eye itself.
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Left: scar tissue caused by eye injury. Lighter pigment in sclera also allowable so long as it doesn't extend into the iris. |
The following eye types and colours are not accepted on SOLID dilutes for the purposes of Dilutes Australia solid dilute registration but are acceptable on DA Non-Solid Dilutes.
China and wall eyes
![]() Note the white iris and dark pupil which has the appearance of bleeding into the white iris. |
![]() This eye has a distinct brown pupil with noticeable 'bleeds' of brown pigment. The pupil is rimmed by blue before becoming white |
Multi coloured eyes Horse has one blue eye and one brown eye ![]() |
Parti coloured eyes
Blue splashes or patches in an otherwise dark eye.
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