Flaxen only affects red manes and tails, turning them a yellow, silver, or gray color. Flaxen can "hide" on black base color horses, as they do not have red manes and tails to be affected by the gene. They can pass the gene on to their offspring, however. Light flaxen chestnut horses can be mistaken for palomino, and dark liver chestnut flaxens can be mistaken for sooty palominos or silver dapples. Not much is known about the inhritance of flaxen, it it is thought to be recessive.

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