There are so many things to think about when preparing your horse for show or turn out. What should be at the forefront of you mind when selecting your show outfit is the COLOUR of your horse.

Some colours will complement your horse, while others may wash out its coat. So you must be very careful at selecting colours for Showing. Judges have a dutiful eye practised to select the winning combination of horse & rider, and yours & your horses attire can play a huge role in influencing the judges decision.

So where to begin. Provided below is a colour chart of all the basic colours and which horse colour they will compliment. This is just a guide and has been developed by Blue Ribbon through years of experience. Some colours that you like may not be on the chart. Have a look at the closest tone ie. a horse that is suited to Navy blue & Hunter green will often be suited to odd colours like Olive, Apple, & periwinkle blue.

Please only use this chart as a guide, and if you really love a colour that you feel will not work well on your horse. Please contact us, as by mixing the odd colour in a combination may actually look very good. For example, a recent customer asked to have a red,black & white browband created for a Chestnut horse. As a common Browband rule of thumb, Red does not work well on chestnuts. However I played around with the colour combination and it turned out lovely.

So utilise this guide to creatively inspire, and it you get stuck we are always willing to help. Contact us.

Ribbon Colour Chart
We specialise in creating browbands in High Quality Double Sided Satin Ribbon. For the many benefits of purchasing a browband in Satin ribbon please place your mouse over the ‘Product Information’ Header and select ‘Satin Vs Velvet’ on the drop down menu.

We stock a large variety of high quality Satin ribbon. Below is a ribbon table of the dye colours to represent the most common colours of satin ribbon that we have available. Please note that these are not exact colour copies of the ribbon and that ribbon colours may vary slightly due to computer monitor settings and actual variances in dye batches which can not be helped. If you are in doubt, please contact us and we will send you some samples of your choosen colours to ensure they are what you are after.

Please use the below chart as a guide to select your colours. If there is a colour that you are after that is not listed, please don’t hesitate to contact us as we can usually accomodate most colour requests.

Please dont forget that we also have some stunning metallic ribbon in both GOLD & SILVER. These ribbons can be used to break up colour combinations, and make your browband really stand out from the crowd. I would highly recommend one of these ribbons as a colour choice.