Chestnut horse - yellow or red matchy?

[Flicker]

Has to be one or the other - which looks better?

pics always welcome ?

 

[Ambers Echo]

Colour wheels suggest yellow goes better but I much prefer Amber in red! She has a red fleece I use at night.

 

[Steerpike]

One of my chestnuts in yellow and brown, not a great photo.

 

[PapaverFollis]

Neither. But yellow if I had to, perhaps a more gold toned yellow? Might depend on the shade of chestnut.

 

[teddypops]

The two colours that least suit a chestnut I think! Yellow would be slightly better than red.

 

[mini_b]

Agreed with others that yellow and red are the least pleasing on a chesnut (I have one)
Dark green, navy, blue (not baby blues) brown and black all look very smart on an orange one!

 

[sport horse]

Navy Blue, black possibly dark green but please never yellow, red or orange!

 

[gingergreg]

Red looks beautiful on a light chestnut, not so much if it’s darker. Hunter green was always my go to colour for the ginge, looks super smart!

 

[Flicker]

Thank you everyone. Unfortunately it has to be red or yellow.

Liking Steerpike’s pic, I think yellow it will be!

 

[dixie]

Red for me.
I tried orange on mine but don’t think it’s works very well, so now on navy.

 

[phizz4]

Has to be one or the other - which looks better?

pics always welcome ?

Try yellow and red- but then, I'm colour blind.

 

[Chinchilla]

Out of interest why does it have to be red or yellow...?

 

[HashRouge]

On a chestnut? Neither!!

 

[Flicker]

It’s to do with colours of a flag. Can’t say too much in case the recipient is a lurker here...

 

[Flicker]

Try yellow and red- but then, I'm colour blind.View attachment 53361

That’s cool!!

 

[Floofball]

If I had that choice only it would be yellowy?

 

[Chinchilla]

It’s to do with colours of a flag. Can’t say too much in case the recipient is a lurker here...

Do both ? ?

 

[CanteringCarrot]

I do not like yellow and red. However, I felt the need to have a custom pad designed with said colors for my Spanish horse. It looks good on him, better than I thought. But he's bay. It'd really clash with a chestnut tbh. If I had to choose one or the other, I'd choose red. May depend on the shade of chestnut though.

 

[Flicker]

Do both ? ?

I could actually ?

 

[Flicker]

The other option is a cream or champagne with the country colours as accents?

 

[CanteringCarrot]

Have you played with the Mattes configuration tool at all? You can change the horse color on there too.

In my head I'm really struggling with coming up with a good yellow and red colored pad for a chestnut. However, if it is clearly country colors, I could accept that ?

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Can you still get the Horseware Newmarket saddle pads? They did the traditional red/black/golden yellow combination which I personally love on my chestnuts (I have an old wool exercise rug in that colour combination).

 

[CavaloBranco]

Could you change the colour of the horse instead?!???

 

[FestiveFuzz]

Yellow all the way...

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Not my pic but this looks nice.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/716213146975290722/

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Oooh! Get this one.

http://www.baroquehorseshop.com/bhssaddlepads.html

 

[windand rain]

yellow on a dark chestnut bluish spectrum (Crimson) red on a light chestnut orangy red not on either

 

[PapaverFollis]

Oooh! Get this one.

http://www.baroquehorseshop.com/bhssaddlepads.html

Oh I want everything on that website!

 

[Flicker]

Not my pic but this looks nice.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/716213146975290722/

Ooh it does!! Loving the other pad too!

 

[Flicker]

yellow on a dark chestnut bluish spectrum (Crimson) red on a light chestnut orangy red not on either

Thank you, great tip.