Designing: Silvering

Created: 6 March 2021, 12:29:00 UTC
Last updated: 6 October 2023, 02:15:14 UTC

Silvering

Examples 



 Basics 

Bullet; White Silvering is a localized graying out, mostly near the topline.
Bullet; White In your ketucari's genotype, silvering is denoted by the letters "nSv" (heterozygous) or "SvSv" (homozygous).
Bullet; White In its heterozygous form, silvering has a pass rate of 60%. Homozygous silvering has a 85% pass rate.

Color and Shape

Silvering is always fully desaturated gray. It is never pure white. This marking is always soft-edged. 

As far as shape, silvering can either present as cloudy and irregular:


Or have a more slightly more defined shape:


Range

Below is the maximum range for silvering.

Silvering Max by Matriarchs-Haunt.

Interaction with Other Markings

Bullet; White Silvering must go over all markings except fading and white marks. It can be layered under or over fading.

Fading, Silvering, and Bleaching: A Comparison

Examples by Matriarchs-Haunt
Source 1, Source 2, Source 3

Accents 

Here are some small accents you can add to your designs to make them more unique!

Bullet; White Silvering may have a subtle gradient/fade into the base coat like below:
Blackout 438 by Matriarchs-Haunt