Cremello is what happens when you get a double dose of the cream gene on a Chestnut base. 

A Cremello will always have pink skin and blue eyes.  Cremellos vary in shade from very light to a darker cream. It may be very difficult to tell the difference between a horse that is a Cremello and a horse that is an extreme sabino for example just by looking at the two horses.

Just as Chestnuts vary in shade so do Cremellos. Some are so light that any white markings may not be readily visible. Others may be a darker cream colour that clearly shows white markings.

Horses that are double cream dilute can still carry modifiers such as grey, other dilutions such as dun or silver and patterns such as pinto or frame etc... although you may not always be able to see them.

Note: The above mare is from 2 cremello parents, the only possibility from this cross was cremello... 
as BOTH parents HAD to give the foal a chestnut gene AND a cream gene.

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