Light | Uncommon
Iridescence creates a colorful play of light on the surfaces of your dragon. This does not color your dragon’s actual body. You do not have to use the whole rainbow, but it should clearly have multiple hues in it. It should cover at least 50% of the dragon’s body or you may attach it to a single marking.
Color Rules
Creating an Iridescent effect can be tricky, so here is a method that works for digital art.
Step One.
Create a layer of soft color shifts at 100% opacity. You can use any colors you like, as long as they blend together softly and you use a lot of them!
Step Two.
Erase holes with a soft brush. Follow the muscles of the dragon, or areas that wouldn't have direct light on them. You can blend and smudge the layer to make it look extra nice! Although portions may stay at 100% opacity, the holes should be large/transparent enough that you can see any markings the dragon has underneath.
Range
It should cover at least 50% of the dragon’s body or you may attach it to a single marking.
Layering
As a light effect, it will display on top of anything, including things like Albinism and Tobiano.
Shape
- Unless attached to a marking, areas of Iridescence will fade out in a gradient. When attached to a marking, it will take on the shape of that marking.
Notable Interactions
- Iridescence is not affected by Accents.
- Iridescence cannot be removed with Surgical Kit.
- If paints, dyes, or Loremarks are used on the dragon, it will not show Iridescence in that area.
- Parts of the body modified by Scalestain can still show Iridescence, as long as the trait isn't artificially colored.
- Pharaoh, Spectrum, and similar multi-color modifiers may cause Iridescence to appear in a pattern. You can see an example of Pharaoh affecting Iridescence below. They will still follow any regular pattern and color order rules. Without some sort of modifier, the Iridescence colors will appear random.
- Iridescence is optional in areas affected by Transparent Skin , Translucent, and Pollen.
- Display and Vibrancy do not affect Iridescence.
- Echo - When clipped to Echo, you may choose whether it appears on any of the echoes, the main mark, or a mix of the two. The only requirement is that it appears as iridescence clipped somewhere rather than a solid rainbow outline.
- One way Glitch can effect Iridescence is causing flickers of Iridescence to hover near the dragon.
Charged Iridescence
Iridescence may affect as low as 25% of the body and/or you may attach it to any number of markings.