Cremello results from two copies of the cream dilution gene acting on a chestnut base coat. Cremellos have very pale cream or nearly white body with a white or cream mane and tail. Unlike single-cream dilutes, cremellos have pink skin and blue eyes, but some variation from light blue to a greenish blue or amber can occur. A cremello carries two copies of the cream gene and passes one copy to 100% of its offspring. When bred to a horse without the cream gene, all foals inherit a single copy of the cream gene and will therefore be single-cream dilutes. When bred to a single-cream horse, about 50% of the foals inherit one copy of the gene and about 50% inherit two copies.