Skunk [Sk]

Marking Type: Normal Marking

Rarity: Common

Skunk is a natural marking which creates a single-color symmetrical stripe that starts at the haunches or tail and runs along the side of a Rukaan, and can reach up to the head. Skunk may display one or two stripes. It can be dark or light.

Marking Range and Extent

Skunk starts at the haunches and runs along the side of a Rukaan, and can reach up to the back of the head. Skunk will never touch the back or lower legs. Skunk stripes should at minimum stretch for 1/4 the length of the Rukaan's body.

Minimum Range

Illustration above shows minimum range of skunk. Skunk stripes must originate at the haunches and extend to cover at least 1/4 the length of the body. The stipes can be thinner than this area, but must be at least this length.

Maximum Range

Shown above is the maximum range for the marking.

Typical Expressions of Skunk

R-0432 AhodinSlightly soft edges

R-0838 SorralMix of slightly soft and substantially soft edges

R-0476 RedwoodSubstantially soft edges

R-0289 Ephel DuathFaded gradient

Marking Edges

Skunk should have a slightly soft or substantially soft edge. The marking may form a fade or gradient.

Skunk can form one or two stripes, originating from the haunches.

Marking Color

Skunk can be lighter or darker than the base coat. It can be a lighter/darker version of the base coat or black, brown, cream, or white.

Light skunk will always be lighter than what it sits over, and dark skunk will always be darker than what it sits over.

Skunk will never be more saturated than the base coat. The entire marking will be one color, though it can be faded at the edges.

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.

R-0374 GriswaldLighter (dark grey) skunk on black

N-004 OveLighter (white) fading skunk on black

R-0491 RuneLighter (cream) skunk on a black base

R-0441 SnowelleDarker (grey) skunk on white

Kukka S-015Darker (brown) skunk on white

R-0354 SunchaserLighter (brown) skunk on liver

R-449 CassiaDarker (black) skunk on liver

Skin/Eye Color Effects

This marking has no effect on skin color. Use a normal, undiluted flesh color.

Eye color is not affected by this gene.

Element Effects

Effect on Metal and Gemstone elements: None

Effect on Ancient element: None

Coat Type Effects

Skunk can follow the direction of the fur on long-haired coat types.

R-0590 KantarellerSkunk on Crowned Coat following longer fur along the neck

Interactions With Other Genes

R-0480 Chaska

Skunk (Light) with Frosting

Light skunk can blend with other light markings like frosting.

R-0541 Kranttu

Skunk (Dark) with Black Accents

Black accents can blend into the edges of dark skunk.

R-0419 Leif

Skunk with Olive

Olive can give skunk a mossy green color.

R-0515 Miasma

Snowline with Skunk

Snowline can interact with Skunk to create abnormal broad, soft horizontal stripes.

Color Modifiers

- Blue can give skunk a blue color
- Wine can give skunk a lilac purple color
- Champagne can give skunk a golden-cream color
- Olive can give skunk 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.
  - Lightening markings 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

White Markings go over this marking. All other markings can go over or under.

Soft-edged light markings can blend together. Skunk (light) will often blend together with other soft-edged lightening genes such as Frosting, Roan, Snowline or Pangare.

Dark markings can blend together. Skunk (dark) will often blend together with other dark markings such as Black Accents if they are the same color.

Snowline can interact with Skunk to form broad soft horizontal stripes somewhere between skunk and snowline in expression. The expression may differ depending on whether the skunk stripes are paler or darker than the base coat.