Traits

Causes a marking to change color into an alternate color scheme. If no other markings exist on the Ixi, can modify free markings. Dominant Chameleon can modify multiple markings on the Ixi, or cause one marking to have into 3+ color schemes.

• You must supply both the original color scheme, and the altered color scheme. One must be the actual import, and one can be a sta.sh file. This can be linked near the Personality section of the import if you like (see Old Dog in the Examples)
• One of the color schemes must follow the marking's original color rules (examples: Unders must be lighter/darker than base, Ticked must be darker than base).
• One of the color schemes can be any color if the designer so desires.
• Dominant chameleon can modify multiple markings on the Ixi, or cause one marking to change into three or more colors. If you choose the latter, the additional color schemes follow the "any color" rules.
• Flesh/Nails/Frills/etc (and mutations that follow the Flesh, Nails, and Frills rules) can be a color from the alternate color scheme on both versions of the import! They can also change colors between versions (whether or not a marking is being affected)!

Examples:

Old Dog, with Chameleon modifying Groundbreaking


Raiiax, with Chameleon modifying Poison Dart. Note that the tail tuft is eyedropped from the alternate color.

Can present as random speckles of any base color, OR modify a single marking to any single base color. Dominant Glitter can modify multiple markings or modify marking(s) and create colorful speckles.

Range:

"Glitter Spots" are often not be much larger than Minimum Inkblot, generally around Snowflake size, though it can reach a size a bit smaller than Fawn.

• Glitter follows the range and edge texturing rules of the marking it modifies. The only thing that changes is the color.
• Glitter overrides the color of the modified marking, making it the color of any other base coat.
• Recessive Glitter (nGlt) can create Glitter Spots OR modify one marking. Dominant Glitter (GltGlt) can create Glitter Spots AND/OR modify any number of markings. Dominant glitter, if modifying multiple markings, can present in multiple colors, so long as the colors are all picked from the same base coat.

Examples:

Can present as a gradient of any base color on the base OR any marking. Dominant Horizon can modify multiple markings or modify marking(s) and alter the base color.

• Horizon is effectively a hybrid of the markings Gradient and Glitter, and as such, its rules read similarly to a mixture of the two:
• Recessive Horizon (nHz) can modify the base coat by adding a gradient taken from any base coat swatch OR one marking by altering it to a gradient taken from any base coat swatch. Dominant Horizon (nHzHz) can modify the base coat AND/OR any amount of markings. Dominant Horizon, if modifying multiple markings, should have all colors picked from the same base coat.
• If altering a marking, Horizon covers the entire marking. The original marking color should not be visible.
• Horizon overrides the color rules of any affected marking(s), but keeps the edge hardness rules.
• If altering the base coat, the original base color and Horizon color should both be visible.
• Much like the marking Gradient, the gradient caused by Horizon can be between any colors from either of the swatches from the chosen base coat.

Examples:

Appears as blobs of color glowing from inside the Rixixi. Can also present as blobs and/or streaks in blood color-altered zones, including skin, fins, etc. Dominant Lava Lamp can display any amount of colors, and can cause the entirety of skin/frills/blood color/etc to glow.

• Lava Lamp can be any color. It can have a gradient, and while it cannot be made up of two entirely different colors in recessive form, the gradient does not have to be subtle as long as the colors making it up are vaguely related. Shading the marking is allowed and recommended!
• The marking is made up of random, medium-to-large blobs around the body, typically based in shape on the floating wax mixture in actual Lava Lamps. There is no restriction on edge hardness as long as the shape can still be made out. It should also have a soft-edged glow around the marking, this should not stray too far outside the linework of the Ixi.
• Due to originating from inside the Rixixi, Lava Lamp can appear partially in the blood of the Rixixi, allowing streaks or blobs of the Lava Lamp color to appear in any marking or mutation altered by the Rixixi's blood color (eg. Daggerstabbed, Wide Vents, E. Porphyria), as well as the skin, frills, etc. Will always be visible inside the Rixixi when paired with Translucent/Partial Translucence.
• Lava Lamp should be translucent when it appears over fur, markings below it should appear at least slightly through it. Lava Lamp markings on skin, frills, and the like can be at full opacity.
• Recessive Lava Lamp (nLamp) creates Lava Lamp blobs of one general color, and also cause streaks and spots of glow in the Rixixi's blood/skin. Dominant Lava Lamp (LampLamp) can create Lava Lamp markings with any amount of colors and also any amount of glow in the Rixixi's blood/skin.

Examples:

Range:

Creates patches of color in a pattern similar to a tortie cat, patches can be any two base colors. Dominant Tortoiseshell patches can alter the entire base coat as well!

• Tortoiseshell is most commonly textured at the edge, but can be hard-edged or somewhat soft-edged. It should not be fully blended out like Sable, Pangare, and so on.
• Tortoiseshell can use two different base colors in the same patches, but unless altered by markings, should still be taken from base coat swatches. Different colors should appear in different patches or be separated cleanly by hard or textured borders within the markings.
• Dominant Tortoiseshell can optionally take on a presentation considered "Inverted Calico". The base coat can be changed to any other base coat as desired, with free Unders allowed, with the caveat that the free Unders marking must be white. (Having the Unders marking in the genotype along with Dominant Tortoiseshell freely grants access to Dominant Unders presentation and removes the color restriction.) The Unders-like mark acts as a typical 'white mark'/color mutation only to the Tortoiseshell markings: They have to layer over the altered base coat, but under the white mark. Any other markings on the Rixixi can layer over the free white mark.
• Regardless of "Inverted Calico" presentation or just normal Tortoiseshell, Dominant Tortoiseshell allows for any color to be used on the Tortie patches and any amount of colors to be used, from one singular flat color, to a rainbow in patches along the back of the Ixi.
• The patches can appear anywhere on the body and should not cover more than roughly 50% of the Ixi. It shouldn't mimic other markings!
• Other markings can display above or below tortoiseshell. If the markings appear above tortoiseshell, they can be color-shifted where they touch the patches - it must still follow the marking's color rules, however! With modifier markings like Glitter and Lunar, this can result in an entirely different modifier color being present on the patches than the color present on the main body.

Examples:

Short for Erythropoietic Porphyria, this mutation is caused by a deficit in certain molecular components that causes blood cells to break down and build up waste products in other parts of the body, such as the teeth and bones. That is to say, the teeth, nails, and any bony mutations of the Rixixi are blood-colored.


While Erythropoietic Porphyria is a medical problem in real life, and can affect Rixixi negatively in lore, this will not result in rad sicknesses being rolled due to it being present in a breeding.
Please feel free to apply realistic limitations or ignore them as you please for your own characters! Play the game however you like.

E. Porphyria, by default, appears as a red or brownish-red coloration to the teeth:


This color can change if the Rixixi's blood color is different for any reason:


The coloration is not limited to the teeth - nails can be blood-colored as well, as well as any mutation that could logically be considered made of bone or a similar material such as Horns, Problems (the teeth, bone, and skull layers), Translucence/Partial Translucence, the spines of Tail Spike, and so on.


Additionally:

• While (in real life) Erythropoietic Poryphyria can cause the affected areas to glow under UV lights, this typically will not show up on the import. It will show up if Ultraviolet +UV is present, and even without Ultraviolet, feel free to show glowing teeth/nails/bones in art, and even include a reference in your Ixi's Personality section!
• It is not mandatory to alter the color of anything but the teeth of the Ixi.

A complete lack of pigment in the rixixi. Albinistic Ixi appear as nearly pure-white, markings can show faintly as extremely pale shades of the original base coat. Brightly-colored markings like Lunar and Bioluminescence can be somewhat brighter and more saturated, but should remain light in color. Skin and frills should be pale, and eyes are most commonly shades of pale blues, lavenders, reds, and even white.

Albinism can be pure white, with any amount of markings hidden or showing:


Or it can be a tint of the base coat - markings can be hidden via this form of albinism as well. (It is a big help if you let us know in design approval if you've done so!) Albinism must always be extremely pale, no matter what the original base coat is.

Midnight base.

Markings that show as lighter or darker than the base coat should be subtle and pale.

Laser base with Sable.

Markings that can be any color may be bright, but should still be light colors, and should not be neons.

Latte base with Accents, Lunar, and Daggerstabbed.

Additionally:

• Showing skin tone peeking through areas of thin fur is legal!
• Skin should generally be pale, but can still take on marking colors and the like as per normal skin/frill/nails rules.
• Eyes should be shades of pale purples, blues, pale colors light enough to be considered white or off-white, and assorted reds.

Presentation with Contradicting Mutations:

Albinism and Melanism:

Albinism and Melanism presenting together cancel out Albinism's skin/eye/marking color requirements.

When Albinism and Melanism are both present in a geno, any of the following approaches can be taken:

-One mutation presents visibly, and one is a genetic carrier only. (At least one mutation has to present visibly in this case.)

-Albinism presents darker/subtler than average:

Sunbeam base.

-Melanism presents lighter/subtler than average:

Sunbeam base.

-Both Albinism and Melanism appear, in cloudy patches:

Sunbeam base.

The edges of this must be soft and blended so as to not be confused for Tortoiseshell, Chimera, or other similar markings/mutations.

Examples:

Can display in one of two ways: The entire Rixixi takes on a pink, red, or ginger color, with the markings still visible, OR a pink/red/ginger color modifies as many markings as the designer desires.

Erythrism is capable of modifying the entire base coat to ranges of red, pink, and assorted oranges and gingers, with the markings still appearing visibly. Markings that are darker or lighter than the base coat should be darker or lighter than the chosen base shade, and markings that can be any color or bright colors can appear as normal. There is no slider, but here are some examples of acceptable colors:
 

Alternately, the base coat can appear as normal, and Erythrism can affect any number of markings that the designer chooses:

Arctic with Sable, Tabby, and Hood - Erythrism affecting Tabby and Sable, Hood appearing as normal.

Additionally:

• Erythrism has no effect on the eye color of the Rixixi.
• Erythrism does not have to affect the skin tone.

Presentation with Contradicting Mutations:

Neon and Erythrism:

Neon and Erythrism presenting together cancel out Neon's requirements to be fullbody and allow it to affect markings along with Erythrism.

When Neon and Erythrism are both present in a geno, any of the following approaches can be taken:

-One mutation presents visibly, and one is a genetic carrier only. (At least one mutation has to present visibly in this case.)

-Neon magenta becomes legal for Erythrism:

Arctic with Pangare, Neon Erythrism affecting Pangare

Also known as Harlequin

The rixixi displays two genomes at once, can be in random patches or split down the middle in a harlequin "checkerboard" pattern.

FRIED MEME is a Diver/Plum chimera. She also has Lunar (in neon green) and Horizon (in dark green) - she's very colorful.

Chimera Rixixi have two sets of genes displayed in patches across their body. Chimera can have a defined pattern (see real-world Harlequin animals) or random blotches of color with or without a pattern.

Additionally:

• Chimera doesn't have a specific required amount of each geno that you have to present. If most of the genes on each geno are visible, you're probably fine! 30% or more of the less visible side is also a fair test. As long as both sides of the genotype are reasonably visible, it should look enough like Chimera.
• You can cover up a gene on one side by putting a spot of the other side on top of it (eg, hide Daggerstabbed by putting a splotch over the chest).
• If you have a chimera with two sides of the same base coat (eg Brimstone/Brimstone chimera), you do have to differentiate the two sides' base coats enough that they can be told apart on sight.

COMBINATION MUTATIONS & CHIMERA

If your Ixi has a combination mutation and Chimera, they can display the component parts of that Combination Mutation without needing a Mutation Station.

Corona, having Chimera as well as Partial Translucence, visually displays Fogshard.

How Breeding with Chimeras Works:

Chimeras roll in breedings as if their two genos combined into one. If they have two of the same gene, it won't combine into a dominant gene, but if they have two of the same gene (and one happens to be dominant), the dominant gene is used.

For example, here's a theoretical chimera:

Aa/Bb/dd/oo/nPr/nTab/nGlt/nLu/PanPan/nPng/nHz // aa/BB/dd/Oo/nSpc/nTab/LuLu/nClk

Lunar Plum with Procyonid, Tabby, Glitter, Panda, Pangare, and Horizon // Lunar Spectacled Seaglass with Tabby and Cloak

When breeding, it rolls as if this is its genotype:

Aa/BB/dd/Oo/nPr/nTab/nGlt/LuLu/PanPan/nPng/nHz/nSpc/nClk

Lunar Spectacled Diver with Procyonid, Tabby, Glitter, Panda, Pangare, Horizon, and Cloak

The Rixixi's pelt is heavily desaturated. Skin and markings also take on a duller tone.

Fog does not have specific swatches, instead, it should take the original base coat and lower the saturation anywhere between heavily and very noticeably. The value, brightness, and hue should not be altered much if at all, but can be slightly modified to improve the final result of the color.
 
Plum - Skyburn - Seaglass - Steel

Additionally:

• Markings should also be desaturated - Markings that are lighter or darker than base should be lighter or darker than the altered base, markings that appear as any base should appear as a desaturated base, and markings that appear as any color should appear as duller colors.
• The only bases that can appear completely desaturated (with no tint) with Fog are Arctic, Steel, and Midnight.
• Fog desaturates the skin tone as well.
• Fog has no effect on eye color.

Presentation with Contradicting Mutations:

Neon and Fog:

Neon and Fog presenting together cancel out Fog's skin/marking color requirements.

When Neon and Fog are both present in a geno, any of the following approaches can be taken:

-One mutation presents visibly, and one is a genetic carrier only. (At least one mutation has to present visibly in this case.)

-Neon presents less saturated than average:

Lilac base.

-Fog presents brighter than average:

Lilac base.

-Both Neon and Fog appear, in cloudy patches:

Lilac base.

The edges of this must be soft and blended so as to not be confused for Tortoiseshell, Chimera, or other similar markings/mutations.

Examples:

Almel is an example of Albinism and Melanism, but this is still a good example of the cloudy blending method in shape.

Can display in one of two ways: The entire Rixixi takes on a light cream color, with the markings still visible, OR a light cream color modifies as many markings as the designer desires.

Leucism, much like Albinism, can modify the entire base coat to a pale color. Unlike Albinism, however, Leucism is locked to a color range that includes pale cream colors. There is no slider, but here are some examples of acceptable colors:
  

Alternately, the base coat can appear as normal, and Leucism can affect any number of markings that the designer chooses:

Rose with Sable, Tabby, and Inkblots - Leucism affecting Tabby and Inkblots, Sable appearing as normal.

Additionally:

• Unlike Albinism, Leucism does not have an effect on the eye color of an Ixi.
• When affecting the base coat, Leucism often, but does not have to, affect the skin tone as well.

 

Presentation with Contradicting Mutations:

Maltese and Erythrism: