Traits

Creates patches of color in a pattern similar to a tortie cat, patches can be any base color. Dominant Tortoiseshell patches can take on two different alternate base coat tones!

• Tortie patterns do not have an edge hardness restriction, but are typically textured.
• Dominant Tortoiseshell can have two different base colors included in Tortie patches instead of just one if the designer so chooses - both must still be picked from base coat swatches! Different colors should appear in different patches - multiple base colors should not appear in the same Tortie patch.
• 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.

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Creates spots with rings of color inside. Can be hollow.

• Eyespot can be any color, and can be multicolored - they can have gradients, multicolored rings (multiple if desired), even both.
• The marking can have a cutout if desired, displaying as hollow rings instead of solid spots.
• It should be hard-edged.
• Eyespot has no minimum, and must only appear visibly on the design. It has no maximum, and can appear anywhere on the Rixixi.

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Thick bands, lighter than base coat, that wrap around the body. Can have a dark border around them.

• Clownfish presents as thick, pale bands that wraps around various parts of the body. Unlike Hood, the bands can be broken, but take care to not break them up so much that they begin to resemble spots!
• Clownfish must be a lighter shade of the base coat, including white. Optionally, it can have a dark border around the marking. It may have a gradient, but it must be within a similar hue, not heavily two-toned.
• Edge may be hard, textured, or somewhat soft. It should not be fully blended out.

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A cluster of pale, soft spots on the body, often shaped like stars.

• Edges should be soft, and can be textured. They can be simple spots, or can be shaped more like 'stars'.
• Must be lighter than the base color.
• Can be fullbody or in clusters covering partial sections of the body.
• At minimum, the marking should at least cover part of the torso, and can expand out from there.

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Causes spots lighter than base coat, should be somewhat uniform in sizes/shapes.

• Fawn causes spots in a small-medium size, typically clustered together in a few separate areas. All fawn spots should be around the same size range - some minor size discrepancy is fine, and most often occurs on the outside of a cluster. They should be in a somewhat uniform pattern, the uniformity ranging from the spots on a fawn's back to more scale-like patterns.
• Must be lighter than the base coat.
• Edges should be hard, and not heavily textured. Light texturing is okay, but take care not to go overboard.
• Fawn can appear anywhere on the ixi. It is most commonly found on the back, but this is not mandatory!

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Allows the base coat to show as a gradient. Gradient must be between colors that exist on the assigned base coat's sliders. Dominant Gradient can alter markings as well.

• Recessive Gradient appears only on the base coat, and should appear somewhere on the base coat - amount does not matter so long as it is visible.
• Gradient can between any colors from either of the swatches from the Rixixi's associated base coat. For instance, if your Rixixi is Skyburn with Gradient, you are allowed to take the hot pink from the bottom swatch and the orange-red from the top swatch and blend them together! You can also go for a subtler gradient and choose colors on the sliders that are closer together.
• Take care not to make Gradient too closely resemble pangare, sable, or other similar markings!
• Recessive Gradient must be locked to the base coat, but Dominant Gradient can also alter markings to have a gradient in them, either using the Rixixi's base coat swatches for gradient colors, or basing the gradient colors off the marking color rules (such as 'lighter or darker than base coat' or 'any colors').

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Creates crackles across the body of the Rixixi, in any color, including bright ones. Can be two-toned.

• Groundbreaking can be any color, and may display up to two colors within the marking, which may be blended together.
• It should appear as a streak of color that branches off, as if making a "crack" or "lightning bolt" shape.
• It should be hard or textured-edged.
• Groundbreaking has no minimum, and can appear on multiple places on the Rixixi's body. It should not cover more than roughly 50% of the Rixixi.

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Causes spots darker than base coat, can be asymmetrical and of multiple sizes.

• Inkblot must be darker than the base coat.
• The spots should be of multiple sizes throughout, and may be irregular and asymmetrical.
• It is typically hard or soft-edged.
• It has no maximum and can cover the full body if desired. It has no minimum, but should be noticeable on the design.

The above image displays the minimum and maximum size for Inkblot spots. Please note that Inkblot should not solely be made up of spots at the maximum or minimum, but these sizes may be scattered about as accents.

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Large, desaturated patches on the Rixixi's body, often containing dappled patches of the original base coat within.

• Can be translucent to show the markings underneath! Markings dislaying on top of Merle can be desaturated or display normally.
• Edges can be textured, soft, or blended. If blended, the entire marking should not be blended out and should still have a section that registers as a solid patch.
• Must be more desaturated and/or lighter than the base coat.
• Can be fullbody or covering partial sections of the body. Should contain holes in the marking or spots of the base coat.
• Should appear, at minimum, on 30% of the design. Can appear in multiple patches.

Unlike in Earth dogs, there are no known health problems for Rixixi caused by homozygous Merle.
You can go against this if you like for your own personal characters' lore, this note is just here to let folks know that it won't result in negative effects and rad sicknesses when bred for.

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