Smoky blacks are the result of one cream dilution gene on a black horse. Because one cream gene does not affect black hair there is not much effect on the black horse's color. However, smoky blacks can be some very odd shades, and as a result are often mistaken for liver chestnut, brown, grulla or dun.

The cream gene is dominant, so a smoky black must have a cream dilute parent.

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