Horn & hoof colors
There are a multitude of different genes and factors that can affect the color of your veilhorn's horn and hooves.
When designing your veilhorn you have two options:
- Do you want your veilhorn's horn and/or hooves to be the color of their elemental alignment?
- Or do you want the horn and/or hooves to be naturally colored, determined by their genes?
- As a general rule, the more dilutions the horse has - the lighter the horns and hooves will be.
- Some mutations can optionally affect the horns and hooves in creative ways.
Keep in mind that you can color the horn separate from the hooves, for example a bay veilhorn with the nature elemental alignment can have a bright green horn and natural dark grey hooves.
Examples of different Veilhorn hoof colors.
Top row shows different base colors and dilutions, bottom row shows how white markings can affect hoof color.
All horns are allowed to optionally be gradiented, regardless of color.
The gradient should lighten or darken the base/tips of the horns in a shade that looks natural compared to the horn's base color.
Natural colors
Dark
Any natural shade of dark grey - dark grey-brown. Can also be near-black.
Blue tawny (purple)
Caused by:
Blue and tawny combinationDesaturated mulberry purple or grey-ish mauve
Light caused by white patterns
Caused by:
White patterns (where they touch)White patterns will cause the horns and hooves to be light, either in the color-range shown on the "light" example, or a lighter version of the "base" horn/hoof color.
Examples of blue dilute with white
Caused by:
White patterns (where they touch)Horns and hooves can be lightened either to the "light" color-range or a lighter version of the "base" horn/hoof color.
Elemental colors and shimmer
See the Elemental Alignments guide and the Shimmer guide for their respective color palettes.
When white patterns are present you can chose if they affect horns/hooves or not.
Unaffected by white patterns
Unnaturally colored horns, unaffected by white patterns.
Affected by white patterns
Unnaturally colored horns, affected by white patterns (same palette as naturally "Light" horns/hooves).
Affected by white patterns
Unnaturally colored horns, affected by white patterns (lighter than the "base" horn/hoof).
Mutations affecting horns and hooves
The following Mutations can optionally alter the color or appearance of horns and hooves.
Wooden
Caused by:
FloraCan make horns and hooves appear like tree branches. Can grow leaves and flowers. The horns must still have the correct shape and type, which means you can't have twigs/branches on the horns unless the horns are spined.
Bone
Caused by:
LichHorns can optionally be the same color as the Lich bones/markings, if the Lich "touches" where the horns grow. Acts similar to how white markings affect horns, it just turns them into the Lich color instead.
Crystal
Caused by:
OpalHorns and hooves can have a crystalline or glass-like appearance and any color.