Hi there!

This idea was inspired by one of my Hellebore raffle lioness designs. I wanted a color to use for Underfelt that was darker than Bone, but lighter than Cream... but Silky was far too yellow-toned, and Quartz far too gray-toned. Shell worked, but I realized what I wanted was more saturated than Shell. There was no color that was easily applicable that matched my criteria.

Cotton is an intermediate color between them to be used in niche designs. It is supposed to be decently unique from Bone, Cream, Shell, Silky, and Quartz but still very similar to them so it can fit into designs and blend into them (Bone, Ivory, and Shell are already very similar, along with colors like Noctis, Onyx, and Ebony, but I still tried to make a distinctive cream).

Here is what Cotton looks like with added comparisons to other colors:


And here is the list of markings that Cotton could be a recolor for. Of course probably not all of these can be real all at once, but here are examples at least from this selection of marks. Also, these obviously aren't cemented in their categories- these are just my ideas, and for example Cotton Crumbing could be made Tier 1 if the Lioden team wishes:
APPLICABLE:
-Unders
-Gentle Unders
-Under 1-8
-Mottled Fissures
-Mottled Vents
-Undercover
-Tail (Cotton Tail, guys. COTTONTAIL.)
BREED-ONLY:
-Crumbing
-Crackle
-Pelage
-Felines 1-8
-Lace
-SOFT UNDERS
-UNDERFELT
-Panther
-Margay
-Inverted Zebra
-Dim
-Rims
PIETY/NCL EXCLUSIVE:
-Foreshadow
-Undershine
-Reverse Vit Mash
-Smudge

And finally, here are all my marking mockups! :D The bases used are Asali (rich brown) and Russet (blackish cream).

THE APP MARKS:


THE BREED-ONLY MARKS:


THE PIETY/NCL EXCLUSIVE MARKS: