Ocelli

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Genetics

Genotype options:

Appearance

Ocelli causes "false eye" patterns similar to those often found on butterflies, caterpillars, and other animals - such as the spots seen on the back of tiger ears.

Ocelli spots can be randomly scattered or arranged in deliberate patterns. The spots can appear as very stylized eyes with eyelashes, or as simple circles. When other patterns are present, ocelli can optionally "meld" into the patterns or cause eye spots to appear anywhere within the patterns.

Ocelli patterns should always be darker than the coat (anywhere from slightly darker to black), can have multiple different darker tones, and can also optionally have lighter accents. Ocelli spots are additionally allowed to optionally have white accent-spots, these should always be fairly small.

Always goes below white patterns.

Ocelli should not be confused with All-seer. Ocelli is just a pattern on the coat, it does not cause real extra eyes.

Minimum requirement:

One eye-like spot 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.

Not allowed:

Does not cause real extra eyes.

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 pattern without light accents

chestnut + Ocelli

Dark pattern with light and white accents

chestnut + Ocelli

Fully black spots, arranged in a pattern

bay + Ocelli

"Hollow" spots

blue black + Ocelli

Dark pattern with light accents, affecting mane

palomino + Ocelli

Multiple darker tones, with light and white accents

seal bay + Ocelli

Always goes below white patterns

chestnut + Ocelli + Tobiano

Always goes below white patterns

chestnut + Ocelli + Roan

Melding into Acanthus pattern

buckskin + Ocelli + Acanthus

Melding into Marble pattern

chestnut + Ocelli + Marble

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 ocelli

bay + Ocelli + Bronze

Flaxen ocelli

chestnut + Ocelli + Flaxen

Silver ocelli

bay + Ocelli + Silver

Chromatic ocelli

chestnut + Ocelli + Chromatic

Grey ocelli

chestnut + Ocelli + Grey

Grey ocelli

chestnut + Ocelli + 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.