Coat colors vary from solid black, deep chocolate, red hues from dark to light including blond, tri-colored, and various shades of sable. All coat colors may carry varying degrees of white trim including around the torso and over the back known as piebald markings. Faces can have blazes, strips, snips, bald white heads and half white face or solid color. Necks often have white collars of various widths. Legs commonly have white socks, stockings and white chest and belly markings. Tails can appear as if they were dipped halfway into a pail of white paint on up to the tip of tail displaying little to no white. Ticking within the white does occur, however roaning is not typical for this breed.

 

The McNab body types vary from short coupling to long, lean, and leggy. His body is of a medium muscle type. When viewed from behind where the croup ties into the hip, the haunches possess muscle which gives them the power to jump and accelerate at a fast speed. The flank is tucked up tight and heart girth is deep. The back is straight across the top line with a strong loin leading way to well-developed hind quarters. The chest is in balance to the rest of his body. The McNab is noted for his clean straight legs and especially his cat-like tight deep padded toes, cloved shape, or rounded feet.