Traits

Dual Tone is more of a modifier than a marking which affects either a marking or if a standalone marking, it will only affect the base coat colour. However, should you have markings, you can make this modifier affect bother the base coat and markings. As long as this marking is present in the pups geno, you can apply it to any and all markings should you wish. There are only restrictions with this marking if it states it within the other marking guides. 

You can either use darker or lighter with your gradients. The gradient mainly consists of linear or radial gradients, however you can mix and match. 

Below are some examples of Dual Tone affecting the base coat alone and also some with modifying the markings. 

[Examples]

Merle is a marking which is similar to piebald but it is darker than the base coat but imitates merle dog markings. This should only be one layer and Reversal, Dual Tone nor Spectral can affect this marking. This should create patchy like areas over the body, but should not completely cover the body entirely. Below you can find some examples of this marking. 

[Examples]

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Merle on Sphynx Builds

Whenever this marking appears on Sphynx builds, you have the option to make the marking appear more 'circular' than to be patchy like. 

Spectral is an unsual marking which allows you to make markings use all the colours on the spectral wheel, including ones outside of your base coat ranges, and you do not need any of Mythika's official alphas to have the more saturated colours. This marking does not affect the base coats at all and if this is the only marking within your puppies' geno, then it would not appear at all. However this marking can affect the paw pads, and tongues.

[Examples]

Snowstorm is a very specific marking and 'erases' all markings in the head / neck area of Mythikans and creates a gradient like marking with white 'spots' floating ontop of the gradient area. This will always start from the head as a base minimum and works it way down to the bottom of the neck. The head should be completely white and the gradient area should be on the neck area. Should you try to change this marking, admins can automatically request you to change it without looking over your design.

[Examples]

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Colourations and how it affects markings in the head and neck areas:-

Snowstorm uses a very specific colour pallette which you can select from dependant on what base coat colour you can use.

[Palette colours]

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Understanding Snowstorm Marking

Since Snowstorm is a very specific marking that if present in a geno, it will cancel out all markings which are based at the head area, the only exception will be Accents which would lie underneather snowstorm. Here is some tips for how to create the marking if you are struggling. On the left displays the direction the gradient will lay on the body, whilst on the right displays the minimum snowflake can show followed by how much you can 'stretch' out the gradient.

[Exampls]

There are different ways which you can make and this marking is labelled as uncommon rather than common due to its specifics to marking styles. You can only select one out of the listed styles below and if you do not fit the requirements of the styles, you will need to go with the Tabby Cat style by default. Each style works differently so be sure to read about each one carefully.

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Tabby Cat Style

This marking style imitates the natural swirl like markings which you can find on tabby cats. They should always have some structure over the body and ever appear as random lines over the body. 

Colouration and interactions with other markings:

Tabby will always be darker than the base coat and you can use the multiply affect over the body. 

[Examples]

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Spotted Skunk Style

If you have Marked, Accents and Tabby all in a puppies geno, you can achieve the spotted skunk look. 

[Examples]

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Aztec Tabby style

[Examples on left]With Aztec style, it does not create it's own marking but it creates a 'border' to a marking and must be the same colour of the marking you have selected to edge the marking with. 

[Examples on right] Only with spectral marking cna this appear as it's own marking colour.

Wilddog marking imitates the markings which cna be found on african wild dogs. 

Colouration and interactions with other markings:

darker than lighter colours

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Wilddog with Reversal marking

Ror marking