▁dil utes ") ▁▁ ▁H ors es ▁that ▁are ▁heter o zy g ous ▁cre ams , ▁that ▁is , ▁have ▁only ▁one ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁cre am ▁gene , ▁have ▁a ▁light ened ▁hair ▁coat . ▁The ▁precise ▁cre am ▁dil ute ▁coat ▁color ▁produced ▁depends ▁on ▁the ▁underlying ▁base ▁coat ▁color . ▁ ▁Unless ▁also ▁affected ▁by ▁other , ▁un related ▁gen es , ▁they ▁maintain ▁dark ▁skin ▁and ▁brown ▁eyes , ▁though ▁some ▁heter o zy g ous ▁dil utes ▁may ▁be ▁born ▁with ▁p ink ▁skin ▁that ▁dark ens ▁with ▁age . ▁ ▁Some ▁have ▁slightly ▁l ighter , ▁am ber ▁eyes . ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁heter o zy g ous ▁cre am ▁dil ute ▁( CR ) ▁must ▁not ▁be ▁confused ▁with ▁a ▁horse ▁carrying ▁champ agne ▁dil ution . ▁Champ agne ▁( CH ) ▁dil utes ▁are ▁born ▁with ▁p ump kin - p ink ▁skin ▁and ▁blue ▁eyes , ▁which ▁dark en ▁within ▁days ▁to ▁am ber , ▁green ▁or ▁light ▁brown , ▁and ▁their ▁skin ▁acqu ires ▁a ▁dark er ▁m ott led ▁complex ion ▁around ▁the ▁eyes , ▁m uzz le , ▁and ▁gen ital ia ▁as ▁the ▁animal ▁m atures . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁possible ▁for ▁a ▁heter o zy g ous ▁cre am ▁horse ▁to ▁carry ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁dil ution ▁alle les . ▁ ▁( see ▁" C ream ▁m im ics ," ▁below ) ▁ ▁In ▁such ▁cases , ▁they ▁may ▁exhib it ▁some ▁characteristics