Scorch Marks [Sc]

Marking Type: Normal Marking

Rarity: Common

Scorch Marks are natural dark rounded spots that can appear on part or all of the Rukaan's body. These spots are often similar to canine Dalmatian spots or Bend'Or spots in horses.

Scorch Marks can appear as round or slightly irregular ovals with some minor variation in size and shape. All scorch marks must be the same color, but they do not have to be completely opaque and can vary in opacity. They do not have to be equally dense over the whole body, and do not have to be symmetrical.

Marking Range

Scorch marks can occur anywhere on the body, though they are less likely to occur on the lower legs.

It is permissible for this marking to not be visible on the design if an area equivalent to their minimum required extent is covered by other markings. Please indicate these in the notes when you submit your designs!

Marking Coverage

Minimum Coverage

Scorch marks can occur minimally with only 2 or 3 medium sized spots occurring.

Maximum Coverage

Scorch marks can cover the whole body.

Various Expressions of Scorch Marks

S-017 Flekkr

Sharp Edges

Scorch marks can have slightly soft edges, but cannot have halos.

Marking Edges

Scorch Marks can be hard or slightly soft edged. Scorch marks can fade out.

Scorch marks cannot display halos.

Marking Color

Scorch Marks will always be darker than what they sit above or black. The spots may become slightly more saturated than the base coat but should always be a similar coloring.

All scorch marks must be the same color but can vary slightly in opacity. Scorch Marks can be slightly transparent, showing through variations in color underneath them.

R-0028 Heh

Black

S-002 Cerynitis

Slightly Transparent with Underlying Color Variation Visible

R-0181 Alice

Slightly Darker Than Base

Scorch marks can fade out, and can have spots of slightly varying opacity.

R-0560 Sulosade

Minimum Spot Size

R-0267 Ares

Maximum Size Variation

S-002 Cerynitis

Maximum Spot Size

R-0078 Freyda

Maximum Density

Marking Shape and Density

Scorch marks will always be round, oval-like spots. The density and size can vary and do not have to be distributed evenly over the body.

Scorch marks can form clumps, but should not resemble rosettes, animal paw prints or other shapes. Scorch marks can touch but cannot be so dense that they merge or are not distinguishable as individual spots.

Coat Type Effects

Scorch Marks may flow with the direction of the fur on coat types with longer hair.

R-0577 Skullcandy

Scorch Marks on the neck flow with the direction of the longer hairs.

Interactions With Other Genes

R-0472 Loimu

Scorch Marks with Blue

R-0135 Gudbrand

Scorch Marks with Champagne

Color Modifiers

Color modifiers can, but do not have to, change the color of this marking.

- Blue can give them a blue color
- Wine can give them a lilac purple color
- Champagne can give them a brown or golden color
- Olive can give them 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. Darkening markings can be lightened by grey but will remain darker than what they sit over.
- Tint can change the color of this marking to a color from any color palette in the species

White Markings usually go over this marking. Optionally, scorch marks can appear over white markings, forming spots like belton markings in dogs or ermine spots in horses. All other markings can go over or under.

R-0131 Freyja

White Marking Over Scorch Marks

R-0079 Luna

Scorch Marks Over White Marking

R-0495 Ariene

Scorch Marks with Dapple and Blanket Appaloosa

R-0504 Silverence

Scorch Marks with Dapple and Snowflake Appaloosa

Spotted Markings like Leopard Appaloosa, Blanket Appaloosa, Snowflake Appaloosa, Fawn and Dapple can be scattered together with Scorch Marks.

Dark markings can blend together. When combined with sharp-edged dark markings (such as black accents or wilde) or other black markings (like points), scorch marks can blend into these markings at the edges if they are the same color.

R-0402 Hyhma

Scorch Marks with Black Accents

R-0028 Heh

Scorch Marks with Points

Inspiration

The marking follows the patterns of Dalmation spots in dogs or Bend'Or spots in horses.

When occurring over white markings, the marking can mimic piebald belton spots in dogs or tobiano with belton spots in horses. (Note that the terminology for these spots is variable and not universal.) However, they do not have to be the exact color that lies underneath the white marking.