Marking Type: Normal Marking
Rarity: Common
Dun is a natural marking that dilutes (lightens) the base coat of the Rukaan and creates darker 'primitive markings' including dorsal stripe, shoulder barring, knee barring and cobwebbing on the forehead. It is based on the Dun gene in horses.
Dun always dilutes (lightens the color of) the body of the Rukaan excluding the head and legs.
Dun always causes a darker dorsal stripe along the back. It can optionally create small stripes/barring on the shoulder, knees and forehead.
Illustration above shows minimum range of body dilution (red) which will be lightened by the dun gene.
Illustration above shows maximum range of body dilution (red) which will be lightened by the dun gene. Please note that dun dilution cannot create shapes other than sticking to the "hard points" of the legs as shown here and should not create isolated dark areas resembling the points marking.
Illustration above shows minimum range of primitive markings which consists of a dorsal stripe on the back (blue).
Illustration above shows maximum range of dorsal stripe, shoulder barring, knee stripes and forehead cobwebbing (blue).
Typical Expressions of Dun
Dun creates several types of "primitive markings". It always displays a dorsal stripe, and can optionally show shoulder barring, knee barring and forehead cobwebbing.
Shoulder barring originates at the withers and extends towards the shoulder. Knee barring originates at the knees and can extend further up or down the leg. Cobwebbing originates between the eyes and can extend outward.
Hard Edged Markings
Soft Edged Shoulder Barring with Slightly Soft Dorsal Stripe
Body dilution has a soft gradient only, smooth with no texture. It can fade softly out at the edges.
Dorsal stripe and barring may be hard edges or somewhat soft edged. They can be a mixture with dorsal stripe and barring having different edges. The edges of the primitive markings can fade out. Shoulder barring will always be oriented towards the Rukaan's shoulder.
The diluted body area will be a lighter version of the base coat. It cannot be more saturated than the base coat, and can only be white if it is on a white base coat. It can be slightly lighter, or substantially lighter than what they sit over. Body dilution area can have nuance but it should not resemble pangare, roan or points too greatly.
The dorsal stripe and barring will be a darker version of the base coat. They cannot be black unless they are on a black base coat. They will always be be slightly or moderately darker than what they sit over.
Please note that layer effects (such as screen, soft light, overlay, etc) in image editing software may change the saturation or color of your markings. If you are using non-standard layers, please check your saturation and hue before submitting to make sure they are consistent with the design guides.
This marking has no effect on skin color. Use a normal, undiluted flesh color.
Eye color is not affected by this gene.
Effect on Metal and Gemstone elements: None
Effect on Ancient element: None
In the Crowned coat type, Dun can cause the dorsal stripe to optionally appear at the base of the mane or at the tips, or darken all the way through the mane.
Dorsal stripe occurring at the tips of the mane.
Dorsal stripe occurring at the root of the mane and reach outwards.
"Split Layer" Dun
Dun with body lightening under frosting and dorsal stripe over frostingDun with Wilde
Dun can interact and merge with Wilde. It can cause dun shoulder barring to look like Wilde stripes.Dun with Wilde
Dun can interact and merge with Wilde. It can extend the range in which dun barring may occur.Color Modifiers
Blue can give this marking a blue color
Wine can give this marking a lilac purple color
Champagne can give this marking a golden-cream color
Olive can give this marking a mossy green color
Grey will affect all lightening and darkening markings and desaturate/lighten them to the same extent that it desaturates/lightens the base coat. Grey can but does not have to fade or soften the edges of hard edged lightening and darkening markings (such as dun primitive markings). Lightening markings (like the dun diluted area) can be obscured by grey if the grey is white or nearly white. They do not have to be visible on very pale grey coats.
Tint can change the color of this marking to a color from any color palette in the species. It will affect the primitive markings (darker dorsal stripe and barring) OR the lightened area of the body but not both.
White Markings go over this marking. All other markings can go over or under.
The dilution of the base coat and primitive markings can occur on different "layers" of the design. For example, a Rukaan with Dun and Skunk could have the skunk stripe occur over the dun body lightening and under the dorsal stripe and shoulder barring.
Dun and Wilde can interact, particularly in areas with dun barring. Often it makes the dun barring appear as Wilde stripes, or extends the range in which the dun barring may occur.
Dun is based on the Dun gene in horses.