The albino mutations causes depigmentation of the entire noulicorn, leaving it white with pink skin and hooves. Eyes may be pink, red, blue, or silver.
Noulicorns with dark markings, such as dun or bay, show their markings is a soft gold color.
Bloodmark, also known as Bloodshoulder, only effects
grey noulicorns, although non-grey offspring may carry the mutation.
Bloodmark allows a small patch of the base color to show through the grey, typically on the face or shoulders.
The melanistic mutation causes all pigmentation to darken and desaturate to a brown-black color.
Paint and appaloosa markings show normally.
The somatic mutation causes a disruption of a single gene, turning it co-dominant so both effects appear in patches on the coat.
This almost always effects the E-series gene, which results in a noulicorn having calico or tortoiseshell appearance, with mixed black and red pigmentation.
Chimeras are the result of two embryos fusing, so a single noulicorn possesses
two complete sets of genes which show in patches across the coat.
In the example we see a noulicorn with one set of bay genes, and another set of palomino blanket appaloosa genes.
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