Orsa Genetics
A triad of initial genes determine the "intensity" or "color span" of the Orsa's coat.
Ww WW = light-span / "white span" coat tone
Ss SS = sand span / "middle span" coat tone
CC Cc = dark span coat
Order from left to right to determine intensity-- W blocks out any later color from occurring, and so on
Ww Ss Cc = white span
ww Ss Cc = middle span
ww ss Cc = dark span
Next set determines the base pelt color:
GG = glacial (bluewhite)
TT = soil (brown)
MM = moss (green)
modifiers then determine the alterations to the base coat
RtRt = restricted (color saturation limited to one part of the body, the rest of the body marks are monochrome)
HsHs = black-tone muzzle, tail, and paws, gradienting back up to the center of the body which is normal saturation
BdBd = "blood" toning-- glacial coats become pink/purple, soil coats become orange/red/blood red, moss coats become pastel/ swamp coats
Blood toning has no effect on middle span moss coats.
Then come modifiers to the coat that effect everything below them, in order from least to most dominance
KK - crackling marks on the coat, like thin breaking glass or ice lines. Occurs in a shade of white or gray unless the genes inverse or nova are present
ToTo - two-toned. The fur has two defined intensities of the same base color: ie a dark intensity two tone blood red can then have a middle or light intensity red as the second color which covers the underside of the belly, from the chest to the ribcage.
LaLa - "lash". Only manifests on dark intensity coats, is simply carried on all other coat intensities regardless of their color. "Drags" the lighter intensity of the color through the fur in a singular "lashing" line which often begins at the tailbone, advances up the side and terminates on the chin.
Type
Natural
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