Traits

Darken is a coat modifier that darkens the Drakiri's base coat. It can, also, increase the saturation as it darkens it, leading to some interestingly vivid coloration, especially on Drakiri with color modifiers. This effect can be gotten from the Darken color palettes, OR, designing your Drakiri as normal, and adding a layer mask to darken it or parts of it. It can be a very subtle darkening, all the way to almost black. Darken can also hide darker markings (Meaning that you will not have to add markings that are darker than the base coat if you use a very dark shade of color for Darken. Darken can also, optionally, completely cover up color modifiers and make the Drakiri appear as if they have the black base coat no matter the color

Note that the palettes in the Drive are only a suggestion, and if you can find another effect to darken the coat that looks better, by all means do it! If you aren't sure, just mention what you did in the design approval comments, and if it is effective and works well, we will add it to our guides! Various masks under different opacities on their own layer over the design can be very effective for this effect, especially when using the Grullo effect!

Optionally, Darken can create a Grullo effect. This is where the belly, face, limbs, and tail/underside of the tail are darkened while the rest of the Drakiri remains uneffected. This can be a subtle grullo effect, and can interact with markings such as Dun for some very interesting effects. Grullo effect can actually quite strongly resemble reversed Pangare!

It is not required to effect the mane, and marking colors are also not required to be effected. 

When interacting with Silver, there are two options. 

1 - Choose which one you'd like to use. So either have it desaturated, OR darkened. Note that the increased saturation option for Darken can not be used of the geno also has Silver unless you apply a Disappearing Ink or Gene Eraser to Silver.
2 - Combine them. The coat can be darkened, and desaturated. So it can be a very light silvery grey, or a hint of color and light.  You can also combine Silver's "Perlino" effect with Darken's "Grullo" effect. This would allow the Grullo effected regions of the Drakiri to be more saturated, while the "Perlino" areas of Silver to be less saturated for some very interesting and fun effects. Be creative in how they interact! If in doubt, just explain what you did in the comments, and this method will be added to the guide.

When interacting with Dilute, there are three options

1 - Choose which one you'd like to use. So either have it darkened, or lightened. 
2 - Combine them! This would be adding the Darkening "Grullo" effect to the belly, legs, face, and tail and the Lightening "Champagne" effect to the back, shoulders, and back of neck.
3 - They cancel eachother out, meaning they are there and pass genetically, but neither effects the Drakiri's base coat.