Veilhorn Steed

Mosaic

pattern

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Genetics

Genotype options:

Appearance

Mosaic appears as a patchwork of darker and lighter variations of the basecoat. Darker patches can be anywhere between completely black to only slightly darker than the basecoat. Lighter accent patches are optional, and should be fewer and smaller than the darker patches, and only be slightly lighter than the basecoat (a dark-colored horse cannot have near-white light accents).

Mosaic markings should appear natural similar to how chimerism appears in real life horses, and should not depict specific objects or symbols.

The mosaic pattern has the unique ability to also affect other patterns and white patterns, letting the markings and patterns display differently in each mosaic patch. For example (as shown in the appaloosa example) the bay base coat has snowflake appaloosa (an optional appearance of leopard appaloosa), while the dark mosaic patches shows regular leopard appaloosa.

Mosaic should never "turn off" other present markings or patterns, for example (as shown on the blue chestnut example) all the mosaic patches still shows pard - just with different spot shapes.

Always goes below white patterns.

Minimum requirement:

  • One natural-shaped darker patch anywhere on the body.

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

Allowed:

  • Can optionally affect mane and tail where it touches.
  • Can optionally cause other genes and patterns to display differently in each mosaic patch.

Not allowed:

  • Can not cause unnatural shapes, symbols or letters.
  • Can not turn off other genes or patterns in mosaic patches (unless occlusion is present).

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

Dark mosaic patches and light accent patches

Dark mosaic patches and light accent patches

chestnut + Mosaic

Black mosaic with different variations of leopard appaloosa

Black mosaic with different variations of leopard appaloosa

bay + Mosaic + Leopard appaloosa

Dark mosaic with light accents, with different variations of pard

Dark mosaic with light accents, with different variations of pard

blue chestnut + Mosaic + Pard

Mosaic on bay, light accent patches slightly lightening the black points (mane and leg)

Mosaic on bay, light accent patches slightly lightening the black points (mane and leg)

bay + Mosaic

Dark mosaic not affecting mane

Dark mosaic not affecting mane

chestnut + Mosaic