The Spanish Barb has many color variations, including dun, grulla, chestnut, black, bay, roan, palomino, buckskin, grey, brown, pinto (both over and tobiano), and sabino. The horse isn't a tall one, ranging from 13.3 hands to 14.3 hands, with the rare possibility of 15 hands to 15.3 hands. The head of the Spanish Barb should be lean, refined, and well formed, with small to medium sized ears that curve slightly inwards at the tips. The eye area of the head should feature eyes that are set forward on the head, prominent bone structure over the eye, and predominately brown eyes. Occasionally there are blue eyes, but that is rarely so. The muzzle should be short and tapered off into a shallow mouth, with firm lips and crescent-shaped nostrils. The chest of the Spanish Barb is strong, medium in width, and sufficiently muscled. The heart girth (behind the front legs) is deep. The loin of the horse is straight, strong, and full, and the back in proportion with the length of the barrel. The croup should be round and full in length. The tail is medium to low set, and the hind quarters not too heavily muscled. The legs should be straight, strong and well formed with medium-length pasterns, well formed joints, long muscling in forearms, and short, clean cannons. There may be slight feathering with no faults. Traditionally, the mane and tail are long and flowing, and usually fall to both sides of the neck.