Acanthus

pattern

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Genetics

Genotype options:

Appearance

Acanthus appears as decorative markings mimicing the stylized ornamental motif based on the acanthus plants. The markings have a swirly and elegant appearance and can appear anywhere on the body. Acanthus markings should primarily be jagged and curly leaves, but can also depict stylized flowers, spirals and swirls.

Acanthus should always be darker than the coat (anywhere from slightly darker to complete black), but can have lighter accents highlighting or outlining the markings.

Can optionally affect mane/tail where it touches.

Always goes below white patterns.

Minimum requirement:

A jagged/curly stylized leaf somewhere on the body.

Minimum requirements can be reduced or completely removed by the occlusion trait.

Allowed:

Can have decorative flowers around or in the swirls/leaves.
Can have some spots/petals around or in the pattern.
Can optionally affect mane and tail where it touches.

Not allowed:

Can not depict letters or numbers (can only be leaves, flowers, and swirls.)

Eye colour:

Doesn't affect eye colour.

Skin colour:

Can optionally affect skin where it touches. Dark patterns should darken skin while light patterns should lighten skin.

Horn/hoof colour:

Can optionally affect horns/hooves where it touches. Dark patterns should darken them while light patterns should lighten them.

Examples

Acanthus with light accents

chestnut + Acanthus

Acanthus without any accents

bay + Acanthus

Acanthus without any accents

palomino + Acanthus

Always goes under white patterns

chestnut + Acanthus + Tobiano

Always goes under white patterns

chestnut + Acanthus + Roan

Modifiers

Bronze turns patterns into a light and/or rich brown.
Flaxen turns patterns creamy white or lighter than the base coat. (only affects chestnut-based (ee) coats)
Silver turns patterns white or lighter than the base coat. (only affects black-based (EE or Ee) coats)
Chromatic can change the pattern's brightness and/or saturation.
Grey can leave the patterns unaffected (doesn't grey out), or leave the entire body unaffected and only the patterns grey out.

Mutations

Astral can cause the patterns to become starry/sparkly, in any colour.
Aurora can cause the patterns to glow in any colour.
Eclipse can cause the patterns to have an eclipsed outline/border.
Opulent can make the patterns appear metallic/shiny and a golden/silver/copper colour.
Primal can cause the patterns to be the same colour as their elemental alignment.

Shimmer

Shimmer can turn the pattern into any colour available on each shimmer's palette, depending on which shimmer is present.

Bronze acanthus

bay + Acanthus + Bronze

Flaxen acanthus

chestnut + Acanthus + Flaxen

Silver acanthus

bay + Acanthus + Silver

Chromatic acanthus

chestnut + Acanthus + Chromatic

Grey acanthus

chestnut + Acanthus + Grey

Grey acanthus

chestnut + Acanthus + Grey

Partial interactions

If your Veilhorn has Modifiers, Mutations, or Shimmer that can alter the colour of patterns, the effects can be applied either fully or partially. See the list above for which traits can alter the colour of patterns.

The examples below show Flaxen (a modifier) interacting with Pard (a pattern) and Papilio (a pattern), but the principle applies to all patterns. These examples are not exhaustive, you can choose how much the pattern is affected.