Barring
Examples
Basics
• Barring is the occurrence of irregular, spotty horizontal or vertical lines that resemble the barred patterning on certain bird species.
• Barring can only go one of these directions, not both!
• In your ketucari's genotype, barring is denoted by the letters "nBr" (heterozygous) or "BrBr" (homozygous).
• In its heterozygous form, barring has a pass rate of 50%. Homozygous barring has a 75% pass rate.
• Barring can only go one of these directions, not both!
• In your ketucari's genotype, barring is denoted by the letters "nBr" (heterozygous) or "BrBr" (homozygous).
• In its heterozygous form, barring has a pass rate of 50%. Homozygous barring has a 75% pass rate.
Color
Barring must be a darker color of your chosen base, with a minor deviation in hue. It can also be a fully desaturated color of the base, as long as it is darker. Barring may be pure black.
These colors would be acceptable for this base color. They are either a darker version of the base, or a darker and desaturated version of the base. The last color on the right shows a minor deviation in hue, and is slightly more yellow than the base itself. Notice that this small change is not overbearing.
These colors would be unacceptable for barring. They are either lighter than the base coat or have too drastic a hue shift.
While barring can remain the color of the base coat, you may change the color where it crosses over other markings, such as frill below.
Range
Since barring can appear anywhere on the body, there is no minimum range diagram for it. It must cover enough of the body that it is immediately recognizable.
Shape
Barring should resemble broken, spotty lines. Be careful that it doesn't look too similar to spotting or speckling. This can be avoided by making sure the spots aren't too large or too small, and that they are positioned in more uniform lines.
This ketucari displays the maximum size of barring spots:
The orange areas below may have barring running horizontally and vertically to follow the contours of the body, even if the rest of the barring in the design is strictly one or the other.
The Do's & Don'ts
Barring should have noticeable breaks in between the spots. Barring should also come down from the topline.
Barring should not run in a connected line, nor should it resemble chunky stripes. As well, avoid making
barring spots look like squiggly lines.
Here are some real world examples of barring for inspiration:
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Interaction with Other Markings
• All markings can be layered under or over barring.
• Barring can be influenced by inferno, radiance, vapor, and segment.
Accents
Here are some small accents you can add to your designs to make them more unique!
• Barring can subtly fade into the coat, and/or have a subtle gradient.
• Barring spots may have slight "watermarks" around the edges, such as the ketucari below.
• Barring spots may have a textured edges:
• Barring and Strand may interact, creating a broken Strand line
