Dapple / Dp 

Cold Brown with soft edge dapples  -  Warm Dusk with minimal textured dapple  -  Cold Dawn with faded textured dapples
Cold Brown with soft edge dapples - Warm Dusk with minimal textured dapple - Cold Dawn with faded textured dapples

Dapples are soft, commonly textured spots on centaurs lower back, hips and ribs. 
They can rise up to their upper torsos ribs as well.


Marking rules

  • Dapple has no layering rules and can sit over or under anything.
  • Dapple can be darker or lighter than the base color. Markings color must be similar with basecolors saturation value. The color can be picked from the basecolor slider or natural color slider.
  • Dapple spots DON'T need to be all same opacity. Some spots can be more opaque or seethrough than others
  • Dapple spots can sit separately from each other, or sit on top of each other, or have slight clustering. They however should never be one mass, the individual spots should still remain recognizable. 
  • Dapple cannot be smaller than presented in marking ranges.
    There's no official max size, but the dapple spots shouldn't be larger than centaurs hand.
  • Dapple spots can sit randomly, or create chains or patterning.

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Marking edge & Allowed edge effects

Dapple allows 1 edge type on all it's spots + voluntary fade effect

Dapple spots must be solid in shape, so they can't have holes inside them. However, textured edge can create slight rippling to edges


Accepted examples


Real life examples

These examples represents what the marking is based on. Please keep the marking rules in mind when designing, and don't rely too heavily on real life markings carrying the same name. These examples can work as an inspiration, not direct references.

Reference photo sources:
https://www.bubblypet.com/dapple-grey-horse/