What colours goes best with a chestnut ?

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Permalink Reply by Rachel Heysen-Smith on June 14, 2009 at 9:45pm

I think Blue well for a Liver Chesnut!!

Rach

Permalink Reply by Cindy Jeffery on June 15, 2009 at 12:22am

I like hunter green, lime green and white with some sparkle like rhinestones and gold lamay. Add some beige chaps or pants. Or how about teal blue, with silver and some chocolate brown somewhere.

Permalink Reply by Timika F on June 15, 2009 at 3:09am

well, for chestnuts and liver chestnuts i think light+ish green, light blue, pink and maybe white, depends....

Mika

Permalink Reply by Amber J. on June 15, 2009 at 3:43am

yeah white goes really well i use that

Permalink Reply by Kelly Smith on August 26, 2009 at 2:42am

pink or purple for a liver chestnut! but blue still looks good with normal chestnuts

Permalink Reply by Kelly Smith on August 26, 2009 at 2:43am

and white go's well with every horse

Permalink Reply by Elli Kenealy on December 15, 2009 at 9:32pm

Purple! What? No, purple doesn't really work. I'd never put pink on any horse regardless of the colour. Red looks awful on chestnuts.

Navy blue works well, so do most shades of green. White always looks good. Can't go wrong with black! Light blue and navy together look really good. And, as part of my Pony Club's old uniform, we used to have these checked saddlecloths with a gold trim. The check had a bit of brown, dark green, dark gold/whisky in it. I looks really good on my chestnut.

Permalink Reply by Jenna Merkley on January 16, 2010 at 8:48pm

I ride my chestnut in a dark purple saddle pad and I think it looks great! and hunter/dark green and pink look really good too :)

Permalink Reply by Jan Jollymour on January 18, 2010 at 10:10am

Actually, I agree with the purple idea. It sounds awful, but it does work with chestnut, and with most other colours as well. It seems to be a neutral for horses.

I like navy blue best, and dark green. Browns and tans always work with chestnut, regardless of the shade. We have two very bright (new copper penny) chestnuts, and they (and we) wear black, white, or navy with them. We have bays and a grey as well, so black, white, and navy work for them as well. Red is a total disaster for chestnuts, and yellow just makes them look yellow, so I stay far away from both of those.

Permalink Reply by Jenna Merkley on March 17, 2010 at 5:56pm

I definently agree that red is a total disaster.. It just clashes with the chestnut coat.

Permalink Reply by Sasha Merlin on May 24, 2010 at 9:11pm

I think that hunter green goes best with a dark coloured chestnut.