Roan is a horse coat color pattern characterized by an even mixing of colors on the body, while the head, lower legs, mane, and tail are mostly of one solid color. Horses with roan coats have white hairs evenly distributed throughout any other color. Their speckled coat stands out in any crowd because of their unique and wonderful appearance.
Roughly 1% of all horses are roans, and in that group, only a very small proportion will show the color variation called a roaning mutation. These horses are sought after because of the uniqueness of their coloring.