Paints can be skewbald or piebald (pinto)."Paint" and "pinto" are sometimes both used to describe a piebald or skewbald horse, but there is a clear difference between the two terms. A pinto differs from a paint due to bloodlines. A pinto may be of any breed, though some Pintos registries may have additional restrictions. For a horse to be registered as an American Paint Horse, it must have registeredAmerican Quarter Horse.