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

chestnut + Mosaic

Black mosaic with different variations of leopard appaloosa

bay + Mosaic + Leopard appaloosa

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)

bay + Mosaic

Black mosaic

tanpoint buckskin + Mosaic

Dark mosaic

tanpoint buckskin + Mosaic

Dark mosaic not affecting mane

chestnut + Mosaic

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 mosaic

bay + Mosaic + Bronze

Flaxen mosaic

chestnut + Mosaic + Flaxen

Silver mosaic

bay + Mosaic + Silver

Chromatic mosaic

chestnut + Mosaic + Chromatic

Grey mosaic

chestnut + Mosaic + Grey

Grey mosaic

chestnut + Mosaic + 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.