I'm posting this thread to showcase the fantastic new colors I'm proposing in my Lioden Sliding Scale Thread: Check it out!!! These examples were made by me, so they're a little clumsy, but they're meant to illustrate the finer points of the Sliding Scale modification of my genetics model!

Without getting into the specifics of the Sliding Scale thread that inspired these, the basic concept of the color model is that the colors are arranged into NCL colors, Custom/Oasis colors, and Special/Raffle colors just as they are now, but there are two versions of each: a Solid version in which the color remains mostly the same throughout the body or the Countershaded version in which the topline is darker and lightens in a countershading pattern where the belly, throat, and the feet are lighter in shade. From there, each genotype (genetic formula) will produce three shades of each color, namely a dark, medium, and light shade. I'm calling this part of the model the "Sliding Scale".

This color thread will detail the Cream series of colors, so every one of these colors will be an NCL color, which I hope will let the Naturalists know that I want EVERYONE to benefit from my new model.

Because there will be MANY of these to share, I'm starting to break them down into sections that correspond with the color groups they belong to in my Sliding Scale model. If you like what's listed here, come see MORE:

Black Colors of my Sliding Scale Model

Dilute Black Colors of my Sliding Scale Model

Orange Colors of my Sliding Scale Model

Dilute Orange Colors of my Sliding Scale Model

Black Specials Colors of my Sliding Scale Model

Orange Specials Colors of my Sliding Scale Model

Golden Colors of my Sliding Scale Model

Fawn Colors of my Sliding Scale Model

With that said, here's what we'd like to show you in greater detail than the lil' thumbnails on the original thread (colors with an asterisk (*) are those we're trying to have added to Lioden):


The Dove Gray Sliding Scale:


* Gunmetal Gray: the dark shade of Dove Gray.


* Silver Gray: the light shade of Dove Gray.



The Hazelnut Sliding Scale:


* Pecan: the dark shade of Hazelnut.


* Hazelnut: the medium shade of the range.


*Almond: the light shade of Hazelnut.



The Wheaten Sliding Scale:


* Oatmeal: the dark shade of Wheaten.


* Wheaten: the medium shade of the range.


* Biscuit: the light shade of Wheaten.



The Lemon Sliding Scale:


* Luteo: the dark shade of Lemon.



* Lemon: the medium shade of the range.


* Linen: the light shade of Lemon.



I tried very hard to base these colors on their already-existing counterparts and to make them look as natural as I could while providing variation in the balance of reds, oranges, golds, and neutral browns.

If you like what you see here, please consider checking out my genetics thread and supporting it. Thanks for looking!