Morph library / Pattern colour
White Pattern
How much cream and white the pattern carries.
Shows on the dorsal, the upper side, the middle of the side and the lower side.Polygenic: many genes together, so it comes in degrees rather than copies.
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What it looks like
White Pattern sets how much of the pattern is cream or white. It follows the shapes of the flame or harlequin, unlike Lilly White, which is a solid patch of its own.
This page shows White Pattern drawn from its genes. For the written reference, inheritance tables and breeder notes, see the crested gecko morph guide on ReptiDex.
Side by side
Little white
Open in the builder
Balanced
Open in the builderHigh white
Open in the builder
With other genes
White and Orange Pattern make a Tri-Color
With both White and Orange Pattern the pattern splits into cream and orange.
Before After
In depth
Primary form of pattern color expression (as opposed to Orange Pattern). Creates white/cream pattern lines and spots. Polygenic inheritance. Base for Snowflake expression (epistatic relationship). Modified by Tangerine to create pink/bubblegum patterns.
How to spot it
White Pattern animals show white/cream colored pattern elements. Combined with Tangerine shifts to pink.
Where it came from
White Pattern was identified as one of two primary pattern color forms.
How it is inherited
Polygenic: many genes together, so it comes in degrees rather than copies.
Written as WP+ and wp
White Pattern is primary pattern color form. Polygenic inheritance. Suppressed by Phantom on Pinstripe raised scalation. Source: Foundation Genetics Part 1.
Beside other genes
White Pattern and Snowflake one covers the other
Snowflake requires White Pattern to express. Snowflake is epistatic to WP. Without WP, no snowflake phenotype appears.
White Pattern and Phantom pull against each other
Phantom suppresses White Pattern on Pinstripe raised scalation. WP fades tail-to-head when Phantom present on Pinstripe animals.
White Pattern and Tangerine strengthen each other
Tangerine modifies White Pattern to pink/bubblegum. Color modifier effect on pattern color.
White Pattern and Hypo strengthen each other
Hypo + White Pattern creates paper white pattern effect. Extreme pattern whitening.
Morphs it takes part in
Brindlequinadvanced
Tri-color brindle pattern with yellow, white, and dark bands/patches. Tiger breaks Harlequin concentration into brindle stripes.
Needs Yellow Base, White Pattern, Harlequin, Pinstripe, Tiger.
Bubblegum Pinktakes some work
Bubblegum pink pattern color. Tangerine shifts White Pattern from white to pink, enhanced by Hypo lightening.
Needs Hypo, Tangerine, White Pattern.
Tri-Colortakes some work
Three distinct color zones: white pattern areas, orange pattern areas, and base color. Striking multi-tone appearance.
Needs White Pattern, Orange Pattern.