The Tovero (also known as Tobero)^[1] coloration is a mix of tobiano and overo colorations in Pinto horses and American Paint Horses. The genetics of pinto coloration are not always fully understood, and some horses have a combination of patterns that does not fit cleanly in either category.

Some characteristics of a Tovero colored horse include:

• Dark pigmentation around the ears, sometimes called a "Medicine Hat" or a "War bonnet"
• Dark pigmentation around the ears, expanding to cover the forehead and/or eyes.
• Isolated "shield" dark markings completely surrounded by white, particularly on the face or chest.
• One or both eyes blue.
• Dark pigmentation around the mouth, which may extend up the sides of the face and form spots.
• Chest spot(s) in varying sizes. These may also extend up the neck.
• Flank spot(s) ranging in size. These are often accompanied by smaller spots that extend forward across the barrel, and up over the loin.
• Spots, varying in size, at the base of the tail.

• Pinto horse
• American Paint Horse
• Equine coat color

• Paul D. Vrotsos RVT and Elizabeth M. Santschi DVM. University of Minnesota Genetics Group. "Stalking the Lethal White Syndrome". Paint Horse Journal. July 1998.
• "Horse coat color tests" from the UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Lab
• "Introduction to Coat Color Genetics" from Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. Web Site accessed January 12, 2008

• American Paint Horse Association
• Tobiano test from Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. Web Site accessed January 13, 2008
• "Horse coat color tests" from Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. Web Site accessed January 12, 2008
• "Introduction to Coat Color Genetics" from Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. Web Site accessed January 12, 2008

v t e Equine coat colors
Base coat colors	Black Chestnut (also known as Sorrel) Bay included Seal brown
Gray	Gray
Dilution genes	Cream single dilution: Buckskin Palomino (also known as Isabelline) Smoky black double dilution: Cremello Perlino Smoky cream Champagne Dun (see also Blue dun or Grullo) Pearl Silver dapple
White	Dominant white Sabino-white Lethal white syndrome
Horse markings and patterns	Pinto patterns Overo Splashed white Frame Sabino Tobiano Tovero Base color variations (primarily UK English) Piebald Skewbald Tricoloured Leopard complex Varnish roan See also Appaloosa and Knabstrupper Roaning patterns Roan Rabicano
Other	Bend-Or spots Brindle Cropout Liver Pangaré Point coloration Primitive markings Sooty Flaxen Mushroom Tiger eye
Genetics and breeding	Equine coat color genetics Color breed Horse genome Wildtype Melanin Agouti KIT gene Endothelin receptor type B MITF PAX3 STX17 (Gray) Melanocortin 1 receptor
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