Appearance

Sooty adds black or dark hairs to the coat, giving it a gradiented darkening effect. Sooty can range anywhere from pure black to just slightly darker than the base coat, and can be black even if dilutes are present.

Sooty can affect any part of the body.

Can optionally affect mane and tail.

Optional effect: Dapples

Dapples can be darker or lighter, appearing as holes in the sooty or as sooty-colored dapples.

Dapples are not written in the phenotype.

Optional effect: Soot flakes

Sooty can optionally have soot flakes or "grease spots", causing dark smudges or spots in the coat.

Soot flakes are always darker than the coat, and can optionally affect mane and tail.