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Iridescent is a versatile marking which allows the fur and feathers of your lirse to change color as the illumination or angle of viewing changes. It causes a lustrous rainbow of color to appear on top of or in place of the lirse’s base coat or markings.
Design Notes:
It may appear on up to 3 body segments.
The total surface area of Iridescent may not exceed the size of the red range below.
In other words, if Iridescent appears as a single patch of color, it may be roughly as large as the red circle; if Iridescent is split into multiple patches or is spread over 2-3 body segments, the TOTAL surface area of color cannot exceed the red range.
INCORRECT - While the total surface area of the Iridescent patches in this example DO fit roughly inside
the range, the patches are dispersed across too many body segments (Head, Neck, Arms and Tail).
It must appear as a smoothly blended gradient of up to 3 analogous colors.
Iridescent may have 3 colors max. Using other markings, such as cap, blanket or flash, to give the appearance of additional colors would be considered illegal.
However, if the third colors is a gradient into another marking and it can be distinguished from the other marking by layering, it is acceptable.
At this time, rainbows and more than three colors are not allowable for iridescent.
INCORRECT - These colors are not smoothly blended;
there should NOT be a distinct edge between colors.
INCORRECT - These colors are not analogous.
It may appear on the basecoat, and/or cover any marking EXCEPT Piebald, Ghost, and Minimum White. Iridescent alone always appears with a gradient edge. However, Iridescent may be covered by or clipped to a marking; in this case, it may take on the hard, soft or textured edge of that marking wherever it meets the boundary.
INCORRECT - Iridescent may not appear on top of Piebald, Ghost, or Minimum White.
CORRECT - Iridescent appears clipped to Stains, where it takes on Stains' hard edge. It also appears on the base coat with a gradient edge, except where Piebald covers it.
CORRECT - Iridescent appears clipped to Hooded and takes on a hard edge only where it meets the boundary of the marking. It also appears on the section of basecoat that shows through a hole in Hooded.
(Optional) It may appear with a wide variety of textures. In all cases, the texture takes on the directional orientation of the base color gradient and should be subtle.
Bars, mimicking the form of contour feathers.
Speckles, fading away near the edges of Iridescent.
Flecks, moving in the direction of fur/feather growth.
An Iridescent patch can flow with the form of the fur/feathers.
(Optional) Iridescent may appear as a colorless shine. This allows for a subtle lightening of the base coat or marking it covers, causing reflective strands of fur and feathers to stand out.
Look to certain bird species for inspiration! I.E. pigeons, starlings, grackles, hummingbirds, mallard ducks and peacocks.
Good examples of Iridescent:
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