Cremello and Perlino horses are known as "double dilutes", horses which received two copies of the same creme dilution gene that creates palomino and buckskin colors with a single copy. They are just like any other normal, solid colored horse.

When two creme dilute parents (Palomino or Buckskin) are bred together, there is a 25% chance that the resulting foal may get one creme dilute gene from each parent, and be a double-dilute (Cremello or Perlino). The pale double diluted color appeals to some people, and not others: but regardless of whether you personally find it attractive, the fact remains that it is just another color, no different in any way that matters.

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