Traits

The above images display the minimum and maximum size for Cowspots.

Examples:

  Tick marks, darker than base, flecked around the Ixi's coat.

• Ticking should be darker than the base coat, and can have some variance in color.
• It should always present as small tick marks clustered together, whether in portions of the coat or covering the full body. It has no maximum and can cover the full body if desired. It has no minimum, but should be noticeable on the design.
• It is typically hard or lightly soft-edged.
• It can also cause barring at the limbs, tail, neck, and face - as seen on some cats, particularly the Singapura.

Examples:

Range:

Tiny light speckles scattered around the ixi.

• Snowflake should be lighter than base coat.
• It should always present as tiny specks of light color scattered across the Ixi.
• It is typically hard or lightly 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.

Snowflake should remain around this size range:

Examples:

Creates scale-shaped markings of any color anywhere on the body. Can be two-toned.

• Scaled can be any color, including bright ones, and may be two-toned.
• It should be shaped like a pattern of scales, and can vary in size and shape - a single scale can be large or wide, but if so, should be visibly representing something like scutes or ventral scales. Scales can also be very small, so long as they are still visible.
• It should be hard or textured-edged.
• It has no maximum or minimum, but if covering the entire body, it should be below other markings, translucent, have enough space between the scales to show the other markings clearly, or otherwise not fully obscure other markings on the Ixi.
• Scaled is allowed to have a shine to it.

Examples:

Examples:

 
Luminol shows examples of glowing markings changing shape, and glowing bones in E. Porphyria (though xir bone glow is subtle due to its dark color). Xhe also has chameleon versions for both regular and UV versions linked on xir import.

The Rixixi's pelt is extremely, unnaturally saturated. In some cases, this can even affect markings.

Neon does not have specific swatches, instead, it should take the original base coat and increase the saturation and value until it becomes a hypersaturated neon color.

This can cause some fairly unexpected colors:

Forest, top swatch

Midnight, top swatch

Markings can appear as normal (with markings lighter or darker than base appearing lighter or darker than the altered swatch):

Skyburn with Labyrinth and Pangare

Or as bright, neon shades themselves - if this method is chosen, neon markings should be colors analagous to the altered base on the color wheel.

Skyburn with Labyrinth and Pangare - Orange Neon Markings

Additionally:

• Neon does not have to affect skin tone.
• Neon has no effect on eye color.

Presentation with Contradicting Mutations:

Neon and Fog:

-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.

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

A very high production of pigment, the Rixixi's coat and markings are heavily darkened.

Melanism does not have specific swatches, instead, it should be a darker version of your Rixixi's given base coat. Melanism should not be subtle, but the original base coat should still be apparent, and it should not be a false version of another base.
  
Seaglass - Brimstone - Arctic - Lilac

Markings can present as normal or be desaturated and darkened to match the mutation - designer's choice!

Woods with Points and Accents - Dull/Bright Markings

Melanistic Midnight can be tricky to work with, as using #000000 black isn't allowed - here's an example of about how dark you can go.

I mean, you can go to the full displayed legal black on the tongue and eye if you really want as well, Anar was just feeling dramatic.

This expression of Melanism is only legal on the Midnight base!


Additionally:

• Melanism bases must not be more saturated than their original bases!

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:

 

 

Presentation with Contradicting Mutations:

Maltese and Erythrism:

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

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.

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