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Coloration 2/?

Eliksni have odd inherited colors from time to time. The two most documented (aside from extreme humidity blue and red) are "yellow" and "green".

"Yellow" eliksni are just that -- a yellow color that varies from pale sand to fresh lemon. These are usually taken for very pale brown eliksni, though as they age this gets proven wrong. It's not fully understood what might cause the yellow coloration, but it could simply be from a particular slew of recessive trait combinations. Some theorize it may be linked to stress while the hatchlings eggs were still being carried, but typical stress/sickness related coloration tends to fade into pale blues. Yellow eliksni are more likely to have chitin-related conditions, but they are often on the extreme ends of the spectrum: either very fragile or very thick.

"Green" eliksni are meanwhile are completely understood in their origin: the Hive. Or, rather, the result of an eliksni carrying eggs of the Hive rather than the inverse, which results in changelings. The offspring of changelings, should they manage to have any at all, also carry this green color, with diminishing Hive characteristics. The green coloration is typically very dull and very dark, but pale complexions are not entirely rare. Green eliksni also have atypical eye color, such as a matching - albeit brighter - green hue, as well as yellow. There aren't any known defects associated with the coloration, other than growing faster than their peers (much like changelings).

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Do you have any tips for prehistoric animal coloration? I’ve been struggling with coming up with new, plausible, and eye-catching colorations for my reconstructions for the past month, and would love to know how you come up with your colorations.

Ahhhh, yes.

It is an endless struggle. Best advice I can give is: have lots of exposure to animal coloration and pattern. The more you know the ABC of nature the easier it gets to recombine the pieces.

Colors are a very complex issue though. So keep in mind the environment of the animal, it's ecology, size, diet etc. Many animals for example need to get their pigments from their environment or diet. Certain patters appear again and again in nature because they are good for camouflage. Some animals have pigmentation that follows fur direction etc.

But at the end of the day, when it comes to extinct creatures, it's best to experiment a lot and consume and learn as much about animal coloration as you can so you can weaponize your mind to quickly puzzle together a new color scheme from an arsenal of snippets you have picked up over the years.