Mottle
MtlMtl / nMtl
Effects
- Skin: skin will be light pink under any white patterns, and can optionally be freckled/mottled even if no white spots are near
- Horns and hooves: hooves will be light where white leg markings connect, and can optionally be striped even if no white spots are near [Horn & hoof color guide]
- Eye color: no effect on eye color [Eye color guide]
- White patterns cause a lack of color pigment in the coat, resulting in pink skin and white hairs. Skin will always be pink under white markings, even if blue dilute is present.
- Modifiers, Dilutions and Patterns must always go under white patterns, and are also not allowed to "appear" to go over white patterns.
- Can generally cause blue eyes if the white markings reach the eyes, unless otherwise specified.
- Hooves and horns will be lighter when affected by white.
- The minimum expression of each white pattern (except natural white which is optional) can only be reduced with Occlusion, which can partially or fully "turn off" or hide genes.
Appearance
Mottle causes white spots of varying sizes anywhere on the body. The size can be anywhere from as small as freckles to large spots similar to leopard appaloosa.
At minimal expression mottle needs to have a generous amount of white spots present, even if they are small.
Minimal mottle
chestnut + mottle
Mottle
chestnut + mottle
Maximal mottle
chestnut + mottle
Optional effect: Clumping
Mottled spots can clump together and form any pattern, as long as they are still recognizable as clumped spots and not stripes/markings with "clean" straight edges.
Mottled tiger stripes
chestnut + mottle
Mottled tapir/fallow stripes
chestnut + mottle
Mottled swirly stripes
chestnut + mottle