Ultra-Bright

This mutation indiscriminately lightens all of a riardi’s fur colors and patterns- by dropping each color two steps towards a lighter (pastel or white) range. This mutation does not alter eye color and can be passed on to offspring.

Ultra-bright can coexist with dilution and double-dilution genes. As a result, a riardi with ultra-bright is much paler than one without it. However, when a color reaches its pastel range, further brightening causes that area to become completely white. When ultra-bright is present, if any color- base, diluted, or marking-diluted- enters the 'pastel range' through this process, that slot renders as pure white (#FFFFFF).

Ultra-Bright Examples

Standard Dilution (no ultra-bright): A riardi with a single dilution gene displays grey fur instead of soot fur, with kelp-colored markings.

Double Dilution (no ultra-bright): A riardi with (lightening by two steps) shows ash-colored fur with kelp-colored markings.

With Ultra-bright mutation: A riardi that would normally exhibit soot fur and kelp markings, when affected by Ultra-Bright, instead presents with ash-colored fur and lime-colored markings.

Interactions with Other Mutations:

A riardi carrying ultra-bright who would otherwise display ash fur will instead activates the lunar mutation. This modifies their appearance. See Lunar.

Ultra-Bright can interact with melanism under the influence of the polar mutation, allowing both to express rather than cancel one another out.

When combined with the vibrant mutation, the ultra-bright uniquely affects one specific color by reducing its saturation by three steps toward white. See “Mutation: Vibrant” for details.

Immunity to Ultra-Bright:

Riardi who inherit full immunity besides the ultra-bright mutation cannot be born. Riardi with partial immunity can be born, but this partial immunity limits ultra-bright’s effect, limiting it to either the main fur color or just the markings, rather than affecting the entire fur pattern.

If one parent has partial immunity and the other doesn’t, or if both parents have partial or full immunity- the offspring’s immunity may vary from none, partial, or full immunity. If one parent carries immunity and the other carries the ultra-bright mutation, the offspring will vary in their immunity (partial or full) and may carry ultra-bright either in a dormant or fully-expressed state.