Traits
(SPL_) splash (Natural)
Name: splash
Base Genotype: SPL_
Skin Color: Skin becomes pink under white markings.
Eyes: If a white marking touches an eye, it becomes blue. Heterochromia is common.
Description: Splash causes large white patches to appear from the legs of the horse and upwards, as if the horse has been dipped in white paint! Splash by itself will never cross the back of the horse. Facial markings are usually large and striking. Keep in mind that if a white patch turns the ears of the horse white, the horse is highly likely if not guaranteed to be deaf!
Design Guidance: At minimum, the horse must have four white coronet bands. Must have a white marking on the face, such as a snip, blaze, badgerface, or baldface; any facial markings are allowed, not just minimal natural facial markings such as with tobiano.
At maximum, the white covers the entirey of the horse, but still does not cross over the horse's spine. Edges of the white pattern are smooth and sloping, with no spots of base color within the patch. Ears are rarely turned white, but it happens (and may cause deafness). The mane and tail will turn white where touched. Skin becomes light colored where white patterns touch.
Examples of a chestnut splash with maximal markings, a bay splash with average markings, and a black splash with more minimal markings.
